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This Tiny Caribbean Island Has a Colorful Bungalow Hotel, Electric-Blue Water, and Swimming Pigs Nearby

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You leave your bungalow and walk a few steps to the dock. The harbor water is already glowing a deep turquoise. A small skiff (one that came with your room) idles beside the marina, ready to push out into the channel. Within minutes the shoreline slips behind you. The engine hums across water so clear […]

Travel

25 Perfect Caribbean Beaches to Add to Your Summer Bucket List

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There’s nothing like a Caribbean beach in summer. The crowds thin out, the winds relax, and the islands start breathing in a different way. The beaches you thought you knew feel new again— stretches of sand once packed with winter crowds now stretch wide open, waiting just for you. It’s the time when the Caribbean […]

Travel

One of The Most Beautiful Places in The Bahamas Is a Pristine Island You’ve Never Heard of 

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There’s pristine, and then there’s Acklins. This remote island in The Bahamas is one of the most beautiful places in the region — and one that remains far off the map of travelers, with stunning flats, beaches and world-class bonefishing. I’m on a flats boat, gliding through shallow sandbars and breathtaking aquamarine hues. There’s no […]

News

The Bahamas Has a Big Bonefishing Tournament Series Across Four Different Islands

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The Bahamas is casting a wider net for anglers this year. In a move that underscores both the country’s growing fly-fishing sector and its commitment to sustainable tourism, the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism has announced the launch of the 2025 Bonefishing Tournament Series, a four-island competition that will bring anglers from around the world to […]


One of The Most Beautiful Places in The Bahamas Is a Pristine Island You’ve Never Heard of 

The mangroves. The bonefishing. The beaches. In response to rising demand, Tropic Ocean Airways is expanding capacity from Fort Lauderdale to the Bahamian island of Bimini. The route, which currently operates seven days a week between Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE) and South Bimini Airport (NSB), will see increased availability in the coming weeks, according […]

This Tiny Island in The Bahamas Has Electric-Blue Water and a Magnificent Beach 

You get here on a very small bridge. It’s a short crossing on Queen’s Highway from Great Exuma, and when you arrive you feel it immediately. You know. It’s all yours. No crowds, no bustle. Even compared to Great Exuma, this place is quiet. And it’s spectacular. This is Little Exuma, sister to Great Exuma in The […]

John McEnroe's Bahamas Tennis Tournament Is Back Again in Nassau

It’s tennis, redefined — island-style. The Baha Mar Cup is back for its sixth year, bringing four days of pro tennis, celebrity matchups, clinics and culinary events to the shores of Nassau. Held December 11 through 14, the 2025 edition of the tournament will feature an expanded format headlined by the launch of a new […]

The Bahamas’ Big Culinary Festival Has a Daniel Boulud Truffle Dinner and Cocktails With Marcus Samuelsson

Truffle dinner with Daniel Boulud. Cocktails with Marcus Samuelsson. For five days this October, Baha Mar turns those bucket‑list bites into reality during the fourth‑annual Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival. Baha Mar has released the full schedule for its fourth‑annual Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival, a five‑day program of food, drink and visual‑arts events that […]

Caribbean-Focused Airline Silver Airways Just Shut Down 

One of the busiest airlines serving the Caribbean region has shut down, Caribbean Journal has learned.  Silver Airways, which has been operating in the region for years, most notably since acquiring the former airline Seaborne in 2018, shut down on June 11.  Silver entered into a transaction to sell its assets to another airline holding […]

It’s Getting Easier to Fly to This Under-the-Radar Island in The Bahamas Filled With Beaches, History and Blue Holes

The blue holes. The beaches (some of the best on earth, in our view). The history. Long Island remains one of the great unexplored destinations in The Bahamas, and it’s about to get even easier to visit.  Makers Air, which operates the only nonstop flights between the US and Long Island (out of Fort Lauderdale), […]

The Bahamas' Beloved "Boating Flings" Are Back, From Bimini to Abaco to Grand Bahama

Throttles nudge forward at sunrise, bowlines slip free, and a convoy of South Florida boats eases past the jetties into the open Atlantic. Within an hour the water fades from slate to neon aqua, radios crackle with chatter from skippers comparing fuel burn, and first-timers realize why veteran captains call a Bahamas Boating Fling the easiest—and most […]

The Bahamas Is Partnering With the New York Yankees

The Bahamas has a long baseball tradition. Now, it’s partnering with an iconic Major League Baseball franchise. Beginning with shortstop Andre Rogers, the Nassau native who was the first Bahamian to play in the Major Leagues when he debuted in 1957, The Bahamas has a strong tradition of baseball excellence — including the biggest Bahamian-born star […]

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