Bahamas Travel Tips for an Unforgettable Vacation

On the lookout for an unforgettable island trip? Listed here are our high Bahamas journey ideas.

From the second you begin flying across the Bahamas, you’re already begin falling in love. I’ve regarded out of the airplane window many instances, however the play of shapes and colours, shades and light-weight results whenever you journey to this group of islands is a murals of nature and actually breathtaking.

The 700 islands of various sizes and inhabitants, made up of coral reefs, nestle naturally within the sensible turquoise-blue of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Exploring the capital of the Bahamas: Nassau

Nassau is the capital of the Bahamas and is situated on New Windfall Island. Nearly each Bahamas journey begins right here, as the primary airport Nassau Lynden Pindling can also be situated right here.

What’s there to find in Nassau?

Great colourful homes adorn the streets of the town.

Very near the Bahamas Historical Society Museum, the place you possibly can study concerning the historical past of the Bahamas, on Elisabeth Avenue is The Queen’s Staircase, an essential landmark of the town.

The 66 steps carved in limestone lead as much as the water tower on Bennett`s Hill. Particularly within the morning you possibly can stroll up right here in peace and within the noon warmth the partitions surrounding the staircase present some shade. A extremely particular place and really idyllic due to the waterfall that flows proper subsequent to the steps. As soon as on the high, there’s additionally a viewpoint close by with nice views over the town.

On the seaside of Nassau you possibly can actually discover typical Caribbean seaside feeling. On the huts across the Tiki Bikini Hut at Junkanoo Seashore many locals meet in the course of the day and within the night. Caribbean music is taking part in and the ambiance is mega relaxed.

Strolling alongside Junkanoo Seashore, you come to the well-known Fish Fry, a group of eating places the place you possibly can eat the very best “Conch Fritters” or “Conch Salads” on the island, amongst many different typical island dishes. Conch means sea snail and is a delicacy within the Bahamas.

The Oh Andros restaurant particularly was really useful to us by locals on the seaside, however Trudy’s additionally presents a heat welcome.

Additionally under the docks, throughout the bridge that leads from Nassau to Paradise Island, there are a variety of stalls providing very tasty meals for honest costs. Which is greater than could be stated for the touristy locations on Paradise Island. Right here, you reasonably have the sensation that they double the worth all over the place.

Straw Market, Nassau

Within the coronary heart of Nassau there’s the well-known and really touristy Straw Market. The wooden carvings provided there are fantastic and the straw baggage and straw work are additionally enchanting.

However you possibly can actually hardly undergo in peace with out being spoken to very violently from all sides. I feel it’s a huge misunderstanding {that a} traveler who desires to purchase one thing is just within the worth.

He desires to look however firstly in peace and get entangled with the preciousness’s and solely then make a selection, which is so very troublesome.

Music and festivals within the Bahamas

Similar to the well-known seaside, essentially the most well-known music type within the Bahamas is named Junkanoo. It goes again to African influences. It’s stated that an African tribal chief introduced Junkanoo with him when he got here to the Bahamas as a slave.

Yearly beginning on December 26, the Junkanoo Competition or Junkanoo Carnival is widely known. There’s a parade on that day and on January 1 with colorfully costumed dance teams, a lot of music and weird sounds, akin to cowbells, goatskin drums or whistles.

From June to August, there’s even a Junkanoo Summer time Competition each weekend. This colourful and joyful competition is to not be missed.

In the event you journey exterior these instances, you possibly can go to Junkanoo World to get an impression of the fantastic costumes and immerse your self within the ambiance of this typical competition.

Tradition within the Bahamas

While you speak intensively with the islanders, you study lots about what’s near your coronary heart. The everyday meals, the view of the ocean, the household, the music and the faith. There are an unimaginable variety of church buildings within the Bahamas and many of the believers are Baptists. Beachguard Anna, for instance, tells me that their tradition is similar to that of Trinidad, which traditionally dates again to the time of the slave commerce.

The Bahamas flag has been round for 50 years, ever for the reason that Bahamas grew to become impartial. It tells the story of the yellow of the solar, the blue of the ocean and the darkish pores and skin of the individuals who stay there.

Respect

The Bahamas are situated off the coast of Florida, which is why they’re the holiday paradise of many US People.

What I seen: Lots of the vacationers have a really boastful angle in direction of the islanders and workers, which is why they in flip appear considerably jaded in direction of vacationers at first. However as quickly as they notice that you’re not a kind of vacationers who’re solely on the lookout for artificiality and luxurious on the islands, however are genuinely within the folks and their tradition, they’re extremely heat and open.

Waterworld within the Bahamas

Our cab driver John, for instance, may be very smitten by Lengthy Island and recommends it for our subsequent journey. Cat Island can also be fantastic.

Do you know which you can swim with pigs in the Bahamas?

We didn’t and as a substitute went to the Blue Venture on Paradise Island with its rays, sea turtles, sawfish and sharks. For adrenaline motion there’s additionally the well-known Aquaventure waterpark of the massive Atlantis Resort.

For $135 USD, you possibly can spend a complete day there even with out reserving a resort and expertise the various slides at midnight from the Maya Temple, the “Challenger” slide with timer or the “Leap of Religion” free-fall slide by way of the shark tank.

The other of this man-made motion world is Cabbage Seashore, additionally on Paradise Island. It’s a unbelievable place for a night stroll on the seaside. Even after sundown, the nice and cozy sea nonetheless gently laps your toes and also you wish to maintain strolling till it will get darkish.

It was a brief journey to the Bahamas, which we’ve added to our Florida round trip. And makes you need extra…particularly I wish to see extra of the ocean.

Subsequent time we keep longer and uncover a number of extra stunning locations there.