Sea Kay aking Trip

The 80-degree waters of Belize create an unbeatable setting to enjoy the thrills of sea kayaking, and no prior experience is required. Our guides instruct a full range of kayaking techniques, including paddling strokes, rolling, and rescues. The premier Belize sea kayaking trip, we paddle every day to nearby islands, into the lagoon, or along the reef in search of new snorkeling locations. Skimming over the neon blue water, our boats dodge patch reefs and startle spotted eagle rays, barracuda, and bonefish. We often see porpoise and sea turtles while paddling through the channels into the open sea, where we stop to snorkel from the boats. Because we base from our private island, you are assured of getting in as much or as little paddling as you desire.

 

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Snorkeling

Snorkeling in Belize: Of all the highlights of your visit to Long Caye, exploring the underwater world may top the list. The pristine reefs of Belize are world-renowned, and those at Glover’s National Marine Reserve are the best in the country. In addition to 700+ patch reefs accessible by kayak, there is outstanding snorkeling on the reef wall just off our shore. The abundance and variety of sea life is astounding, and you could spend a lifetime exploring the coral formations at Glover’s Reef Belize. For more information on snorkeling in Belize, visit our snorkeling web page.

 

Bring your dive light for a night snorkel! Conditions don't permit this every trip, but what an amazing experience, to view the nocturnal creatures of the underwater world. Octopus, lobster, and basket starfish are often seen, not to mention the illusive Toad Fish, found only in Belizean waters!

 

Our blog has a post on how to buy your mask, fins, and snorkel.

 

Here are some fantastic shots taken while snorkeling on one of our trips in December of 2007. All snorkeling photos by Tom Holub.

 

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Juvenile bluehead wrasse & pillar coral	Trumpetfish	Yellow spotted stingray
Stoplight parrotfish	French grunt	Elkhorn coral
Blue tang	Southern stingray	Midnight parrotfish

 

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Scuba Vacation

The remarkable clarity of the water at Glover’s makes this an ideal location for scuba, which is available from our associates at Long Caye Dive Shop. There are 54 miles of wall diving within a 12-mile radius of Long Caye. The top of the reef wall varies from 40 to 80 feet. It is not uncommon to encounter dolphins, sea turtles and as many as 50 species of creatures in one dive. Located just down the beach, the dive shop is a full-service PADI scuba facility. Guests often take time off from our activities to go diving. In addition to serving certified divers, they also provides scuba diving training that permit novices to train and continue to dive for the remainder of the week.

 

All guests must be physically fit to dive. Areas of concern for diving fitness include respiratory conditions (such as asthma); circulatory conditions (such as heart trouble); diabetes; and recent major surgery. Please visit our Belize scuba page for more information on the required medical release for diving.

Windsurfing Instruction

We offer beginning-advanced with sailed rigged to go and a land trainer. Our lagoon is an ideal place to learn and experts use our short boards for the surf. Steady winds are almost always present, and the 80-degree water means you windsurf in your bathing suit! Our windsurfing page has a complete list of our gear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kite Boarding

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Bring your kiteboard to our island and experience perfect conditions, or take introductory kiteboarding lessons with our trainer kites. The flat water of the atoll, near constant winds (10 mph 95% of the time) and the 80 degree waters of the Caribbean all add up to a kiteboarder’s dream!

 

Advanced kiteboarding lessons are now available through our new Belize Vela Kiteboard School. Take professional lessons from a full-time instructor!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sport Fishing

Although Slickrock’s program focuses on kayaking, snorkeling, surfing, and windsurfing, fishermen will not be disappointed! There is no need to hire a private guide, you just wade in. The fishing (catch-and-release only) is excellent just off our island; in fact local fishing guides regularly bring their guests over 35 miles by boat just to fish a few feet from our shore. It is common to pull in several bonefish per session. Many fishermen also spin-cast off of our dock, as permit, jack, and barracuda also provide a great deal of excitement. Fishermen can fish any time they like, if you get up early or fish late in the day you won’t even miss any of the other activities. And we pay for your fishing license so you can begin to fish right away! See our Belize sport fishing page for information on what gear to bring.

 

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Kayak Fishing

Kayak fly-fishing is the hot new sport for dedicated anglers. People who yearn to fish at Glover’s Reef can now use our top-of-the-line fishing kayaks as an alternative to wading in from shore or fishing off of our dock. The kayaks greatly extends your range of possibilities for tracking our resident bonefish.

 

Paddling a fishing kayak is easier than you might think, and we include this instruction. Fishing kayaks are wider than regular kayaks to prevent them from tipping over while casting, and they also use anchors and pontoons to stabilize the craft when fishing. Completely outfitted with rod holders and other necessities for fishing, you won't even want to come into shore for your next meal.

