ʻO kāu alakaʻi alakaʻi i nā mokupuni o Bahamas

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ʻAʻole ka nīnau "No ke aha ka Bahamas?" Pūkū ka wai polū, nā mahana mahana o ka makahiki, a me nā mile o ke kahakai i kēlā. ʻO ka quandary maoli ʻo "ʻO Bahamas hea?" Me nā cays, mokupuni, a me nā mokupuni 700, ʻoi aku ke koho mai ke kūlanakauhale a me ka sophisticated i kahi kaʻawale a unspoiled. Hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia ka ea o ke kai mai kekahi ʻāpana a i kekahi wahi a hiki i ka ʻāʻī ma kekahi wahi a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi ma kekahi. Akā hāʻawi kēlā me kēia mokupuni i nā huakaʻi kū hoʻokahi, e like me nā haʻuki wai e like me ka heʻenalu ʻana, snorkeling, a me ka kayak a me nā ʻimi terra firma ma ka paikikala a wāwae paha. Manaʻo paha ʻoe ua ʻike mua ʻoe i nā mea āpau ma Bahamas, akā e nānā iki i nā koho ʻeleu ma kēia mau mokupuni a ke hoʻolālā nei ʻoe i kahi huakaʻi hoʻi.

NO NA SNORKELERS -NASSAU/PARADISE ISLAND

Inā ʻoi aku kou kaila ʻo Miami Beach ma mua o Treasure Island, e hoʻolālā i kahi papa iā Nassau, ke kapikala o Bahamas, ma New Providence Island, a me kona hoanoho, ʻo Paradise Island (pili nā ʻelua i ke alahaka). ʻO nā mokupuni ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi e hiki aku (aia nā mokulele pololei i Nassau mai New York, Miami, a me nā hubs ʻē aʻe), ua mare kēia duo kaulana i nā hoʻonaʻauao kūlanakauhale nui e like me nā hale kūʻai mea hoʻolālā a me nā hale ʻaina alakaʻi chef kaulana me nā hale hoʻokipa hoʻokipa e kaena ana i nā paka wai, nā gyms. , a me nā casino.

Aia ma hea ka hana

Kokoke ka poʻe a pau e holo i ka moana, a ʻaʻohe alakaʻi maikaʻi aʻe i ke kai moana ma mua o Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas. ʻO ka hapalua lā, ʻekolu mau hoʻomaha snorkeling huakaʻi me ka outfitter e hui pū me ka Caribbean reef sharks (mai $48; snorkelbahamas.com). Mai hopohopo, ʻauʻau ka iʻa i 40 kapuaʻi i lalo a na ke alakaʻi e pale iā ʻoe. Inā makemake ʻoe e noho i luna loa, e huakaʻi i kekahi o nā moku holokī wikiwiki loa a puni: Ma ka moku heʻe kapita ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo Sail Nassau he 76 mau kapuaʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i ka holo lauoho ʻana a i ʻole ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kou mākau holomoana ($ 95 no ʻekolu mau hola; sailnassau .com) . He mea ʻole kāu pae ʻike, e aʻo ʻoe pehea e wili ai, jibe ai, a hoʻopaʻa pū me nā luina i ka heihei e kūʻē i kekahi hoa hakakā o Team New Zealand.Ke loaʻa hou i kou mau wāwae ʻāina (a hui i kou lauoho), hoʻolōʻihi iā lākou i ka hui o Verneta Humes kūloko, nāna e alakaʻi i hoʻokahi huakaʻi huakaʻi he hoʻokahi hola o ke kaona ʻo Nassau ($ 10; 242-323-3182).

Hōʻike hoʻokipa

E ʻike ʻoe i nā pono hoʻoikaika kino ʻoi loa ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa ma kahi kahua nui ʻo Atlantis ma Paradise Island (nā lumi mai $ 400; atlantis.com). Hāʻawi ʻia kona hale hoʻoikaika kino hou i nā Pilates a me nā papa kaʻa kaʻa hui pū me kahi ʻauʻau ʻehā ʻehā, a ʻo ka spa 30,000-square-foot spa i wehe hou ʻia i nā lāʻau lapaʻau Balinese e komo pū ana me ka ʻauʻau niu a me ka ʻauʻau waiu (nā kau mai $30). No kahi hoʻokipa hou aku, e nānā i hoʻokahi o nā lumi 16 i kapa ʻia ma hope o ke kani ʻana o Bob Marley ma ka Marley Resort & Spa, e holo ʻia e ka ʻohana o ke kiʻi reggae i hala (nā lumi mai $ 450; marleyresort.com). Hoʻokumu ka hale ʻaina a me nā menus spa i nā mea kanu kūlohelohe, hana mau nā hui ma laila, a loaʻa i nā malihini ke komo manuahi i kahi hale haʻuki kokoke.

NO KA KAYAKERS-GRAND BAHAMA MOKUPUNI

Mai nā cays mālie a me nā kauhale lawaiʻa ma ka palena komohana a i nā kaona i hoʻomohala ʻia ma ka hikina, ʻo kēia mokupuni he 100 mile ka lōʻihi kahi mea no kēlā me kēia. A e like me Nassau, maʻalahi ke kiʻi aku, me nā mokulele pololei mai New York; Charlotte, Karolina ʻĀkau; a me Piladelepia.

