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Lucayan National Park

Address: Grand Bahama Hwy., Grand Bahama Island
Phone: 242/352-5438

Category: Parks
Location: Grand Bahama Island

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Fodor's Review:

In this 40-acre seaside land preserve, trails and elevated walkways wind through a natural forest of wild tamarind and gumbo-limbo trees, past an observation platform, a mangrove swamp, sheltered pools containing rare marine species, and what is believed to be the largest explored underwater cave system in the world (7 mi long). You can enter the caves at two access points; one is closed in June and July, the bat nursing season. Twenty miles east of Lucaya, the park contains examples of the island's five ecosystems: beach, sandy or whiteland coppice (hardwood forest), mangroves, rocky coppice, and pine forest. Across the road from the caves, trails and rickety, warped boardwalks lead through pine forest and mangrove swamp to Gold Rock Beach, a beautiful, lightly populated strand of white sand edged by some of the island's highest dunes, aquamarine sea, and coral reef. Signs along the trail detail the park's distinctive features. Tickets can be purchased in advance at Rand Nature Centre or on-site.

Cost: $5
Open: Daily 8:30-4:30

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