George Town
Bahamas · Exuma · 5 m
Description
George Town is the main settlement of Great Exuma and sits on Elizabeth Harbour, a long sheltered sound that fills with cruising yachts through the winter and has done since the fifties. Stocking Island lies across the water and takes the Atlantic swell, leaving the harbour flat. Its ocean side has a beach several kilometres long with a sandbar and a beach bar known to every sailor in the Caribbean. The Exuma regatta each spring races Bahamian sloops built by hand to a class that has not changed in generations.
Length of stay
Recommended length of stay: 3 to 7 days (optimal 4 days)
Travel season
Best time to visit: December – April
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Highlights
- Stocking Island and Chat 'N' Chill sandbar
- Tropic of Cancer Beach
- Elizabeth Harbour and the cruising fleet
- National Family Island Regatta (approx. April)
- Stingrays in the harbour shallows
- Moriah Harbour Cay National Park
- Conch stands at the government dock
- Boat trip north to the Exuma Cays
- Rolleville and the old plantation settlements
Getting there
- Airports:
- GGT
- Seaport:
- Reachable by ship or ferry