Andros Island is The Bahamas» most extraordinary natural wonder.
Andros Island is approximately one hour by plane from Miami and Fort Lauderdale (800-790-7971, 242-368-6281, website).
The first over-water spa in the Bahamas is opening at Kamalame Cay, a 19 - room, 96 - acre private island escape just off
Andros Island in the Bahamas Archipelago.
Andros Island is one of the world's prime diving locations.
This guide of
Andros island proposes all the useful information about holidays in this island.
Many hotels in
Andros island are found in Chora, the capital town.
The superb capital of
Andros island, Chora, proposes a combination of Venetian and Cycladic architecture, with elegant mansions and lovely churches.
Small Hope Bay Lodge is an all - inclusive, family owned and operated resort on unspoiled
Andros Island, Bahamas.
Start your vacation on beautiful and tranquil
Andros Island — enjoy Small Hope's diving, snorkeling, nature tours and fishing.
As well, the region's tidal FRESHWATER BLUE HOLES — first featured in National Geographic Magazine when Jacques Cousteau led a 1970 expedition team to explore them — are unique to the Bahamas and most abundant off
Andros Island.
A barrier island accessible only by our private ferry, helicopter or sea plane, Kamalame Cay is located in the heart of Bahamas, off the coast of
Andros Island and just one mile from the third largest barrier reef in the world.
If the Bahamas ran out of land crabs it would be a national travesty, hence the existence of the Crab Replenishment Reserve on
Andros Island, the land of crabs.
Tiamo is situated in the Out Islands of Bahamas, on the South
Andros Island.
Tucked away deep inside the pine forests of
Andros Island are bodies of water so deep they are uncharted and so mystical they are home to mythical creatures.
Separated from
Andros Island by a turquoise inlet, Kamalame Cay is an oasis of lush tropical foliage and deserted, white sand beaches scattered with a collection of individually designed West Indies cottages, bungalows and villas.
Jacques Cousteau, Canadian diver / photographer Dr. George Benjamin, world renowned National Geographic photographer David Doubilet, Canadian diver Dr. Joe McGinnis, and record holding deep diver Betty Singer, all visited and dived
Andros Island many times.
If the Bahamas ran out of land crabs it would be a national travesty, hence the existence of the Crab Replenishment Reserve on
Andros Island, the land... Read More
Small Hope is an informal holiday resort located on
Andros Island, Bahamas.
Tucked away deep inside the pine forests of
Andros Island are bodies of water so deep they are uncharted and so mystical they are home to mythical... Read More
Andros Island is known for its many blue holes, located both inland and in the ocean.
While on a fly fishing vacation to
Andros Island in the Bahamas, narcotics detectives Dix and Petersen discover their fishing guides were killed when a sudden blast of gunfire fractured their speedboat, Gray Ghost.
Although not readily visible to the casual observer on
Andros Island amid an abundance of natural resources including a wide range of beautiful flora and fauna species, fresh water springs, dense woodlands with chestnut and poplar trees along with a preserved cultural identity including the presence of ancient water mills surrounded by an azure blue sea, there are nevertheless some natural threats and threats from anthropogenic activities associated with the island's continuing growth that adversely impact the conservation status of the project's targeted species.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the Cuban provinces of Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba, Holguin, Granma and Las Tunas; the Southeastern Bahamas, including the Inaguas, Mayaguana, Acklins, Crooked Island, Long Cay, and Ragged Island; the Central Bahamas, including Long Island, Exuma, Rum Cay, San Salvador, and Cat Island; the Northwestern Bahamas, including the Abacos,
Andros Island, Berry Islands, Bimini, Eleuthera, Grand Bahama Island, and New Providence.
In late April, Shedd Aquarium's conservation research team and citizen scientists traveled to
Andros Island in the Bahamas to study the endangered
Andros Island rock iguana (Cyclura cychlura ssp.
