Places to Explore

• Elbow Cay

  Five-mile-long Elbow Cay's main attraction is the charming village of Hope Town. The saltbox cottages—painted in bright colors—with their white picket fences, flowering gardens, and porches... (more)

• Great Abaco Island

  If arriving by air, your trip will most likely begin on Great Abaco, the main island. It's bordered on its eastern side by a chain of cays that extend from the north to about midway down the island, and... (more)

• Great Guana Cay

  The essence of Great Guana Cay can be summed up by its unofficial motto, painted on a hand-lettered sign: "It's better in the Bahamas, but it's gooder in Guana." This sliver of an islet just off Great... (more)

• Green Turtle Cay

  This tiny 3-mi-by-½-mi island is steeped in Loyalist history; some residents can trace their heritage back more than 200 years. Dotted with ancestral New England-style cottage homes, the cay is... (more)

• Man-O-War Cay

  Fewer than 300 people live on skinny, 2½-mi-long Man-O-War Cay, many of them descendants of early Loyalist settlers who started the tradition of handcrafting boats more than two centuries ago. These... (more)

• Spanish Cay

  Only 3 mi long, this privately owned island was once the exclusive retreat of millionaires, and many visitors still arrive by yacht or private plane. Although several private upscale homes dot the coast... (more)