Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on February 2, 2011

Hurricane threats are a fact of life in the Caribbean, and Belize is no exception. Every summer we grow increasingly worried as late summer and fall approach, for hurricane season lasts from On average, a major hurricane with widespread destruction hits Belize every 30 years. Belize City has been destroyed several times in the last century alone. Hurricane Hattie lead the government to move the ca

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 27, 2011

Belize City has a bad reputation, are travelers to believe all that they hear? We have been living in Belize City on and off since 1990, and we have owned a house there for years. There are parts of the city you should avoid, especially at night. But the casual tourist would probably never end up in those places anyway, so you shouldn’t worry about that. You should simply take cabs at night, and

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 25, 2011

The Macal River, which we run a section of on our Belize Adventure Week trip, has a long history as part of Slickrock’s past trips and itineraries. Slickrock’s founder Cully Erdman led a team on the first complete kayak descent of the river’s stunning canyon around 1990, with only 2-3 portages around the bigger Class VI drops. An earlier expedition had traveled down the gorge with inflatable

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 21, 2011

All guests love thatched-roofed cabanas at Belize beach resorts, but few people realize the effort it takes to build and maintain beach cottages on a remote island. We have built our cabanas with a simple design to avoid big losses should we lose a few to the waves and wind during hurricane season, but the biggest enemy to our structures is rust. The nails in all our buildings rust through in a sh

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 20, 2011

I get this question a lot and I have a standard answer: at the end of the week you will probably fall to the sand and grab me around the ankles and beg to stay. This is the best island you have EVER seen. NO TIME is enough time on Long Caye. Ask Steever Price, who is joining us this season for his 14th trip! Rich Lawson hasn’t missed a winter on the island since his first trip in April of 2006!

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 17, 2011

Last week was another windy week on our Belize island, and the wind sports were in full swing with kites and windsurfing action adding to the paddle and surfing events. We were able to sail to the neighboring islands and even got some kite action in the surf. Check out some of these shots from Victor’s GoPro camera; he sent these shots as soon as he got off the island. In addition to these b

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 12, 2011

Meg has been sending several reports while she is taking some much needed R&R. It was a busy Christmas and New Year period on the kiting front with plenty of students leaving as happy new kitesurfers. The easterly trade winds allow for perfect conditions and the sand flats provide the ideal environment with no obstacles and miles of shallow water to master kite flying and board start skills. A

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 11, 2011

We sure are getting a lot of calls from Canada lately, and we just found out why. Slickrock stars in a feature article in Westworld Alberta magazine called “Sun, Scenery, and Serenity“. “While many private islands make a lot of noise about forgetting the outside world, this one means it. The Robinson-Crusoe-style haven promises to go easy on the environment, with just 15 rustic c

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Meg Griffiths, our Belize kitesurf instructor sent us a description of her recent busy weeks on the island. When a kiter imagines their ideal, fantasy kite location they undoubtedly think warm, clear water, 15 knots, white sand, palm trees and good beer. Add to that 3km of waist deep sand flats, an isolated dream island with both surf and flat water, plus the occasional giant spotted eagle ray mea