Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 6, 2011

Last week we woke up the day after Christmas (Also my 29th birthday) to find a turtle nest had hatched. The weather was poor and we were planning a low tide walk in the pools out of the wind on the backside of our island anyway. It turned out to be the sweetest low tide walk ever. We found about 15-20 Turtles and walked them out across the tide pools and out beyond the breaking waves. Great Christ

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 4, 2011

Belize contains hundreds of Mayan sites. The Mayan civilization rose to its peak between 600 – 900 AD. Many large cities existed during this time, with a network of trading routes between them, and their impressive ruins can be seen today across the country. In addition to restored ruins found in Belize such as Caracol, Xunantunich, Altun Ha, and Lamanai, many other large sites exist still hidde

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 30, 2010

Years ago I wanted to find a place like our place; an island outdoor center with snorkeling right from shore, all the sport toys, great guides, and located somewhere in the world where the water is warm and clear. In short, I wanted a busman’s holiday; I wanted to take an adventure vacation full of adventure activities where I wasn’t in charge. I wanted someone to guide me for a change. Thatâ€

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 21, 2010

We have been customers of Google since they first started the pay-per-click adwords program. I don’t even want to tell you how much we spend on those little ads that show up on the right of your screen when you Google something like “outdoor vacation“. And we are surely a tiny advertiser in the grand scheme of all-things-Google. Over the years, Google has made a habit of sending

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 17, 2010

The internet is amazing. When we first moved to Long Caye in 1996, there were no on-line tools for watching the wind and waves off the coast of Belize. Now there are a whole host of websites that we watch to check the swell and wind. If you are planning a Belize surfing trip, you will want to check out the sites that we use. Magic Seaweed! Our #1 favorite (screen shot in the image above), you can

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 15, 2010

Mark Hopkins, one of our lead guides in Belize, was interviewed on Friday on Fish Talk Radio. If you want to hear some fish talk about our resident bonefish school, check out this interview. You can “fast-forward” to Mark’s interview, go to 34:00 and listen through to 40:24. FishTalkRadio

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 9, 2010

Victor just came in off the island yesterday and emailed these shots of Meg, our Belize kitesurfing instructor. Victor has an amazing waterproof camera he mounts all over the place to create these fantastic shots. Meg has only been on the island a few weeks. She is from North Wales, and spends about half of each year traveling and kiting all over the globe. A sailing, kiteboarding, and windsurfing

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 8, 2010

Now that the season is in full swing and I am on the phone all day talking about Belize and our island, I am reminded how people searching the internet for Belize vacation trips just don’t understand what it means to go to a very remote part of the globe. Everyone wants to go to an exclusive location with no one else around, but they all expect it to be easy to get to. Guess what: if it’s easy

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 7, 2010

Out in the island last week the wind was up and the skies cleared after our recent storm, so the crew was out on the water trying out our new kitesurfing equipment. Our guests from Vela and our kitesurf instructor ripped it up in the bay of the island before heading out across the sand flats to the next island, 3 miles down the reef. The sand flats between the islands provide a stunning area for s