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Bahamas National Trust Rand Nature Centre

  • Address: E. Settlers Way, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island
  • Phone: 242/352-5438

Fodor's Review:

On 100 acres just minutes from downtown Freeport, ½ mi of self-guided botanical trails shows off 130 types of native plants, including many orchid species. The center is the island's birding hot spot, where you might spy a red-tailed hawk or a Cuban emerald hummingbird sipping hibiscus nectar. The new visitor center hosts changing local art exhibits and some resident animals, including a Bahama boa. Outside you can visit the caged one-eyed Bahama parrot the center has adopted. On Tuesday and Thursday free guided tours focusing on the use of plants in Bahamian bush medicine depart at 10:30 AM. The reserve is named for philanthropist James H. Rand, the former president of Remington Rand, who donated a hospital and library to the island.

  • Cost: $5
  • Open: Weekdays 9-4; guided nature walk by advance reservation
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