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Guided Tours
Explore on your own or let one of our experienced
guides show you around
If you want to see mainland Andros, arrange to be ferried
across and whisked away in a car with a personal guide. Each island adventure
is unique and flexible. If we run across something cool, we'll stop and
explore. If you want to see something in particular, just let us know.
Pick what you're interested in and how much time you want to spend or leave
everything to us. Plan to wear comfortable shoes and bring along your bathing
suit!
Eco Tours
Andros Island is the largest and one of the lesser known
of the 700 islands of the Bahamas. It is approximately 140 miles wide with
approximately 10,000 people living in a few small towns along the eastern
shore.
From a diverse assemblage of tropical plants to unusual
geology, Andros offers abundant options for the nature lover. Explore the
ecology on a variety of nature trails. Or spend a day visiting stunning
sights such as Morgan's Bluff, the highest point on the island. Seek treasure
in a cave or ponder the days of slavery while exploring ruins of slave
homes. Search for invertebrates or start a Bahamian stamp collection. Examine
life in the small, remote settlement of Red Bays, where basket-making and
sponging are the main industries. There are many things to see on Andros--something
new for each visit.
Water Tour
Learn the history of water on Andros. Explore oceanic
and inland blue holes, see the water barge dock and the pumping reservoirs,
view the groundwater trenches, and top things off with a reef snorkel (full
day tour). This tour takes you to the North end of Andros and can be done
as a full or half day tour.
Tramp Through the Woods
Explore places that few people ever see. Maidenhair
Coppice and Rainbow Blue Hole are highlighted on this trip. See stunning
"banana holes," gaze at a fascinating lagoon with massive orchids,
and relax in a very remote fresh water hole. Make it a full day and include
Jungle Pond where you'll need to keep an eye and ear out for hogs, Great
Lizzard Cuchoos, and be stunned by the Pond itself. It's small, but don't
get lost. In addition to a bathing suit and comfortable shoes, bring long
pants and a long-sleeve shirt.
Andros Island, South
Explore Behring Point to Fresh Creek. Look at a beautiful
old church, investigate the cemetery, check out a fascinating blue hole,
then visit Androsia batik factory. Time permitting, we can truck back t
Church's blue hole, the largest in the Bahamas and vastly different from
the first.
Andros Island, North
Go back in time at Red Bays and splurge on the best
baskets on Andros (they hold water). Search out sponges, smell the sponge
dock, and investigate the woodcarvings. Go up to Money Point for an invertebrate
search. At this tidal flat millions of creatures roam under rocks. Turn
up a rock and see a whole new world. The choice is yours, snorkel in an
ocean blue hole or reef before a freshwater dip in our most popular inland
blue hole, Charlie's.
Kamalame Cay Nature Walk
Use the Cay to guide you on your own nature walk. Look
for unusual shells, beautiful plants, and observe the fascinating layout
of the cay. The ideal time to walk along the beach is at low tide. Ask
for a picnic lunch (or one can be delivered to you) and spend a day enjoying
the north shore. If you prefer, ask for a guided tour of the cay. There
isn't a nicer island out there.
Scuba diving and snorkeling
There are vast, unexplored areas, criss-crossed by inland
waterways and dotted with perfectly circular, natural inland pools known
as blue holes. There are two types of these fascinating features on Andros:
oceanic and inland. Snorkel (on your own or with a guide) above an oceanic
"boiling hole" and gaze at the numerous reef fish enjoying the
safe haven of the enclosed hole. Feel free to snorkel inland holes as well.
They are perfect for a refreshing dip after a day of fishing or hiking.
The second largest barrier reef in the world (behind
The Great Barrier Reef of Australia, and Belize's reef), is one of the
world's lesser known. Kamalame lets you adopt the reef as your own...while
you're with us, you will be hard pressed to run into another snorkeler
or diver! Have lunch on your very own cay, snorkel on pristine reef, and
don't be surprised to run into turtles, rays, huge grouper, and fascinating
coral formations.
Locally known as TOTO, the Tongue of the Ocean is an
unusual trench less than 2 miles off the east coast of Andros. It is unusual
in that it dead ends to the south. At 6,000 feet deep, it makes for a spectacular
drop-off at the wall. Starting at 90 feet in some places (and ending at
6,000), the vertical wall is a fantastic dive. Even snorkeling in the clear
Bahamian water one can see the drop off into the deep blue. And while you're
there, listen for the occasional pinging of submarines being tested by
the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC), a US Naval facility
located on Andros.
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