Abaco is an island archipelago in the
northeastern Bahamas located 180 miles east of South Florida.
You can lay in a hammock
and read a book, but beyond that most visitors to Abaco love the water and make an effort to get on and in it.
Abaco is one of the few places in the world where you can do this on your own by renting a boat and, with a bit of orientation
and instruction, head off on your own on a calm, protected sea for reefs, deserted beaches, island settlements or fishing
grounds. You can lunch on a grouper burger in a harbourfront restaurant, snorkel on a coral reef, browse through shops
and galleries in a picturesque village and swim in a deserted cove - all in one afternoon.
There are some bigger ticket
items as well, like billfish tournaments and yacht regattas. The challenging 18-hole championship golf course
at the Treasure Cay Resort is another alternative, as well as the much-acclaimed four-mile beach there. Good roads allow
you to explore the 100-mile-long mainland by rental car. Along the way, you can see villages with lots of history, photograph
island architecture and take a hike in a forest preserve with a population of protected wild parrots.
You can also count dolphins
swimming the Sea of Abaco, climb the steps of the historic 1863 lighthouse in Hope Town, and collect shells on the beaches.
Oh yes, the beaches -- wide, deserted, palm-fringed, soft, warm, uncommercial, unlimited and unbelievable. No
peddlers or hawkers. Safe for swimming and snorkeling, but bring your sun block.
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Abaco Island has
naturally protected waters and dozens of offshore cays covering over 130 square miles of aquamarine water.
Abaco is the third most populous island in The Bahamas and bears a resemblance to New England from which it attracts so many
of its visitors and winter residents. Marsh Harbour is the commercial centre located on Great Abaco.
Its two major islands,
Great Abaco and Little Abaco, have a myriad of small cays flanking the mainland. The sea channel between
the islands allows for good cruising. Abaco, located in the northern Bahamas, typically boats pine forests and is frequented
by hunters of wild boar and ducks. Its waters abound with fish, including the marlin and sailfish. It also has bonefishing
flats.
Other settlements include
its northern cays, such as Walker’s Cay and the Grand Cays; Crown Haven and Fox Town in Little Abaco, and
Cooper’s Town on Great Abaco; Green Turtle Cay, Hope Town, Moore’s Island, the tourist resort of Castaways Cay,
Great Guana Cay, Cherokee Sound, Little Harbour, Hole-in-the-Wall, Sandy Point, Crossing Rock, Spring City and Man-O-War Cay.
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