Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 18, 2012

Our Adventure Island package is all-inclusive, meaning that from the time you step out of your taxi at the Biltmore Hotel until we return you to the hotel a week later, everything is provided — with one exception: liquor. We have a refrigerator in which we provide as much beer as a guest might want, but due to the limited amount of electricity available from our solar arrays and wind turbine

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 17, 2012

One of the most unique and wonderful aspects of our location out on Glover’s Reef is the pristine quality of the 900 patch reefs within the protection of the Glover’s ring reef. Healthy Reefs, an international, multi-institutional effort that tracks the health of the Meso-American Reef, was recently working off the coast of Belize and recorded this great video about the health of the

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 16, 2012

Planning a trip to Belize in the near future? Not only do we have some of the most extensive historical weather info on Belize and specifically out at Glover’s Reef, but if you’re like me, sometimes you just want to know what it’s like right now. I just stumbled across this cool site that has instant weather info and an awesome, live webcam. Granted they’re both based out o

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 14, 2012

This month Slickrock hosted a team from Athleta Sportswear on a photo shoot for their next summer’s catalog. A team of 12 people came out to our Belize island for four days to shoot various pictures of their sportswear line, which specializes in products for athletic women. In addition to their three models, there was a photographer who employed a camera with a wireless transmitter to send t

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 12, 2012

Of the many fun and interesting things to do in Belize, either before or after one of our tours, perhaps the most accessible is a visit to the Museum of Belize. Located at Gabourel and Hutson streets, the Museum of Belize is a beautiful, old brick building that was built as a colonial prison in the 1800’s, and operated as a prison until 1993; one cell has been restored. Originally built to hol

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 10, 2012

If you’re into sea turtles (and, honestly, who isn’t?) you’ve probably heard about the Hawksbill, one of several species of sea turtles found in the waters off Belize. Due to declining populations of the Hawksbill, it is not often seen by divers in most areas of the world, but one of the many great things about Glover’s Reef is that we see them frequently. Human fishing pra

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 6, 2012

While many people go to the Caribbean for nothing more than sitting in the sun with a cocktail in hand, there’s more that the Caribbean has to offer. For one, not just a couple seasons of warmth, but pleasant weather year-round. With such clear waters to go with that, the Caribbean is one of the top diving destinations in the world. Here, courtesy of Cheap Air’s blog, is a list of a

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 5, 2012

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Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 4, 2012

Last January Meg Griffiths, our kitesurf and advanced windsurfing instructor, kept track of wind speeds through the month of January. Sailors visiting us this January will be glad to see most days are plenty windy for Belize kitesurfing! (photo above by Pete McDermott) DATE 9 am 12 noon 3 pm 6 pm AVERAGE MAX WIND SPEED 1 16 14 13 14 14 16 2 6 8 11 13 10 13 3 9 6 8 7 8 9 4 13 9 1 8 8 13 5 4 1 0 0 1