Bahamas

VIDEO: Watch This Dog Swim in the Bahamas

 It’s not just swimming pigs. While the Bahamas is famous for its maritime pigs in the Exumas archipelago, they aren’t the only animals that take to the sea. The Bahamas even has swimming dogs. Watch Dolly, the most popular dog …

How Sammi Starr Is Giving a New Soundtrack to Bahamian Travel

 Bahamas-born Sammi Starr, Sony Music recording artist, has announced the launch of “#Bahamas, Your Best Picture Deserves My Best Song,” a grassroots social media campaign aiming to share with the world Sammi’s love his country and the sounds of its …

Channel Cay Exumas

VIDEO: On the Sand in the Exumas

 It’s one of the far-out cays of the Exuma chain of the Bahamas, a tiny oasis far from the bustle of the world, a place for you and yours to truly escape. This is Channel Cay, accessible by bonefish charter …

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 Delta Airlines has expanded its Caribbean network for the peak holiday season, the company announced this week. The expansion focuses on the peak holiday period through the first half of January; Delta serves 26 destinations in the wider Caribbean region and …

Lumina Point Resort

 There’s a new hotel in the Out Islands of the Bahamas: Lumina Point, which has officially opened its doors. The property, whose planned debut was first reported by Caribbean Journal earlier this year, is a boutique resort located on Stocking …

All-Inclusive Vacations

 If you are heading to the Caribbean for all-inclusive vacations, we’re here to help. It’s the perfect marriage of romance and convenience, of luxury and comfort. So if you need to get away with your favorite travel companions, this is …

Things to Do in Nassau

 Whether you’re in Nassau for a few hours on a cruise excursion or you’re lucky enough to enjoy a longer stay, know that there’s plenty to do and see beyond Bay Street or your resort’s beach. We’ve rounded up a …

Rooftop Bar

 The recently-debuted Hilton at Resorts World Bimini has a new hotspot: a rooftop bar called Monkey Business. The bar, which opens up onto the hotel’s rooftop infinity pool, offers 360-degree island views along with signature cocktails and poolside bites. On …

Walking on Water

 You’re in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, with a few small islands in sight. There is nothing but the sound of the wind and the light rush of water. And then the sand ends, and the sea begins, and there …

Stocking Island

 It’s one of those pilgrimage destinations for boaters: Stocking Island, that tiny oasis off the coast of Great Exuma in the Bahamas. It’s home to the famous Chat ‘n Chill bar, but it also boasts a spectacular beach of its …

Out Islands Airports

 The Bahamas is planning a wave of new airport projects in the Out Islands. That includes design plans for North Eleuthera Airport, along with technical works for the selection of new airport sites for South Eleuthera and Long Island. The …

Grand Bahama Ferry

 Balearia has announced the launch of a new ferry serving the Fort Lauderdale-Grand Bahama route. The new ship with larger capacity has replaced the existing fast ferry on the US-Bahamas route. It’s called the Jaume 1, and it launched this …

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 Maybe it’s its location in the far reaches of the Exumas, or its place as a must-visit stop on any Caribbean sailing pilgrimage. But there’s just something special about the Staniel Cay Yacht Club, a wonderful bungalow hotel on the …

Little Exuma

 It’s hard to find a beach in the Exumas that isn’t jaw-droppingly beautiful. One of the best? Tropic of Cancer Beach in Little Exuma, a wide white-sand strand that’s just about always empty. Here’s what it’s like to be there …

Grand Isle Resort

 Exuma has some of the most beautiful water anywhere in the world; it is a boater’s paradise, filled with uninhabited islands and cays, exotic beaches and far-off sandbars. But when you’re on land, one place to stay is special: the …

White Bay Sandbar

 There is no one here. And it feels like no one has ever been here. This is White Bay, a secret sandbar off the western coast of Great Exuma in the Bahamas, a beach straight out of a beer commercial, a …

Channel Cay

 There are more than 300 islands and cays in the Exuma archipelago in the Bahamas, meaning you can take a boat and find your own private island for the day. Like, for instance, Channel Cay. Here’s what it’s like to …

Horse Cay Exuma

 There are places like this all over the Exumas in the Bahamas, hidden little cays with deserted beaches and absolute tranquility. It’s a chain of islands that make exotic, breathtaking beauty easy to find. One such scenic sanctuary is Horse …

 

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