BELIZE ADVENTURE BLOG

By Slickrock Adventures | March 29, 2013

Easter in Belize is more than a simple one-day religious holiday as it is in the US and Canada. In Belize Easter is a four-day national event, families make big plans and everybody hits the beach. Some background facts: 75% of Belizians are observing Christians Each of the four days has its own special significance and goes by its own name: Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Mon

By Slickrock Adventures | March 28, 2013

Sea kayaking is great wherever you can get it, but if you can get it in water that is crystal clear, 80 degrees and perched above a shallow lagoon filled with 700 different patch reefs… well, what can we say. It doesn’t get any better than that. Our favorite thing to do is kayak out in a group from our quiet lagoon to one of a number of close-by reefs. Once there, the leader anchors hi

By Slickrock Adventures | March 27, 2013

This post has some great eating advise if you’re heading down to Belize (from fellow Belize blogger LORENZO GONZALEZ.) My favorite part of it was this bit. How true: Rowdy and crowded places equals good food Locals tend to gather around the restaurants they love the most. Follow the noise – hearing people laugh loud, curse in Creole and gossip about their day might not be your kind of

By Slickrock Adventures | March 26, 2013

Awesome new kiteboarding video from earlier this January on the island. Olly and Meg make it seem effortless! Great music, ukulele playing, coconut chopping, hammock swinging, hermit crabs, pelicans, and more… Enjoy! (Visit our Youtube Channel to watch more great videos from the island.)

By Slickrock Adventures | March 25, 2013

by Tony Rath  (as originally published on Tony Rath Photography) I recently returned from an expedition into the tropical forests Belize’s most wild area, the Bladen Nature Reserve. I traveled with rangers from a grass roots organization called Ya’axche Conservation Trust to photograph and document a recently discovered Harpy Eagle’s nest. It had been 2 years since I ventured d

By Slickrock Adventures | March 22, 2013

This is how people entertain themselves when they become “unplugged” from the electronic world: Calgarians Doug Waite and his newlywed bride Rosemary took their honeymoon on Long Caye as guests of Slickrock Adventures last April. One evening during their week on the island, Doug had his fellow island-mates “rolling in the aisles” when he shared a song he wrote in the wake

By Slickrock Adventures | March 21, 2013

by Guest Blogger David Rack I thought I would share with you some past experiences of beginner kiteboard locations to show you how great it is to find a place like Long Caye that has sand flats and isn’t crowded for learning how to kiteboard. It is few and far between in my travels that I will run into a beginner-friendly kiteboarding location. I have been kiteboarding for over 9 years now,

By Slickrock Adventures | March 20, 2013

On March 5, The Department of State was pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United States and the Government of Belize regarding protection of Belize’s cultural heritage. This MOU demonstrates a commitment by both governments to staunch the pillage and illicit trafficking of Belize’s archaeological heritage of African, indigenous Maya, Spanish, a

By Slickrock Adventures | March 13, 2013

Belize in top 10 of “most relaxing” vacation destination in TripAdvisor/Lonely Planet user survey We always love to hear that Belize has once again been recognized in the media by being included in one of the many “top 10” lists promulgated each year by the travel industry. But whereas many of those lists are picked by writers and editors, this list, published in Lonely Pla