Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
lot of faith. As around 60% of the islanders are Seventh-Day Adventists, be prepared for
the island to come to a total standstill from Friday sundown until Saturday sundown.
Getting There & Away
The main airfield is just east of Colonel Hill, and Pittstown Point Landing has its own
2000ft airstrip.
Bahamasair connects Colonel Hill Airport with Nassau every Wednesday and Saturday
(one way $100), while Pineapple Air flies the route on Monday and Friday ($135). Flights
also stop on Acklins Island.
MV United Star (one way $70, 14 hours) sails from Nassau weekly, stopping at Landrail
Point. Contact the Potter's Cay Dockmaster's Office (
242-393-1064) in Nassau for
mail-boat departure times.
Getting Around
Contact C&C Car Rentals ( 242-344-2359, 466-9770) for car rental. They will meet
you at the airport or dock with your hire vehicle ($60 per day).
A small, free passenger ferry runs between Cove Point, Crooked Island, and Lovely Bay,
Acklins Island at 9am and 5pm daily except Sunday.
Ask at the Land Rail Marina ( 242-344-2676; Landrail Point) to see if any boats will
take you to Long Cay or on sightseeing trips.
LANDRAIL POINT AREA
Landrail Point is the main settlement of Crooked Island and has most of the amenities and
sights nearby, most impressive of which is a small, coral-encrusted cay a mile offshore
from Pittstown Point. It is pinned by a stately 115ft-tall Bird Rock Lighthouse (1876),
erected to guide ships through the treacherous Crooked Island Passage. The cay is a prime
nesting colony for snowy white terns and tropical birds, and is a five-minute boat ride from
Pittstown Point.
Bat Caves lie 100yd inland from the shore, near Gordon's Bluff near Gordon's Beach.
They're easily explored, the walking is level and there are stalactites in the depths.
Brine Pool is a lagoon, stretching from Landrail Point north to Pittstown Point, along
whose shore several expats have built modest homes, and sea birds, ospreys and sometimes
flamingos flock.
Marine Farms , a salt farm on an island in the midst of the pond, began life as a cotton
plantation and a Spanish or British fort that is said to have managed a firefight with US
warships in the War of 1812. Cannons still can be seen lying amid the ruins and salt pans.
Great Hope House , about a mile south of Landrail Point, was once the centerpiece of a
19th-century plantation.
Search WWH ::




Custom Search