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Kayak Snorkel AdventureThis adventure is 6 hours, from pickup to drop off at your place of lodging
Your day starts with pickup from any location, including Freeport Harbor for our cruise ship guests or at any on Island resort. Once your guide has greeted you, the adventure truly begins. You will receive an outline for the plan of the day during a narrative drive to your kayak destination, which is one of many beaches on Grand Bahama Island. Your guide will provide basic snorkeling instructions and then lead you on a wonderful snorkeling experience through a beautiful turquoise sea. You will see a splendid array of hard and soft corals, an amazing variety of colorful fish life and interesting marine creatures. You will learn the different stages of fish from juvenile to mature as you pass over impressive structures with stunning colors teeming with marine life. Witness and learn the role it all plays while on a guided snorkeling tour around the smallest land and sea national park in the Bahamas for approximately 90 minutes. $89 dollars for Adults
Kayak Eco AdventureThis adventure is 5 hours, from pickup to drop off at your place of lodging
$89 for adults
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Sightseeing AdventureWest End AdventureThis adventure is 5 hours, from pick up to drop off
$89 for adults
Sightseeing AdventureFreeport AdventureThis adventure is 6 hours, from pick up to drop offStop 1: Lucayan national park. Here you experience a beautiful and well informed 6 ecosystem hike. These are the 6 ecosystems found in the Bahamas but in close proximity at this destination. You can walk this park in 10 minutes or less, but your guide will introduce each ecosystem, flora, fauna, medicinal properties of plants and the story of the first Bahamian settlers call Lucayans in about 45 minutes on a leisure walk. Due to Human remains and artifacts found at this destination the name Lucayan National Park was given. Your Experience will include 6 ecosystems 1 of which is Gold Rock Beach and 2 inland blue holes /caves.
Stop 2. Banana Bay. This is your restaurant which sits on a beautiful beach. Great food, beautiful view from a wooden deck, hammock and lounge chairs. Your stay here will be an experience of sun, sand and sea as well as good local dishes.
Stop 3. Millionaire's Row. This is a location of multi million dollar homes. However this route was chosen not to just see beautiful homes but to continue to share the story of the only private city in the Bahamas called Freeport.
Stop 5. City tour. Here you drive through areas which allows for a better introduction of the private city of Freeport. Here the story of the religious district, financial district, commercial district and industrial district as we drive through. This is the only private city in the Bahamas here on Grand Bahama.
2 Inland blue holes or caves, 3 beaches, lunch, history and a view of the only private city of the Bahamas on a narrative drive.
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Sightseeing Adventure
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Bike & Snorkel AdventureThis adventure is 6 hours, from pick up to drop off at your place of lodging
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Owl's Hole Cavern Dive & Outback AdventureThis adventure is 6 hours, from pick up to drop off
Relax while your guide transports you to your unique Grand Bahama diving destination and narrates the story of the Bahamas and the formation of caves all while en route to Owl's Hole.
After this amazing experience, your guide will drive you to the coast for a short hike through Bahamian history. This hike explores one of Grand Bahamas' most interesting stories, starting with the abolishment of slavery and ending with the relocation of a town. You will see and hear about the abandoned stone homes and walls, lost to time. Top off your adventure with lunch on a beautiful sandy beach, where you will have a chance to relax and reflect on this experience of a lifetime. $160.00 The Adventure (6 hours) |
Lucayan National Park Cavern Dive & Nature Walk AdventureThis adventure is 6 hours, from pick up to drop off at your place of lodging
At the conclusion of this Freeport, Bahamas dive, your adventure continues through six different ecosystems. Here you will learn how sand storms in Africa play a role in the Bahamas' sediment which gives us the vegetation we have today. Your guide will discuss each ecosystem, including medicinal properties of trees, local fauna, as well the history of the first settlers from whom the park got its name, the Lucayans.
$170 The Adventure (6 hours) |
Birding Grand BahamaHalf day and full day birding tours
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This map illustrates the courses of our tours and highlights the stops along the way, click on any of the stops to view a photo gallery of the location.
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Be adventurous during your stay and kayak from the mainland of Grand Bahama Island to a smaller Island known as Peterson’s Cay. Peterson’s Cay is the smallest national park in the archipelago at only 1 ½ acres in size, surrounded by very healthy coral and an abundance of marine life.
