BELIZE ADVENTURE BLOG

By Slickrock Adventures | April 11, 2013

Surf kayaking is probably the easiest way to learn to surf a wave. And Long Caye is probably one of the easiest and most comfortable places to learn to catch your first wave. For one, seated in a kayak your center of gravity is lower. For another, you have a paddle in your hand. It makes it easier to gain speed in advance of the wave’s arrival and it can be used as an “outrigger”

By Slickrock Adventures | April 10, 2013

During my visit to the island, the most unexpected surprise for me was snorkeling at night. Unfortunately, I didn’t stumble across it until the last night of my trip, so I didn’t get a chance to really explore it very deeply. I highly recommend it to anyone heading to the island. There are a lot of creatures that only come out at night, and it can be easier to “sneak” up on

By Slickrock Adventures | April 9, 2013

If you’re heading to Belize and you google the phrase “all inclusive” searching for the perfect, care-free vacation package, you’ll have a wide variety to choose from. And you’ll find that the phrase, “all inclusive” has just as wide a variety of interpretations depending on the provider. We take pride in how strictly we interpret the meaning of that phras

By Slickrock Adventures | April 5, 2013

We want to know — has anything like this ever happened to you? (Comment below) In two unrelated incidents that appear to have happened within a week of each other, and both on the California coast, sea lions hopped a ride on sea kayaks! In the photo above, as reported in the New York Daily News, scuba diver Rick Coleman surfaced from a night dive to find this sea lion pup either hiding out o

By Slickrock Adventures | April 4, 2013

With the spring winds kicking up the dust here in our US homebase town of Moab, Utah, it seems appropriate to mention that one of Slickrock’s many island activities is sea kayak kite-sailing trips, where we employ special kites made to tow kayaks. When the wind is from the right direction, we often get out the kayak kites and hook them up for a down-wind run to Middle Caye. The kites still allow

By Slickrock Adventures | April 3, 2013

Kat Tancock, travel writer for the Globe and Mail of Toronto, recently visited the Community Baboon Sanctuary in  Bermudian Landing, a short 45-min drive from the airport in Belize City. She writes a great review of the place, and if you are visiting Belize and looking for fun and easy things to do, this one can’t be beat.  

By Slickrock Adventures | April 2, 2013

If you’re thinking of booking a trip to our island but also wondering what else there is to do before or after your time with us, here’s a very watchable video on YouTube posted by Brit DJ Dave Raven who visited the country back in 2009. He edited his five-day tour down to 20 minutes. It covers Caye Caulker, San Ignacio and Bullet Tree Falls, Mayan Temples, Belize City, Punta Gorda an

By Slickrock Adventures | April 1, 2013

I am here in Belize and have been for almost two weeks. I came off of the island a couple of days ago and am going back out today with our new arrivals. By the time you read this, we will have been sailing, paddling, and snorkeling for days. What a great week last week was, we did everything. Paddleboard surfed, kitesurfed, snorkeled, fished and kayaked; we even had a really big storm and the wind

By Slickrock Adventures | March 30, 2013

It isn’t the first waterproof case made for the iphone (e.g. Pelican has had one for years at around $40 but it is a case only, nothing more.) It isn’t even the first to allow limited access to certain controls (the Seashell for around $130 has buttons to control the camera.) But according to a brief scan of  the company’s website and a variety of other online reviews, the new