A Secret, Must-Visit Spot on Long Island in The Bahamas
It’s just past what might be the oldest church in The Bahamas, the St Mary the Virgin Anglican Church — or what’s left of it.
Today, it’s a stone shell of a once-impressive structure. You can feel the energy as you walk past the old walls and the wooden planks.
You hike through the leaves and the protrusions, lowering your head to dodge errant branches and making sure your feet hit the right rocks.
Then you see it, somehow hidden away right off the main highway on Long Island.
They call it the Shrimp Hole, and it’s an apt – but inarguably odd – name for a deeply mystical sort of place.
The “hole” is an inland blue hole, sparkling and brilliant, tucked under a cave, The water is incandescent turquoise, an oasis in the heart of deep Out Islands brush.
It’s called the Shrimp Hole for the unusual species of freshwater shrimp that somehow inhabit it, easily visible in the gin-clear water, happy for you to join them if you negotiate the moderate cliffs you need to climb down to get in.
It’s the sort of spot that can only exist in the Out Islands of The Bahamas — blessed with an otherworldly beauty, seldom seen, and deeply unforgettable.
Long Island is filled with blue holes (including the world-famous Dean’s Blue Hole at the south end of the island). But this one is so deliciously unexpected.
There’s just something special about this spot set right in the middle of Long Island — the sort of mystical, beautiful, uncanny site you’d never expect to find at the edge of a long, empty highway.
But that’s the beauty of Long Island — a destination filled with all sorts of wonderful secrets.
Are you heading to Long Island? Don’t miss the out-of-this-world Cape Santa Maria Beach Resort.
— CJ