Led by Dr. Chuck Knapp, vice president of conservation research at Shedd Aquarium, the team of citizen scientists explored several cays on
Andros Island in search of adult and juvenile iguanas for the aquarium's mark - recapture studies.
VISUALS: Citizen scientists release three adult iguanas after assessing and tagging them, all to contribute to Shedd Aquarium's research on the endangered
Andros Island rock iguana.
Information collected contributes to more than 20 years of data collected by Knapp and citizen scientists to monitor the health of the endangered
Andros Island iguana.
Found on
Andros Island, iguanas 25, 70 and 102 majestically sprint away toward tree cover and their established territory.
But last summer they decided to drop a line in their own backyard, and they chose the Curly Cut Cays off the southern tip of
Andros Island.
Not exact matches
«After spending the last two years tagging Nassau grouper in The Bahamas during their full moon aggregations, we documented the likely extirpation of an important spawning aggregation at High Cay, a small
island off the east coast of
Andros in The Bahamas, which had most likely existed for decades,» said Dr. Chuck Knapp, vice president of conservation research at Shedd Aquarium.
From high mountains grasslands and rivers to its marine area,
Andros, the northernmost
island of the Cyclades, is home to a rich and varied biodiversity — but much of its flora and fauna is threatened, especially the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus), one of the world's most endangered marine mammals.
«Of course, on an uninhabited
island like
Andros, it's not very hard to do,» he adds.
As you approach this private 96 - acre
island on the short ferry ride from neighboring
Andros, you'll see nothing but thick stands of mangrove trees....
Getting out on the water — whether by swimming at Harbour
Island's spectacular pink beach, bonefishing off
Andros, or whizzing through the massive Atlantis waterpark on Paradise
Island.
A 15 - minute - helicopter ride from Nassau will land you on Kamalame Cay, a private
island in
Andros, where luxury is equally defined by a rich state of... Read More
All guests at this resort — set on the
island of
Andros — enjoy sanctuary in the comfort of their own garden cottages, but at mealtime it's customary for... Read More
The only eco-resort in the Bahamas, Tiamo is appropriately set on the
island of
Andros, whose thousands of square miles of unsullied nature are usually... Read More
At 2,300 square miles,
Andros is the largest
island of The Bahamas and the fifth - largest
island in the Caribbean.
Cave divers have mapped miles of spectacular passages beneath the
islands of Grand Bahama, Great Abaco and
Andros, while Long
Island is home to the world's deepest known saltwater blue hole, which plunges to a depth of 663 feet.
The only eco-resort in the Bahamas, Tiamo is appropriately set on the
island of
Andros, whose thousands of square miles of unsullied nature are usually visited only by anglers hunting for bonefish.
All the main
islands of the Bahamas have blue holes, but those of
Andros are some of the best known.
Location,
Andros Distance: 30 mins via taxi In the
island's lush interior forest, a fresh water blue hole is edged by a gazebo and diving platform.
Occupying a pristine, 96 - acre private
island off the north coast of
Andros in the Bahamas, this boutique resort is still run by the same family that built it in the 1990s.
An attractive
island with rich history,
Andros Greece distinguishes for the elegant architecture of Chora, the green landscape of the inland and the fabulous beaches.
Only 2 hours ferry ride from the port of Rafina in Athens,
Andros Greece is a lovely
island with distinctive Cycladic style.
There is also frequent ferry connection from
Andros to other Greek
islands.
Andros is one of the closest Greek
islands to Athens and a popular weekend destination for the Athenians.
The
island of
Andros is one of the Greek
islands of the Aegean Sea and it belongs to the Cyclades
islands group.
The beautiful
island of
Andros offers traditional and lovely villages.
Destinations: Bahamas (Nassau, Grand Bahama, Abacos,
Andros, Eleuthera, Cat
Island, Great Exuma, San Salvador, Long
Island, Crooked
Island, Mayaguana, Acklins, Little Inagua, Great Inagua), Turks & Caicos, Cuba, Jamaica (Kingston), Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo).