Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on July 23, 2012

When you have an island in Belize, you watch hurricanes, believe me. Hurricane season has started for this year, but it’s been mild so far [KNOCK ON WOOD]. I just found some old images, and found one pre-Hurricane Mitch (1998) when our hammock palapa used to be out by our surf dock. Trying to find an image that matches is difficult, but I found 2 views from inside our old dining hall and fro

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on July 20, 2012

This post is about my ongoing obsession, ie; how do you figure out the airline companies and their pricing structure? I talk to people all day, all week, all month, about travel to Belize. Everyone asks “When should I get my ticket? Should I wait, or get it now? Are they going to get less or more expensive as the trip gets closer?” Good questions! Two weeks ago I did my weekly check of

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I have a water phobia. A completely and utterly debilitating fear that originated from a childhood near drowning incident. True story. I even look at bathtubs and Jacuzzis as if they were deathtraps filled with sharks. Sadly, my fear has kept me out of the water for complete decades and I’ve missed out on so many water-related events and activities. It wasn’t until I visited Hawai’i with my

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on July 19, 2012

Hermit crabs play a larger part in our Belize trips than you might think. They are endlessly entertaining, and they are all over the island. Kids especially spend hours watching them. Our guest from last March, Larry Staples, took this close up video footage of a cast of hermit crabs playing musical chairs with their shells. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuwTJq_Ekn4

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on July 18, 2012

Every week we visit a nearby patch reef we call The Horseshoe. It’s only about a 5 or 10 minute paddle from our island. We love this reef, it’s quite common to see a huge number of creatures: Nassau Grouper, Queen Triggerfish, French Anglefish, Sargent Major, Porcupine Fish, Barracuda…. and last March we saw a Hawksbill Turtle there! A past guest sent us this video from his snork

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on July 16, 2012

We have owned and operated a Belize adventure company since 1986. Our Belize private island, Long Caye at Glover’s Reef, is very remote. Because of this, we can’t sell rooms by the night, the boat only goes 2 days a week. So our packages are all inclusive, and we also include hotels and meals in Belize City on each end of the island trip. For the last fifteen years at least we have taken our g

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on July 12, 2012

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which is the oldest and largest conservation organization in the US, was founded in NYC in the late 1800’s as the New York Zoological Society. Today they maintain an international presence all over the world with conservation areas, research centers, and NGO’s working with governments on various projects to promote wildlife conservation. WCS owns Middle

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 18, 2012

Every week we go tide pooling at low tide from our Belize island. It’s amazing the number of creatures we see in about 45 minutes. Everyone always comments that it was WAY better than they thought it was going to be. We see numerous echinoderms (sea stars, sea cucumbers, and sea urchins) plus mollusks, eels, scorpionfish, and sometime octopus! We invented a low tide bucket, a simple 5 gallon buc

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 14, 2012

OK, it’s not nice to brag, but surely you’ll forgive me for talking about our private bonefish school. The way I understand it, bonefish do not normally school. But we have a huge bonefish school, they live right off our shore, and they have been there for years. Just 20 feet from our shore! We snorkel with them, we fish them (catch and release), we practically have names for each one. Yes, we