Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on October 19, 2016

Are you looking for a Belize adventure destination? Last winter I finally made a trip to Mike’s Place, a remote jungle activity center and restaurant near San Ignacio, Belize. Mike Bogaert came to Belize over 20 years ago and really lucked out: he purchased land right at the mouth of Barton Creek Cave, a fabulous Mayan site and geological wonder. He offers canoe trips into the cave, but also

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on October 11, 2016

Belize’s ruins are famous all over the world; in our Belize travels we meet many people who have traveled days just to see them. Once you start getting into it, you will be surprised how many there are. There is no single tour to see all of them that I have found, and likewise there is no single city, town, or village where you can base from to see them all. Therefore, to plan your own tour

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on October 4, 2016

The Belize Lionfish invasion actually encompasses the entire Caribbean and Atlantic marine ecosystems. This crisis has been in the news for several years now, and we write about the Belize Lionfish epidemic frequently. These invasive fish, which have no natural enemies, have disrupted coral reef ecosystems and are threatening to wipe out many indigenous species. We recently found a new article tha

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 20, 2016

You’ll easily find a person that loves to travel, but it won’t be so easy to find a person who knows HOW to travel. We’re not saying that there’s a strict code of conduct, but people travel in different ways, and some are more convenient than others. If you travel without any time limit and simply want to roam the world, then you don’t really need any particular pointers on how to do it.

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 7, 2016

Most of you have probably heard of cave tubing, which is extremely popular in Belize, mostly for cruise ship passengers because it is a unique short tour, and close to Belize City. But if you want the real deal, you will want to go cave kayaking instead. On our Belize Adventure Week 8 night package we run the Caves Branch River from top to bottom in hard shell sit-on-top kayaks. We have been runni

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 30, 2016

Trips to our island in Belize are all-inclusive. Just what does that mean? In the travel industry, there is no agreement, so when you buy an all-inclusive package, you need to closely look at what is included and what is not. Our trips include everything once you meet us (it does not include air to Belize, and actually I don’t know of any Belize resorts that do offer this service.) In fact,

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 16, 2016

I have posted often about hunting lionfish and the Belize lionfish invasion. Lionfish were first spotted at Glover’s Reef in the winter of 2009. We heard about them in an article online, and notified our island staff. Within days, they spotted the first lionfish; it was uncanny. Since that time, we have actively pursued them with spearguns while snorkeling to keep their numbers down as much

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on July 26, 2016

On our Belize Adventure Week 8-night package we include one full day at Mayflower Bocawina National Park in southern Belize. There we spend hours on the 7-step, longest zipline in Central America created by Bocawina Adventure Resort. Mayflower Bocawina National Park is relatively new to the Belize national park system. Created in 2001, it is located 4.5 miles from the Southern Highway, with the tu

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on July 19, 2016

A recent New York Times article entitled Coral vs Coal details the struggle in Australia between the climate change deniers and the climate change chroniclers. And unfortunately it does appear to come down to choosing between the two. “The reef, one of the largest living things on earth, has started to fail. Whether it can recover is unclear. An organism roughly the size of Germany is bleach