Upon arrival at the kayak destination, your guide will inform you with what you need to know about the equipment you will be using such as kayak, paddle, foot pegs and dry bag. You will then receive kayaking instructions to ensure your comfort during this amazing adventure. This is an excellent trip for first time kakers and experienced kayakers alike. After instructions, your guide will invite you to leave the mainland of Grand Bahama by way of kayak to journey for less than a mile to Peterson’s Cay. Then with every stroke of your paddle, the little Island that sits off the coast draws nearer, revealing its white sandy beach and healthy green vegetation. After thirty minutes of paddling, your feet will then rest in the warm soft sand of Peterson’s Cay.
After snorkeling, you will kayak back to the mainland of Freeport, Grand Bahama. There your guide will place your lunch order by phone and then drive you to a wonderful local restaurant. Banana Bay features authentic Bahamian cuisine, where you will enjoy lunch on a wooden deck that sits on a beautiful beach. Then after lunch, relax in a hammock or lounge chair with drink in hand; try a local beer or any of their frozen specialties and reminisce about the experience you just had, while simultaneously enjoying the view of sun, sand and sea.
Kayak through one of the largest creek systems
in Freeport, Grand Bahama known as Dover Sound. Dover Sound, designed
as a park during the development of the private city of Freeport on the
Island of Grand Bahama, over looks miles of evergreen forest with prop
roots known as Red Mangroves.
Your adventure begins with a short drive
from your place of lodging. Once at the launch site your certified kayak
guide instructs you on kayak basics, then you slip into a life jacket,
hop into a tandem kayak with paddle in hand, and begin an adventure of
leisure in the presence of nature. Listen to the sounds of slow flowing
waters that have shaped these channels for thousands of years while kayaking
on Grand Bahama, creating a natural habitat of beauty for both birds and
fish. With an open canopy giving view to the vastness your entire nature
experience, you may see the hosts of this amazing world like Reddish Egrets,
Double- crescent Cormorants, Yellow-crown Night Herons, Clapper Rails
and Yellow Warblers. Within the shallow waters, Crabs, Needle-nose Gars,
Mojarras, Checkered Puffer Fish, Snappers and Sponges are but just some
of our aquatic hosts.
Dover Sound is a tidal creek, so pray you
see it at low tide - in all its glory. At that time, your feathered hosts,
White Egrets, Great Blue Herons, Green Herons and Willets, move across
amazing mudflats searching small puddles of water for prey. While in the
canvas of the Bahamian sky movement of Swallows, Turkey Vultures, Osprey
and Antillean Night Hawks show their grace.
Enjoy a narrated drive to West
End, our Island’s Capital. Grand Bahama Island is divided into 3 sections
known as West Grand Bahama, Freeport Grand Bahama and East Grand Bahama.
During the drive, your tour guide will introduce
Freeport, the only private city in the Bahamas, and point out landmarks
of its development dating back to 1955. Your drive continues through Freeport
and sections of West Grand Bahama prior to your visit to West End. Eight
Mile Rock, named after its rocky coast, is the first settlement along
the way and the largest settlement in the Bahamas. Your guide will introduce
this settlement and discuss its growth, stopping at several points of
interest. Here you will find the oldest lighthouse, two Blue Holes, the
first mail boat port, the first jailhouse and the oldest church on the
Island. Learn how this former capital came into existence in 1812. Your
guide will continue to Holmes Rock, founded in 1829, one of the most interesting
stops. Visit a cave used by its settlers during storms and see their fresh
water source as you walk through one of the six ecosystems found on the
island. After a short guided hike, your ride continues to the capital
of Grand Bahama called West End. Today it is a quaint fishing village,
but its roots were deep into running rum to the United States during Prohibition.
Here you will hear this interesting story, stopping at several local points
of interest. Lunch will be enjoyed at a favorite local restaurant featuring
local cuisine. After lunch, your final destination is Paradise Cove or
Crystal Beach, where you will have a chance to swim, lay on the beach
or snorkel before the return trip to your resort.
Stop 4. Taino Beach. Another beautiful beach and final beach visit of
the day. Yet more of the story of Freeport shared at this destination.
The Taino's were the group of Indians that first settled the Bahamas that
later would be known as Lucayans. Hear this very intriguing story on the tour.
Stop 1 Lucayan National Park. Here your guide will introduce 6 ecosystems found in close proximity on short hike. You will also visit 2 inland blue holes. The first site is Burial mound; listen as your guide explains the historic value to this destination. The second site known as Ben’s cave; globally, this wonderful destination has the diving community in a buzz. Your guide will explain its fascinating story that begins with a Logging community. 
