
Bahamas
Bahamas is an archipelago of over 700 low-lying islands situated between the southern tip of Florida to the north shore of Haiti. The islands offer long white sandy beaches, crystal clear waters with extensive coral reefs. The Andros is the largest among the islands and huge bights separate the three main land areas with extensive coral reef.
Bahamas Beaches
The beaches in the Bahamas are divided into two types – the activity beaches and deserted beaches some of them are;
Cable Beaches – the activity beach in Nassau with lots of services like windsurfing, water-skiing, parasailing, diving and sailing with seaside restaurants, bars and local entertainment.
Deserted Beaches – most of the beaches in the Bahamas are deserted with any services, activities or crowd.
Green Flashes – many tourist going to Bahamas seek the elusive green flashes, a natural tropical phenomenon occurs during sunset on cloudless days. The flashes appear after the sun has disappeared beneath the sea, a band of green light as wide as the sun will flash across the horizon.
Bahamas Eco-adventure
The islands have allocated some sites for development as National Parks in the Andros Barrier Reef (3 rd largest living coral reef in the world) and the Athol islands. Many tiny uninhabited islands and rocks extend over a marine territory as large as Great Britain. The islands are rich in terrestrial flora, fauna and the diversity of marine life, also two indigenous mammals-the raccoon and the hutia. The hawksbill turtle shares the cays and islands and the largest nesting colony of West Indian flamingoes in the world also the Bahamas parrot.