Place Your Ad Here
For other Caribbean destinations visit
www.bahamasgateway.NET
ORDER your Bahamian recipes in MS E-book format
- Click Here
|
|
More
Abaco
Island and its cays! |
|
|
 The
Abacos are not Miami or Nassau.
The Abacos are for those whose
nighttime activities require no more than nice restaurants and an
occasional Calypso band with dancing.
Evenings are spent reading, playing
games, listening to music, or watching TV. The sea of Abaco is a
protected body of water with miles and miles of calm sandy beaches
and several quaint villages for you to explore.
There are many places for you to cross the islands or take your
boat to get deserted ocean beaches. Snorkeling and skin diving can
be done in shallow or deep water and the choices are numerous. For
the true diving enthusiast, the reefs are magnificent with wrecks,
two underwater marine parks, and miles and miles of reefs to
explore on the ocean side of the islands.
Combine this with the clearest water in the world and that
spells beautiful diving. Fishing is great and includes: Wahoo,
grouper, snapper, marlin, tuna, sailfish, bonefish, and dolphin.
Other species can be found just a short distance offshore. There
are excellent local guides and charters available at reasonable
prices.
Places to visit:
 | Elbow Cay: Hope Town has, as previously described,
roads to explore around the whole island. TAHITI BEACH, on the
south end of the island, looks like the South Seas. There are
lovely ocean beaches almost the whole northern end of the
island and ocean reefs for diving.
|
| Man-O-War Cay: The boat building capital of the Out
Islands. Beautiful village, beaches, nice walks, several
restaurants and snack bars for lunch with ice cream, milk
shakes and sandwiches, sail loft for great ditty bags, hats,
etc.; Several other gift and craft shops as well. Ocean
reefs for diving, including the wreck of the U.S.S. Adirondack
with its cannon still on the sea floor. Wonderful walks to
both ends of the island. There is a marina for gas and oil.
|
| Marsh Harbour: CAPITOL of the area (approx. 3500
people) with banks, supermarkets, restaurants, marinas,
hardware stores, sporting goods (including diving and fishing
equipment). Not as picturesque as Elbow Cay and other
settlements and does not have an ocean beach. You can rent a
car or motorbike here for further exploration of Great Abaco.
There are also several doctors and dentists.
|
| Guana Cay: Guana Harbour Club for lunch, drinks, a
swim in the pool, and some of the nicest beaches in the
Bahamas (both sides of the island). There is also Nipper's
Restaurant on the beach serving lunch and dinner with a nice
atmosphere. Here is a little known tip. Enter the lagoon
between Scotland Cay and Guana by drifting over the shallow
bar of the southern most opening. Its fabulous inside and you
can enter the ocean on a nice day by watching out for the
reefs. Once outside there are numerous reefs off the south end
of Guana but be carefull getting to them. the DIVING IS
FANTASTIC here. The key is a calm day which enables you to
see. Also, the very northern end of the island on the ocean
side has one of the finest beaches you will ever see. the
water is deep almost to the beach and to the reefs where the
diving is great.
|
| Little Harbour: Home of the late Randolph Johnson, a
famous sculptor, his talented family, and resident artists.
Visit their studio (during visiting hours - see
"Yachtsman's Guide) and you can see how he used the lost
wax method of casting. His pieces have been sold throughout the
world. Visiting Little Harbour for the spot alone would be
worthwhile. Be sure to read his most interesting book about
his family moving to the Bahamas (in our book
collection).
|
| Pelican Cays and Sea Park. Beautiful area with
extensive reefs and beaches in the protected Sea of Abaco. You
could explore this area for weeks. See the "Yachtsman's
Guide" or "Guide to the Abacos" in the house
for many other places to visit. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vacation
Properties |
|
|
|
|