Stop 5 Banana Bay. Dine at a local restaurant that sits on a beautiful beach. Rest in a hammock or lounge chair after lunch, or just walk within the clear shallow water along this amazing coast. 
Come experience the
rich culture and history of west Grand Bahama on our West End Bike & Snorkel
Adventure. From the beginning of your magical adventure, your certified
guide will convey the rich history of our island. Nothing compares to
this exclusive, personalized introduction to how it all began: from the
formation of its archipelago, to Asiatic settlement, to European and African
influences.
Owl's Hole, named for the Burrowing
Owls that nest there, has a large opening that drops about 25' to a pool
of water. The 30-foot diameter opening formed when part of the cave system's
ceiling collapsed. The clear water below is more than 60' deep. In its
centre, the rocky remains of the ceiling extend from its depth to about
20' from the water's surface. Marine life such as fresh water eels, shrimps
and gobies dance around the pyramid of rocks. Your Grand Bahama dive explores
their home and ventures through a thermocline and halocline into three
caverns that lead away from the main room. The penetrations are short
and always within natural light. Beyond this natural light begins the
very extensive and dangerous Bahamian cave systems (this is not a cave
dive).
Come
and experience one of Grand Bahama's truly wonderful and exciting tours.
Your destination is the Lucayan National Park. This 42 acre park has six
ecosystems in very close proximity and two caves. Your adventure begins
when your certified guide conveys the rich history of our country during
the drive to Lucayan National Park.
Upon arrival, your guide will introduce you to
your Grand Bahama dive site. It is a cave known as Ben's Cave, which extends
for more than 5 miles underwater. You will experience an amazing adventure
that takes you back in time. Through this quiet body of water, you will
encounter stalactites, stalagmites, a halocline, fossilized conch shells,
bivalves and the list continues. Your dive of approximately an hour, will
leave you begging for more.
Your Grand Bahama hike concludes at the last
of the six zones, a beautiful coast known as Gold Rock Beach. Here you
will have time to take in this beautiful location, swim if you like. Your
adventure continues to Banana Bay Restaurant, where you will dine at a local restaurant, and enjoy
another beautiful beach.
Grand Bahama Island is the most northern
island in the archipelago of the Bahamas, 530 square miles in size, boasts
all six different ecosystems found in the Bahamas, and has 18 of its 29
specialty birds not commonly found in North America. Grand Bahama Island
divided into three sections; there is West Grand Bahama, Freeport Grand
Bahama and East Grand Bahama.
West Grand Bahama is where you will find the Capital
of the island called West End. Birding experts favor it as the best location
to view rare birds in the fall. It is also the best location to bird in
mid to late March. This is a period known as spring migration and West
End becomes a trap, hosting migrants from each section of the island before
the exodus to breeding grounds back in North America.
Freeport Grand Bahama is a private city
that started in 1955 and the largest of the three sections of the island;
it is approximately 230 square miles in size. There are six ecosystems
and each make great destinations to look for birds. The Pine forest being
the largest of the six ecosystems is a great place to find Zenaida Doves,
Pine Warblers, and Olive Caps, Bahama yellow throats, Brown-headed Nuthatches
and Flycatchers like the Loggerhead Kingbird and the Crescent-eyed Pewee.
The sandy and rocky coast, Mangrove swashland but add the Golf courses
and you have an ideal place to find birds like Key West Quail Doves, Plovers,
Sandpipers, Herons, Egrets, Soras, Thick-billed Vireos, Willets, White-Check
Pintails, Yellow Warblers and Bahama Swallows. The White-land Coppice,
Rocky Coppice and Black-land Coppice is great for birds like Red legged
thrush, Humming birds like Bahama Woodstar and Cuban Emerald, wood peckers,
Cuckoos, Banana Quit, Western Spindalis and Greater Antillean Bullfinch.
East Grand Bahama dominated with Pine trees,
isolated Sandy coasts and creeks has a great variety of bird life. With
many side roads and trails to explore you can find birds like Turkey Vultures,
American Kestrels, and Black face Grassquits, Vireos, Swallows, and a
variety of passerines.
Interested in birding, then give us a call
once on island at 727-1974 or drop an email
for advance bookings. We look forward to showing you our avian friends…