Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 14, 2012

Even with all the many water sports to learn and explore, even with the delightful experience in getting to know the other guests and staff,  exploring new foods, learning about the abundance of new and exotic sea life, the fabulous view that never ceases to change, and, of course, the eminently distracting Coco the bunny… it seems the human heart on vacation is never so full that it can

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 13, 2012

Norwegians have a rich history of fishing. So do people from Belize, a small country in the Caribbean. Research funded by Norway’s government and research council is examining how fishers in Belize cope with social and environmental change. It is part of the Many Strong Voices programme which helps marginalised people help themselves to deal with climate change. Fishing communities in Beli

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 8, 2012

The Garifuna people are descendants of Carib, Arawak and West Africans. Today the Garifuna live primarily in Central America along the Western Caribbean coast of Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras, and on the island of Roatán. In the United States, many Garifuna people live in Los Angeles, Miami, New York and Chicago. Our island cooks are all Garifuna women. There is a dish called Hudut th

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 6, 2012

On our island in Belize, we snorkel a lot. There aren’t many places in the country where you can snorkel right off shore, but you can at our island, and we take advantage of it. Most days we snorkel twice, sometimes more. Sometimes we swim right in, sometimes the take the kayaks a little ways out so we can access more underwater terrain. Guests send us video clips and this is a great one of

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 3, 2012

Back in the year 2000, a writer/photographer team for National Geographic Adventure magazine came to our island in Belize for a feature story. You can imagine how excited we were about this. Jon Bowermaster and Barry Tessman were famous, they were widely published, and had also both traveled extensively all over the world. The staff and guests on the island that week were also super excited and it

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 2, 2012

Over the past couple of years, out at Slickrock’s Adventure Island on Glover’s Reef, we’ve seen a dramatic increase in the lionfish population. And we’ve blogged about the problem at least five times over the past couple of years. That’s because the lionfish, an invasive species, is decimating coral reef fish populations all across the Caribbean. Leading the charge in

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on July 30, 2012

On Long Caye, we’re blessed to have easy access to a long list of incredible sites for snorkel diving. One of our nearby favorites we call The Channel. Come on, slip out of your mental sea kayak for a minute and join us for a snorkeling adventure! Below is a map of our top 10 snorkel sites. You can see how close they are to our adventure center. That kind of close proximity and variety is on

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on July 25, 2012

Everyone loves our cabanas. Think “Gilligan’s Island”. Take a tour of one in this short video clip shot by guest Larry Staples.

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on July 24, 2012

Our guests are some of the most adventurous people. Johna Till Johnson and Vladimir Brezina, avid sea kayakers from New York, visited our resort on Long Caye in 2010. Besides being an explorer, Vladimir is also a talented photographer. In fact, one of his photos appears in our current brochure. Like many of our guests, since their visit Johna and Vlad have kept in touch with us (in fact, I think 2