Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 16, 2011

I know it seems early to think about Christmas, but every year we disappoint hundreds of people who wait too late to plan their Belize Christmas vacation. Our Christmas trips are super fun, as our private island is a fantastic place to spend this holiday, whether with your family, your friends, or by yourself. The island is always full at this time, so there is a maximum number of guests and staff

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 15, 2011

Slickrock’s first foray into Belize was in 1986, when I was running river trips in nearby Chiapas, Mexico. I had heard that Belize’s barrier reef would be an ideal location to run sea kayaking tours, so I drove over from Palenque with my friend Scott Davis and 5 sea kayaks to explore the reef and figure out a workable itinerary. Our first adventure was with Belize Customs, where they impounded

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 10, 2011

Do you need help with a Belize itinerary? I have just updated our Suggested Belize Itineraries page which details daily activities and approximate out-of-pocket costs for Belize trips from 3 to 16 days in length. Itineraries include visits to our island, birding tours, caving and ruin tours, and combinations of all of these combined to create one long, seamless trip to Belize. Visit our Suggested

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 9, 2011

We were thrilled to host our FIRST island wedding last month; Jody Jones and Danielle Torres of Salt Lake City chose our island for their Belize wedding! They chartered the island, and their friends and family flew to Belize from as far away as Australia for the big event. It was a smashing success, everyone proclaimed it the best trip of their lives, and they are already planning the wedding reun

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 7, 2011

The Wildlife Conservation Society, owners of nearby Middle Caye and the Glover’s Reef Research Station has just published a new on-line Picture Guide to the Organisms of Glover’s Reef Atoll. They are posted on the Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve web site and can be downloaded free and used by anyone. These are designed to assist interested individuals in quick recognition of organis

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 6, 2011

We have a resident very-hard-to-catch permit that we see snorkeling near our island all of the time. Fishermen go crazy trying to catch him… well, on one of the last trips of the season Jeff Griswold of North Bend, Washington caught him and he’s got photos to prove it! Jeff came in December of 2010 on our Adventure Island at Glover’s Reef trip, and then came back again 5 months l

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on May 20, 2011

Our bunny Coco died last summer, and the staff surprised me with TWO new bunnies last March! Bunnies are the perfect resort pet… some don’t like dogs, some don’t like cats, but no one doesn’t like a bunny. Here they are: Papillon (the black bunny), so named because he is an escape artist, and Honey, posing with Trip Manager Victor Myers and guest Catherine last March. Our b

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on May 12, 2011

Our belize vacation packages are only powered by the sun and wind. Slickrock has built an alternative energy system for use on Long Caye as part of our ecologically sensitive policy in developing our facilities. Our ‘rustic’ approach to building our cabins and creating our water and disposal systems are designed to have the least amount of impact to the island’s pristine nature, and our ener

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on May 10, 2011

Recently I was contacted by Robert Felton of AdventureTravelMentor.com to write an article for this great travel website. One thing led to another, and he asked to interview me about our company’s history, guided kayak trips, and philosophy, and this article is now featured as the May Adventure Travel Mentor. Please check it out!