Stay : 14 days to combine two to three Bahamian islands
Combined trips often require transiting through Nassau, as inter-island connections are rare and transportation radiates from Nassau. For example, you can consider a combination of Nassau + Eleuthera + Harbour Island, or Nassau + Long Island + Cat Island. There are also direct connections between Grand Bahama Island and Bimini, and Grand Bahama Island and Abaco
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Detail of the stay : 14 days to combine two to three Bahamian islands - 15 days
Day 1: 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.
PORT LUCAYA MARKETPLACE
Day 2: 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.
Day 3: Visit Grand Bahama Island
Steps: Freeport- Lucaya, Free Town, 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.
Day 5: Departure for Abaco Island
Steps: Marsh Harbour, 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.
Day 6: Visit of Abaco
Steps: Cherokee Sound, 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.
Day 7: Hope Town and its mythical lighthouse
Steps: Hope Town - Elbow Cay, Marsh Harbour
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.
ELBOW REEF LIGHTHOUSE
Day 8: Diving and relaxation
Steps: Hope Town - Elbow Cay
Beach and snorkeling on the side of Hope Town Harbour Lodge.
Day 9: 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.
Day 10: Green Turtle Cay
Steps: Green Turtle Cay, Treasure 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.
Day 11: Change of island
Steps: Freeport- Lucaya, 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.
Day 12: 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.
BIMINI SHARK LAB
Day 13: 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.
DOLPHIN HOUSE
Day 14: Flight Flight
Steps: Freeport- Lucaya
Back to Freeport, then in France, the head loaded with memories and the camera filled with sublime pictures.
Day 15: Helpful hints: combined United States/Canada - Bahamas trips
Steps: Nassau
The geographical location of the Bahamas and its proximity to the American continent make it easy to plan an extension. Change of atmosphere and style with a flea jump from Miami to Nassau in 40 minutes; after California there is no need to fly to Hawaii, you can reduce the trip back to Europe with a mini-stay in the Bahamas. Everything is possible, visit the parks of the American West and make a beach extension on an island in the archipelago, even after a snowmobile raid in Canada imagine a week of relaxation on a dream beach.
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