A Typical Day on the Island

Morning on the Island

Palm fronds rustle just outside your cabana, stirred by the last of night’s gentle breezes, as you wake to the ceaseless pounding of the surf, a little louder this morning than when you drifted off to sleep last night. It’s a new day on the island. Orange rays of sunrise burst over the horizon and across the Caribbean, filling your cabana with bright, warm light. From your porch, the view of the open sea breaking on the reef just below is a stunningly beautiful reminder of where you are, and of the new adventures that lie ahead.

A short walk through the palms brings you to breakfast at Slickrock’s Dining Hall, where the smells of fresh baking bread and hot coffee greet you.

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After a hearty meal with all the fresh orange juice you can squeeze, your guide presents you with today’s menu of activities: this morning you get to choose between sea kayaking to a nearby patch reef to snorkel out of the kayaks followed by a low tide walk and windsurfing orientation. As always, scuba diving is also an option to see dolphins, turtles and lobster, and ours has the most remote and pristine diving of all the scuba diving centers in Belize.

Coral Reef Diving out the Kayaks

Soon you’re at the kayak palapa, assembling your gear for a paddle out to one of the colorful patch reefs inside the atoll. After launching, your group follows the guide, gliding across the azure waters of the lagoon. You feel like you’re flying when you see your shadow on the bright sand below, as startled rays dart beneath your boat. You skirt above bright patches of coral until you reach the selected reef. The guide attaches your line to his moored kayak in preparation to dive.

Jumping into the warm water, you enter another world. Colorful fish of every description dart among the coral outcroppings. You explore channels in the reef, winding between swaying sea fans and riding the ocean currents. Angel fish and eels peer from beneath huge brightly-colored brain corals, and you see tiny shrimp crawling out of tube sponges as you glide above them.

With the wind now behind us, the group skims back to the island with little effort, and enjoys a lunch of fresh ceviche and homemade tortillas before you head back to your porch for a siesta. The hammock doesn’t take long to work its magic as the warm sea breeze massages you to sleep.