Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 23, 2015

As I posted last week, I was looking for some images in my computer files and found some videos I didn’t realize I had. In 2012 one of our guests – Larry Staples – spent much of his island week filming. And he had great equipment! At the end of the week he gave me everything he had shot. THANK YOU LARRY. I was so impressed with the kayak surfing video that I found initially, that

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 16, 2015

I was looking for some images of surfing and came across this video I don’t believe I have ever looked at. Three years ago a wonderful guest named Larry Staples spent most of the week on our island filming everything. At the end of his stay he let me download everything to my computer. THANK YOU LARRY. This helps me out immensely because I never have too many pictures of our island for the w

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 9, 2015

In recent months a political issue has been escalating between Belize and Guatemala over their southern border, which is defined along the Sarstoon River. Way back in 1857 a peace treaty between British Honduras ( now the country of Belize) and Guatemala was signed which defined the borders between the two countries, and which remain today. However, the British did not complete some of their promi

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 1, 2015

A recent NY Times article hit close to home for those of us in the travel industry, and allows me an opportunity to get on my soapbox a little bit to inform our readers of some behind-the-scenes facts of the travel industry that you may not be aware of. In the article large websites like Expedia, Travelocity, and Orbitz have been exposed as a somewhat greedy business model that takes much or all o

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 19, 2015

Ever since we opened our kite school on the island, our kite instructors have always marveled at how open and uncrowded our location is. We have a 2-mile stretch of sand flats that is coral free and only waist to chest deep, perfect for our instructors to teach students the basics of kiteboarding. The learning process requires a lot of space for students since they initially have little control an

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 13, 2015

There is big news in Belize’s tourism sector today, Carnival Cruise Lines has announced it is scaling back its stops in Belize this year by 14 boats. This is not a huge number considering Belize receives 350 stops per year between all the various cruise ship lines, but it is significant as the first cutting back in stops by a cruise ship line. The tourism sector is worried that more may foll

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on July 29, 2015

On our island out at Glover’s Reef in Belize, we offer 10 sports: sea kayaking, snorkeling, scuba diving, kitesurfing, windsurfing, kayak surfing, sport fishing, kayak fishing, paddleboarding, and board surfing. It is great having so many sports, because if it’s too windy to sea kayak, it might be perfect for one of the surfing sports. It the surf is flat because there is no swell comi

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on July 8, 2015

Leonado Dicaprio bought an island in Belize several years ago with the idea to eventually build an eco-resort on the property. A recent New York Times article describes the plan, and construction is slated to begin soon with a projected opening in 2018. Di Caprio’s idea is to make it a ‘true’ eco resort, not just in name but in practice with guests’ participation. For insta

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 24, 2015

I recently returned from a trip to Maui where I was able to snorkel several times during my visit. While it was great to see new species of coral and fish, I was struck by how much better the diving and reefs are at our Glover’s Reef island in Belize. I had always imagined Hawaii and most of the Pacific to have much better reef ecosystems that we commonly see in Belize, but I found the oppos