Great Abaco Island Bahamas Hotels & Resorts Vacations

Great Abaco Island Bahamas Hotels & Resorts

The Abaco Islands lie in the northern Bahamas and comprise the main islands of Great Abaco and Little Abaco, together with the smaller Wood Cay, Elbow Cay, Lubbers Quarters Cay, Green Turtle Cay, Great Guana Cay, Gorda Cay, (Castaway Cay), Man-o-War Cay, Stranger's Cay, Umbrella Cay, Great Stirrup Cay, Walker's Cay, Moore's Island and Sandy Point. Administratively, Abaco Islands constitute five of the 31 Districts of the Bahamas: North Abaco, Central Abaco, South Abaco, Moore's Island, and Hope Town. Towns include Marsh Harbour, Hope Town, Treasure Cay, Coopers Town, and Cornishtown.

Dive Down and Dig In

Swim and eat during a fun excursion in the Abacos with Brendal's Dive Center on Green Turtle Cay.

The islands are a noted base for sailing activities in the Bahamas as well as resort tourism.

Abaco, Bahamas

Location: 200 miles east of Miami, FL, 75 miles north of Nassau

Island Info: 25 cays make up the 200-mile-long barrier and reef system

Population: 13,170

Tourist Info: BOIPB (800) 688-4752;Abaco Tourist Office (242) 367-3067

Known For: Beaches, snorkeling, yachting and boat building

Great Abaco's Beaches

Popular Great Abaco beaches.

All Aboard In The Abacos

In this boater's paradise, there are new sights every day and happy hour is never more than an anchorage away.

Cruising With The Net

At 8:15 a.m. each day in the Abacos, life comes to a halt. Everyone even remotely concerned with the sea, and thats most people in these parts, grabs a hot cup and turns on the radio: The Cruisers Net is on the air.

DARE TO GO BARE?

When boating in the Sea of Abaco, you never have to leave sight of land and theres a multitude of safe, interesting harbors to explore. In order for a charter company to entrust you with its half-million-dollar hunk of glass, you have to convince them youre not going to add it to the collection of wrecks that litter the island chain.

Inside Abacos

Abacos

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Abaco Facts
Abaco is located in the Bahamas, just 200 nautical miles east of Miami and 162 nautical miles from West Palm Beach. Marsh Harbour, a small community but the business hub of Abaco, with major international banks, law firms, audit firms, and modern convenient duty-free shopping. There is world wide direct distance dialing telephone and fax service, and regularly scheduled sea freight service to nd from Florida and Nassau (the capital of the Bahamas). Multiple flights daily between Marsh Harbour and Miami, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Nassau. First class marinas and marine support services abound in Marsh Harbour. Several boat rental companies are based in Marsh Harbour at daily and weekly rates.

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The best beaches on Great Abaco Island are Ocean Beach and Sandy Point. Ocean Beach at Treasure Cay has waterskiing, windsurfing, diving, fishing, sailing, restaurants, beach bars and local entertainment. Sandy Point, on the other hand, is a long stretch of undisturbed sand and sea.