Surfing

We have the #1 surfable break in Belize! Board surfing at Long Caye is great for intermediate and advanced surfers. Experienced surfers love this wave! If you want world-class, immaculately groomed long fetch overhead barrels - you should consider a destination such as Tavarua or the Mentawais. However, if you're a surfer planning to go to Glover's for the reefs and kayaking, windsurfing, etc. - you also might be rewarded with some very fun, VERY uncrowded tropical surf. There's no line on our break, and you'll have a very appreciative audience. Although our wave is excellent for beginning surf kayakers, our break is not ideal for beginning board surfers. You can read more about this on the Belize surfing page.

Kayak Surfing

When we say "Kayak Belize" we don't just mean sea kayaking! The eastern shore of Long Caye is exposed to the prevailing trade winds, which create ideal conditions for surf. The waves break on shoals of coral rubble, which generate a perfect "point" break and a great ride for our surf kayaks. Even if you have never surfed before you will be carving it up after your 45 minute surf kayaking introduction. Watching the action from the beach is a sport in itself as the surfers provide hours of entertainment for those who choose to relax with a cold soda or beer.

 

Paddleboarding

Stand-up paddle surfing has exploded in popularity in just the past few years to become the fastest growing new water sport in the US. "SUP" entails standing on a longboard and propelling yourself with an extra-long, single-bladed, 5-6’ paddle. Our sheltered lagoon is a perfect place to try out this new sport, and our surf break allows experienced surfers to try out the SUP board on our surf break. Stand-up paddling afficianados often paddle miles using these high-performance boards, and with Middle Caye just 2.5 miles away, you just might want to try it. SUP boards work equally well in waves and on flat water, so everyone can enjoy this fantastic new sport. Visit our SUP Belize page for more.

Kayak Rolling

Our island is the perfect place to learn the kayak eskimo roll. In addition to all of the other sports we offer, our staff can teach you to roll easily with the perfect conditions we have on the island. In addition to 80 degree water, we teach rolling while you wear your snorkel mask. Then you can see your paddle position, and no more water up in your nose! Easy!

 

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Birding

 

Many birds make their home on Long Caye, including osprey, frigate birds, pelicans, ruddy turnstones, terns, plovers, herons, and falcons. At certain times of the year, Long Caye also plays host to a multitude of migrating birds. In April, you may see more than 40 species, including summer tanager, chestnut-sided warbler, rose-breasted grosbeak, yellow-billed cuckoo, indigo bunting, and Baltimore oriole.

 

 

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When the Sun Goes Down

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Hermit crabs on our Belize island

 

We receive rave reviews about our menu. Our Belizean cooks specialize in seafood feasts, such as Fish Tacos, Horseradish Grouper Fillets, and Shrimp Shish-Ka-Bobs. Nighttime activities vary from informative talks by staff to hermit crab races on the beach to our own special verion of "island croquet". At right is a sunset party on our iMat (a floating, inflatable dock). Please visit our Glover's Reef menu page. Kids especially love our family beach vacations.

 

Island Sport Orientations

Your guide will first provide instruction in all sports before you try them. Each orientation takes between 30 min. - 4 hours. Regardless of your experience and ability level, attendance in these instructional sessions is required if you plan to participate in the activity, since your guide has no way of knowing your experience level.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guests with extensive experience in a particular sport may receive a special, abbreviated orientation so they can get started earlier, but this is not always possible for every sport. Our guides are guiding the whole group, not just one person, and they must balance their time between everyone so that everyone is safe in the water. If you have only one sport you are interested in, our guides will do their best to get to the orientation as soon as possible, but it may not happen the first day you are on the island, or maybe not even the second day. Guides are responsible for everyone and can't guide more than one thing at a time.

 

Persons interested in only one sport will have to adjust their expectations as this is a multi-sport trip, not a single-sport trip, and all sports require a guide or buddy, especially when the conditions are extreme. We find that guests who show up thinking they will only do one sport quickly realize the beauty of this location is that you can try so many things. You'll want to do everything; there are few places on earth where you can experience this many sports in one week.

 

Attendance at the orientation in Belize City on the evening of Day 1 is also required, as there is not enough time to repeat everything multiple times. Friday night is the perfect time to get a lot of information imparted as we are all just waiting to go out to the island the next morning anyway. Please make your plans to include Friday night in Belize City.

The Buddy System

We use the buddy system for all sports so that no guest is alone in the event of an accident on the water. At any given moment five different sport activities may be taking place -- once guests have completed the required orientation they are free to pursue an activity without a guide. Guests may paddle, snorkel, surf, or windsurf without a guide as long as they find a "buddy" to join them. Single travelers have no trouble finding a buddy.

 

 

 

 

 

Request more information on our multisport trips and on Belize!

 

Belize Resort: Slick Rock's Adventure Island at Glover's Reef trip is the most popular of sea kayaking vacations; if looking for kayak tours out of private islands you won't find anything in the Caribbean that rivals this all-inclusive package. You've got to try Belize sea kayaking to believe it...and this is the best place in the country for scuba diving vacations: 80 degree water and 150 foot visibility!

 

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