Opening image: a hammock on the beach at the small but perfectly formed Rollezz Villas Beach Resort, Cat Island. / Above: traditional home on West Bay Street on New Providence. / Pinders Point Lighthouse at Freeport, Grand Bahama, was built in the late 1700s. / Secluded beach at Lighthouse Pointe at Grand Lucayan Resort, Grand Bahama. / Port Lucaya Marketplace in Grand Bahama is the buzziest place on the island for shopping, dining and entertainment.
Main image: Coming in to land on Grand Bahama. / Above: a breezy day at Grand Lucayan Resort, Grand Bahama. / Alannah Vellacott is a coral restoration specialist at Coral Vita (winner of the 2021 Earthshot Prize). It farms coral on land up to 50 times faster than in nature before returning it to the sea. / Six-mile-long Ben’s Cave in Lucayan National Park, Grand Bahama, makes up one of the longest underwater karst cave systems in the world. Colonies of bats nest here in the summer. / Lush vegetation en route to Red Pond and Great Lake, Cat Island.
Main image: walkway to Gold Rock Creek, Lucayan National Park, which flows through several miles of mangrove swamps before entering the sea. Expect to spot snappers, crabs and barracuda. / Above: the easy life at Rollezz Villas Beach Resort, Cat Island. / The Yellow Elder, the national flower of the Bahamas, abounds on Cat Island. / Artisan weaver Ivy Seymour sells straw work and souvenirs on Cat Island. / A deserted beach along the coast from Rollezz Villas Beach Resort, Cat Island. For more information about the Bahamas please visit bahamas.com