Aia ma hea ka hana

E hoʻokomo iā ʻoe iho i loko o nā ululāʻau o Lucayan National Park, kekahi o ʻekolu mau paka moku ma ka mokupuni, ma ka hoe ʻana i kahi kayak ma waena o nā mangrove. Hāʻawi ʻo Grand Bahama Nature Tours i kahi huakaʻi ʻeono mau hola ($ 79; grand bahamanaturetours.com) e hoʻomaka me kahi hoe 90 mau minuke i ke kahakai Gold Gold Creek i hūnā ʻia. Aia nā alakaʻi i ka ʻaina awakea, a ua noa ʻoe e snorkel i ka ʻaʻa ma mua o ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka huakaʻi ma nā ala ala e pale ai i nā lau o ka paka. A laila, hele ʻoe i kahi ana limestone, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke kiʻi i ka haʻalulu i ka wehe ʻana o kahi ʻōnaehana ala ma lalo o ka honua he 7 mau mile ka lōʻihi. No ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻano manu he 18 o ka mokupuni, e ʻimi iā Rand Nature Center ($ 5; thebahamasnationaltrust.org).

Hale Hōʻikeʻike

Ma ka mokupuni ʻo Westin Grand Bahama ʻO kā mākou Lucaya Resort ma waho pono o Freeport, hiki iā ʻoe ke noi i kahi lumi i hoʻolako ʻia me nā kaupaona, nā moena yoga, a me kahi pōpō paʻa (nā lumi mai $ 319; komohana.com/ourlucaya). Ma waho aʻe o ka hakakā, e nānā iā Old Bahama Bay, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke heʻenalu makani a holo ma luna o nā ʻauwaʻa o ka hōkele (nā lumi mai $235; oldbahamabay.com).

NO KA POE LELE- ANDROS

ʻO ka loulou ʻāhiu loa a nui loa ma ke kaulahao Bahamas, ʻo Andros ʻaʻole i hoʻomohala ʻia ma mua o ka hapa nui, e kākoʻo ana i nā ʻāpana nui o ka nahele a me nā mangroves. Akā ʻo nā mea hoihoi i nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe e huki i kahi lehulehu (e kamaʻilio maʻamau ana). Hele mai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka iʻa iwi ka papaʻu a me ka luʻu kai ka pōkolu nui loa o ka honua. ʻOiai ʻoluʻolu maikaʻi loa nā hale noho, e akahele ʻoe i ke koho ʻana i kāu wahi hoʻoneʻe-ma laila ʻoe e hoʻolilo ai i ka hapa nui o kou manawa ke hele ʻoe ma ka ʻāina, ʻoiai he kaʻawale nā ​​ʻāpana nui ʻehā o ka mokupuni.

Aia ma hea ka hana

ʻO ka haʻuki maʻamau, ʻo ka lawaiʻa-iwi, ʻoi aku ka hana ma Andros. ʻO ka iʻa iwi maʻa wikiwiki e nahu koke ʻia ai he mau koa hakakā, e hoʻāʻo nei i kou ikaika o ke kino kiʻekiʻe ke hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻohuli iā lākou. -ka wai lalo i makemake ai ka i'a ($400 no na kanaka elua no ewalu hora; knollslanding.com). No ka nānā ʻana i nā laha ʻē aʻe o ia wahi, e luʻu i nā lua polū waiwai ecologically-he hohonu lākou i lalo o ke kai- me ka moʻolelo Andros Barrier Reef. Hāʻawi ʻo Small Hope Bay Lodge, ka mea hoʻokele luʻu kiʻekiʻe o ka mokupuni, i nā luʻu moku hoʻokahi pahu (mai $60; small hope.com). Aia nā puka ʻulaʻula i uka: alakaʻi ʻo Sharon Henfield i ke ala i kēia mau loko kūlohelohe kahi e hiki ai i ka poʻe hele wāwae ke lawe i kahi ʻoluʻolu ($55 no ʻelua hola a me ka hapa; puke ma ka South Andros Tourist Office; 242-369-1688).

Hale Hōʻikeʻike

Pono nā malihini e lawe i ka waʻa i ka hale hoʻokipa ʻo Tiamo he 125 mau ʻeka ma South Andros (nā uku holoʻokoʻa mai $415; tiamoresorts.com). Mai laila aku hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i nā huakaʻi snorkeling i kēlā me kēia lā i ka lua polū nui o ka mokupuni, he hapalua mile ma waho o ka ʻāina. Inā hoʻolālā ʻoe e scuba ʻoi aku ma mua o ka snorkel, e noho ma Small Hope Bay Lodge, kahi punahele ma Central Andros e komo pū ana nā luʻu a me ka snorkeling i kāna mau uku, hāʻawi i nā palapala ʻāina o nā ala ala alakaʻi ponoʻī a me nā ala kaʻa, a hāʻawi i nā palapala lawaiʻa iwi (nā mea āpau. -kuhi kikoʻī mai $ 209; smallhope.com).

