Hope Town, on Elbow Cay, is the iconic Abacos sea side harbour. With it’s candy striped light house, cottage style homes and palm tree lined beaches it is a very popular holiday spot for the affluent American market.
Just a short ferry ride from the International Airport at Marsh Town, Great Abaco Island, it is probably the tourist centre of the outer Abacos.
So popular with boaters that the harbour is now filled with mooring balls and two marinas, so any anchoring has to be done outside.
The lazy humans left the ‘big boat’ off Tiloo Cay and dingied up to check out the harbour for the day.
On their way in they passed by anchored boats who had a great view of the lighthouse.
The windy entrance into the harbour was lined with holiday homes.
Once inside the harbour the humans were confronted with a borage of docks extending out into the water. Luckily they are well labelled as private, public or commercial.
The town itself is well worth a visit. The holiday homes are pretty, there are lots of gift shops to peruse, an art gallery, museum, restaurants and even an ice cream parlour.
If shops and restaurants are not ‘your thing’, perhaps you are more like me and enjoy a good beach. The back side of the town faces out into the Atlantic with a long lovely beach.
After the humans got their fill of town they could not leave without a visit to the lighthouse.
From here they got a great view over the harbour.
The lighthouse itself is rather cool. It is still powered by kerosene and hand cranked each day by the resident Lighthouse Keepers.
The humans found the lighthouse and town a fun visit. They learned a little history of the area and enjoyed the beautiful homes.
The proximity of the Abacos to the United States has made this part of the Caribbean very affluent.
2 thoughts on “Abacos, Elbow Cay (Hope Town) – The iconic seaside town”
The houses are amazing……. I want one!!
Maybe the bell has something to do with the fact that Man Of War Cay is a ‘dry’ island. You put the bell at your gate hoping your neighbour will ring it so you can put your ‘sundowner’ away before they arrive at your door.