Bahamas Expeditions

February 21, 2022

Long Cay, Bahamas

22.618° S -74.315° E

Elijah Sands, Cultural Specialist

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Discover a wild world close to home

In a mostly uninhabited archipelago, discover untouched pink-sand beaches and endangered green sea turtles foraging in the clear, still waters. On the islands that are inhabited, goats outnumber people, there are no traffic lights, and locals catch bonefish from their seats at lunch. Join us aboard National Geographic Sea Lion to explore The Bahamas' Out Islands. Land on remote islands passionately protected by Bahamas National Trust and other local conservation organizations. On this active adventure, encounter wildlife and relish the stillness of turquoise lagoons and powder-soft beaches where the only footprints will be ours. 

In this short video, learn more about the vibrant life above and below the transparent blue waters of the Bahamas’ Out Islands.

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Expedition Highlights

Close to the mainland United States but worlds away, the Bahamas are so much more than bustling Nassau. Columbus would recognize some of the country’s 700 islands: wild and rugged with seabirds and sea turtles, dramatic limestone cliffs, and deserted beaches.

  • In the small atoll of Crooked Island, Acklins Island, and Long Cay, kayak in mangroves while on the lookout for sea turtles and pearly-eyed thrashers; snorkel over reefs among schools of amberjack and wrasses; and walk among the pastel-colored cottages of fishing villages

  • On isolated and undeveloped Mayaguana, known as the outback of the Bahamas, flamingos and iguanas might show themselves on a morning walk and waters will reveal reef fish like blue tangs and princess parrotfish

  • On Conception Island, a national park on an uninhabited island, look for tropic birds and boobies on a hike, explore creeks in a Zodiac, and swim through groves of staghorn coral in the shallow waters of a protected cove

  • Meet residents of a fishing village on Mayaguana, which is what the nation’s first residents, the Lucayans, called the island. Learn about the lost civilization of the indigenous people who numbered 40,000 at the arrival of Columbus and soon became extinct

  • At the Island School on Eleuthera, meet a global mix of high school students working within the community and with local resources to study marine biology, conservation, and sustainability

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These parklands have so much more life than I ever expected—on land and under the water.
Tristan T.
These parklands have so much more life than I ever expected—on land and under the water.
Tristan T.
The ocean is another world — a beautiful world — and when you dive or snorkel or just swim, you discover another whole facet of the tropics.

Magrit Ulrich, Naturalist

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