Let the Peace and Quiet of Mayaguana Relax and Renew You

We found the island and it’s surrounding waters to have a wild and untouched feeling about them. There is a spectacular reef that forms a natural harbour between it and the island. The waves break upon it at low tide. At high tide, the water is a couple of feet above the reef, so the waves roll in subdued, but not deflected. It was a little rolly, but one of the most gorgeous anchorages we’ve stayed in. And there were so many fish!

We spent the previous months sailing the American Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Windward, and Leeward islands of the Caribbean and we didn’t once see the abundance of tropical fish that we began to see as soon as we made arrived in Mayaguana.

The first thing we did after clearing customs was go for a snorkel to check out the prolific reef fish.

The main forms of industry are farming and fishing. There is little tourism and this equals pristine environments for wildlife on land and in the sea.

The Bahamas hutia, a small rodent resembling a nutria, is extinct due land clearing on all of the other island except Mayaguana. Warderick Wells Land and Sea Park in the Exumas has reintroduced the hutia on their island.

There are iguanas, flamingos, brown booby, and sea turtles that nest on the island along with many other kinds of shore birds.