14 days to combine two to three Bahamian islands
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora, Discovery, Adventure / Sports & Leisure, Free time, Relaxation / Well-being.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Automne, Hiver.
Where to stay - Freeport- Lucaya ?
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Detail of the stay : 14 days to combine two to three Bahamian islands
How to get there - Freeport- Lucaya
Arrival/Rest
Steps: Freeport- Lucaya
Arrival at Freeport, Grand Bahama Island. Rent a car. Transfer to a hotel in Port Lucaya if you like the entertainment, or a little further away from the Ocean Reef & Yacht Club for a more family atmosphere. Afternoon rest to digest the flight and the 6 hours difference with France.
Places of interest : PORT LUCAYA MARKETPLACE
Freeport
Steps: Freeport- Lucaya
Morning in Freeport, visit the Garden of the Groves, Perfume Factory, then direction the Port Lucaya Market Place for an international lunch in a festive atmosphere. In the afternoon, diving or meeting with dolphins via the UNEXSO centre, an unforgettable excursion! In the evening, authentic and inescapable fish fry at Smith Point if you fall on a Wednesday.
Places of interest : GARDEN OF THE GROVES PORT LUCAYA MARKETPLACE
Visit Grand Bahama Island
Steps: West End
Around the island. Departing from Freeport, head first towards the eastern part of the island, which is wild and very sparsely populated. Visit the Lucayan National Park, its underwater cavities, mangroves and its famous Gold Rock Beach - the Pirates of the Caribbean movie was filmed just around the corner! Then continue on to the eastern tip to discover the few fishing villages dotted here and there, then retrace your steps towards Freeport and the West End. Visit the Bahamian Brewery, where the Sands, one of the two national beers, is brewed. If you don't want to rent a car, there are agencies that organise day tours, for example by jeep, which also include some activities.
Places of interest : BAHAMIAN BREWERY & BEVERAGE CO LUCAYAN NATIONAL PARK
Idleness
Departure for Abaco Island
Steps: Schooner Bay
Departure for Marsh Harbour, Abaco. Possible rental of a car. Visit of the small town and its marina and then direction the new village of Schooner Bay in the south. Discovery of the site and night at the Sandpiper Inn.
Visit of Abaco
Steps: Sandy Point
By rental car or via an agency such as The Great Abaco Express, tour the island and its main points of interest: Sandy Point, Cherokee Sound, Little Harbour and Pete's Pub & Gallery, Bahama Palm Shore for viewing Abaco's parrots, Abaco Neem's farm and laboratory, some well hidden water holes, etc.
Hope Town and its mythical lighthouse
Steps: Hope Town - Elbow Cay
Departure for Hope Town via Marsh Harbour. On site, visit the lighthouse, the Wyannie Malone museum, in the ruelles and impasses of this village with a doll house.
Places of interest : ELBOW REEF LIGHTHOUSE
Diving and relaxation
Treasure Cay
Steps: Treasure Cay
Return to the main island of Abaco, this time towards north and Treasure Cay. Visit of the village and afternoon on its long sandy beach.
Green Turtle Cay
Steps: Green Turtle Cay
Excursion to Green Turtle Cay. Visit of the village, the Loyalist Memorial Sculpture Gardenfrom the Albert Lowe Museum, and a look at the cemetery. At the end of the day, return to Treasure Cay.
Places of interest : LOYALIST MEMORIAL SCULPTURE GARDEN CIMETIÈRE
Change of island
Steps: Bimini Bay
Morning departure for Bimini via Freeport. Arrived at destination, rest and relaxation in the vicinity of the hotel before visiting the following day.
Meeting with dolphins
Steps: Port Royal
Morning discovery of South Bimini, with a nature walk to the fountain of youth, and the exciting Shark Lab (visit on request the day before). In the afternoon, go to the Neal Watson diving centre for an outing to the open sea to meet wild dolphins.
Places of interest : BIMINI SHARK LAB
Visit to Bimini
Steps: Alice Town
Rent a golf cart and visit the landmarks of Bimini North, marked by the memory of Hemingway and Martin Luther King. Not to be missed in particular Dolphin Housethe small museum of Bimini and Ansil Saunders' house. In the afternoon, fishing boat excursion in the mangrove of Bimini East.
Places of interest : DOLPHIN HOUSE
Flight Flight
Steps: Freeport- Lucaya
Back to Freeport, then in France, the head loaded with memories and the camera filled with sublime pictures.
