Marsh Harbour, the bustling capital of Abaco, and Treasure Cay, offers a wide
range of small family run hotels and villas. Restaurants are plentiful and
nightlife varied. The outlying cays, nestled around Marsh Harbour and Treasure
Cay are made up of picture perfect villages, with quaint, white clapboard
houses, trimmed in jewel tones. Elbow Cay is a short, 20 minute water taxi ride
from Marsh Harbour. Its main town, quaint New England style Hope Town, is
situated on an almost landlocked harbor. The town is overlooked by a 120 foot
candy striped lighthouse, perhaps the most photographed sight in Abaco. Hope
Town is dotted by a number of small hotels and villas.
No worries about traffic jams here, but be sure to watch out for a bicycle or
golf cart whizzing by. Green Turtle Cay ranks with Elbow Cay as one of the two
most important destinations. It's reached by water taxi from Treasure Cay. The
main town of New Plymouth is another New England look-alike with pretty
clapboard houses surrounded by white picket fences.
More than anything else, Abaco is synonymous with sailing. Marinas abound
throughout the cays, and many are the permanent home to numerous luxurious
yachts.
In addition to sailing, fishing and diving are popular activities in Abaco. Deep
sea fishing generally takes place off the Abaco cays, where the drop off from
the reef to the Atlantic is steep and the shallow marshy flats to the west of
great Abaco are ideal for bone fishermen. Deep walls, reefs and a multitude of
ship wrecks provide excellent diving territory right around the Abaco cays.
Several excellent dive operations are located in Abaco, including Walker's Cay
Undersea Adventures, home of the Shark Rodeo.
