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sculpted on the rises falling down to the sea, and marinas were built and lined with luxury
waterfront homes. Jet-setters flocked to these shores, including Brigitte Bardot, Cary Grant
and members of the Rockefeller clan (mobster Meyer Lansky also had a stake). However,
the troubled club was closed and ransacked in the 1970s.
Since then the island has mostly kept its own counsel. Occasional visitors arrive to re-
stock their boats and join the locals in fishing expeditions.
Getting There sadas& Around
AIR
The Berry Islands are served by two airports: Great Harbour Cay Airport, based on Great
Harbour Cay; and Chub Cay Airport, at Chub Cay.
The following airlines fly to the Berry Islands:
Cat Island Air
( 242-377-3318;
www.flycatislandair.com
) Flies into Great Harbour
Cay from Nassau twice daily.
Gulf Stream Connection
( 954-985-5241;
www.gulfstreamconnection.com
) Flies from
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Great Harbour Cay and Chub Cay three times a week.
BOAT
Call the
Dockmaster's Office
( 242-394-1237) in Nassau and check the website of the
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism
(
www.bahamas.com
)
for the latest schedules and prices.
The following mail boats are available:
MV
Bimini Mack
Departs Nassau for Chub Cay, Bimini and Cat Cay on Thursday ($45,
12 hours), returning Monday.
MV
Captain Gurth Deane
Departs Nassau for Bullock's Harbour ($45, seven hours) on
Friday, returning Sunday.
Marinas
Boaters and pilots arriving from abroad must clear
Immigration
(
242-367-8112) and
Customs
( 242-367-8566) at Great Harbour Cay.
Great Harbour Cay Yacht Club & Marina
(
242-367-8005; VHF Channels 16 & 68)
Has 86 slips and full services.
Great Harbour Cay
POP 370
This is the main center of the islands, where most islanders live and where most visitors
will find company, lodgings and food.
Great Harbour Marina
( 242-367-8005) is built
on a narrow channel south of the island's main settlement,
Bullock's Harbour
, and is
entered via a slender cut with cliffs to each side.
the island's main attraction is the 8-mile-long white-sand beach along the eastern shore,
where the warm shallows are every shade of green. the beach is formed by two great scal-
