Caribbean Beat — September/October 2020 • Digital Issue

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The Bahamas 5,358 square miles Highest point: Mt Alvernia, 206 feet

Courtesy Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation

The Bahamas is most famous for sparkling beaches and warm, shallow sea, but don’t overlook the other outdoor adventures scattered across these seven hundred islands. At Lucayan National Park in Grand Bahama you’ll find six different natural ecosystems in just forty acres, including one of the world’s largest underwater cave systems, with six miles of charted tunnels. For a glimpse of the islands’ natural vegetation, head to the Primeval Forest National Park in New Providence, where boardwalks and bridges traverse limestone sinkholes and stands of old-growth hardwood trees — or to the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve in Eleuthera, where you can also learn how local flora are traditionally used in bush medicine. And Andros is the Bahamas’ eco-tourism hotspot. Here you’ll find the world’s third-longest barrier reef, over 124 miles long.

Exploring Thunderball Grotto in Exuma

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pages 76-79

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page 24

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Adam Cooper — Anti-stoosh

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pages 70-75

Discover St Lucia

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pages 68-69

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pages 66-67

Discover Tobago

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Discover Grenada

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pages 58-60

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Q&A with Esery Mondesir

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