Grand Bahama Activities and Attractions

While enjoying your Bahamas vacation there are hundreds of activities on land and sea to choose from; sailing, windsurfing, parasailing, fishing, snorkeling and scuba diving, golf, photo tours, biking and hiking.

Grand Bahama Attractions & Attractions & Activities

West End

West End, appropriately located on the western tip of the island, is the oldest city on Grand Bahama Island. This picturesque fishing village is probably best known for its history as a liquor smuggling town during Prohibition.

Deadman's Reef

The home of Paradise Cove, where one can swim out to some of the best snorkeling reefs, and the Brown family, who have lived here for 100 years. A recent archaeological dig along the eroding beach front unearthed many ancient artifacts believed to have belonged to the Lucayan Indians - hearths, animal bones, pottery pieces and shell beads. One of the most important Lucayan archaeological sites to ever be discovered, it has been dated at around 1200-1300 AD.

Holmes Rock

This little community is known for a unique cave that sits behind a local night club.  It is over 200 yards in diameter and produces fresh water at low tide and salt water at high tide.

Eight Mile Rock

This is the largest settlement outside of Freeport/Lucaya. The town is actually a string of settlements, lumped together, and named after the 8 miles of solid rock contained here.

Hawksbill

The residential area was created mainly to house the workers employed in Freeport/Lucaya. It is located on Hawksbill Creek, which lent its name to the Hawksbill Creek Agreement that paved the way for the creation of Freeport/Lucaya.

Pinder's Point

This string of four connected villages can trace its roots back to a white settler and his slaves. The town has been slow to adopt the American-style fast lane culture that came with the tourist trade, even though it lies just minutes outside Freeport/Lucaya.

Freeport/Lucaya

The capital of Grand Bahama and the second largest city in the Islands of The Bahamas. The city was built expressly for tropical fun. It is the site of many tourist beaches and activities, as well as the International Bazaar and the Port Lucaya Marketplace.