Nature and outdoors in the Bahamas
Explore a marine reserve, native plant trails, blue holes and wildlife encounters across the Bahamas.
These places bring together protected landscapes, trails, marine life and striking natural features across several Bahamian islands. Some are reached by boat, while others have footpaths or boardwalks to explore on land.
Dean's Blue Hole
Parks & Nature, Long Island
At Dean's Blue Hole, swimmers and snorkellers can drift over the rim in wading-depth water and look into the deep blue below.
Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park
Parks & Nature, Exuma Cays
The Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park protects reefs and fish life in a strict no-take zone. Visitors arrive by boat to snorkel, dive, walk cay trails and see endangered rock iguanas.
Glass Window Bridge
Things to do, North Eleuthera
At Glass Window Bridge, a narrow strip of rock separates the deep-blue Atlantic from the turquoise Bight of Eleuthera. Pull-offs on either side offer views across the gap.
Gold Rock Beach
Beach, Grand Bahama
At the end of Lucayan National Park's mangrove boardwalk, Gold Rock Beach has dunes and pine forest behind it. Low tide reveals rippled sandbars that extend far out.
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve
Parks & Nature, Central Eleuthera
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve has trails and boardwalks through native coppice, mangrove wetland, orchids and a medicinal-plant garden. An observation tower rises above the canopy.
Lucayan National Park
Parks & Nature, Grand Bahama
Lucayan National Park's footpaths reach two caves, while boardwalk trails cross pine forest and a mangrove creek on the way to Gold Rock Beach.
Pig Beach (Big Major Cay)
Things to do, Exuma Cays
On uninhabited Big Major Cay, a colony of feral pigs paddles out to meet arriving boats. The beach is reachable only by water.