NO KA MOKU BEACHCOMBERS-HARBOR

ʻO "Briland" kūikawā akā kūʻokoʻa, e like me ka mea i kapa ʻia e ka poʻe kamaʻāina, he ʻano Bahamian ʻokoʻa o New England-manaʻo ʻia nā pani ʻōniʻoniʻo a me nā puka violet. ʻEkolu mile ka lōʻihi ʻo Pink Sands Beach ke kikowaena o ka noho ʻana a me ke ola leʻaleʻa ma ʻaneʻi, kahi i lanakila ai nā haʻuki kahakai, e like me ka bodyboarding a me ka holo lio. Hele a puni nā mokupuni ma o ke kaʻa kolepa, hāʻawi ʻoluʻolu ʻole i ka mokupuni.

Aia ma hea ka hana

E wāwahi i kahi lā ʻauʻau a snorkeling ma Pink Sands Beach e hoʻolimalima i kekahi o nā lio ʻeono a Robert Davis a me ka mākaʻikaʻi mai ka noho lio ($ 20 no kēlā me kēia hapalua hola; 242-333- 2337). No ka halihali ʻana i kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa, e hōʻaiʻē i nā huila mai Dunmore Golf Cart Rentals ($ 50 i kēlā me kēia lā; 242-333-2372) ma ka wāwae o ke Aupuni Boat Dock a kani i ka mokupuni. E kū ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Dunmore, ke kikowaena o ke awa, no ka hele wāwae ʻana ma nā alanui paʻa paʻa, a e hoʻāʻo e hopu i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā ma Lone Tree, he kumulāʻau ʻalemona pololei i holoi ʻia ma ke kahakai ākea.

Hōʻike hoʻokipa

No nā lumi ʻālohilohi me ke ʻano colonial-chic, e nānā i ka Coral Sands Hotel, kahi e mālama ai ka hoʻokele i nā kayak moana a hoʻomālamalama i ka pā tennis no nā pāʻani ahiahi (nā lumi mai $295; coralsands.com). E mālama i ke kālā me ka ʻole o ka kaumaha nui ma ka wahi ma ke kauhale ʻo Tingum Village i hoʻolako maikaʻi ʻia. He hele wikiwiki i ke kahakai, a ʻo ka hale ʻaina ʻo Ma Ruby ma kahi pūnaewele kahi punahele punahele (nā lumi mai $ 150; tingumvillage.com).

NO Nalu-ELEUTHERA

Kapa ʻia ʻo Eleuthera no ka huaʻōlelo Helene no ka "kūʻokoʻa," ʻo Eleuthera kahi mokupuni e pakele ai. Ma kahi o 100 mau mile ka loa a he 2 mau mile paha ka laulā, ua hoʻopiha ʻia me nā kahakai, akā ʻo ka heluna lehulehu a me nā wahi kuaʻāina lōʻihi e manaʻo ʻoe e like me ʻoe wale nō. Ke hoʻomaka nei ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mea hou mai ka mokupuni ʻo Harbour Island, akā hoʻomaikaʻi mau nā kamaʻāina a me nā malihini i ka vibe haʻahaʻa.

Aia ma hea ka hana

Ma kahi ʻē aʻe, haki ka moana i mau ʻolokaʻa ma kahakai ʻo Surfer ma ka hema o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Gregory. Na nā alakaʻi ma Surf Eleuthera e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻimi i ka nalu kūpono e holo ai, inā paha ʻoe he mea hoʻomaka mua a i ʻole he kanaka kahiko ($100 no ʻehā hola, a me $30 no ka hoʻolimalima papa; surfeleuthera .com). Ma hope o kou loaʻa ʻana i kāu hoʻomaha hope, e hele i kahi kokoke i ke ana ʻo Hatchet Bay, kahi e kōkua ai ke kukui uila iā ʻoe e hoʻokele i nā stalagmites a me nā stalactites. ʻIke ʻia nā Spelunkers i nā ana i helu ʻole ʻia e ka meli ʻo Eleuthera, me ke ana o Preacher ma ke kūkulu ʻākau, kahi i hoʻomana ai nā malihini hele malihini.

Hōʻike hoʻokipa

Noho ʻo Cove Eleuthera i nā coves māhoe ʻelua: one a maikaʻi no kekahi no ka ʻauʻau ʻana a me ka hoʻomaha ʻana, ʻoiai pōhaku a maikaʻi loa kekahi no ka snorkeling (lumi mai $ 235; thecove eleuthera.com). Inā makemake ʻoe i kahi lumi lumi lumi, ʻo kēlā me kēia ʻāpana like me hoʻokahi lumi lumi moe ma Pineapple Fields he kīhini. Mālama ka hōkele i nā paikikala a me nā kayak no nā malihini e hoʻohana a kaena ai i ka hale ʻaina kahakai kaulana loa o ka mokupuni ʻo Tippy's, kahi e ʻike ai ʻoe i nā kiʻi hou o ka lā ma ka papa kuhikuhi papa (lumi mai $ 275; pineapplefields.com).

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