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Bahamas, Exumas, Hacksbill Cay – Boasted as the most beautiful Cay in the Exumas

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Now everyone is entitled to their opinion.  But we would have to agree with the Guide Book for once.  Hawksbill Cay is stunning.

Hawksbill Cay
Hawksbill Cay

The beaches are beautiful,  There is a small creek and mangrove system to explore and the hills are covered in rich vegetation.

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Amazingly we had the anchorage to ourselves,

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The Cay is part of the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park and rangers have cleared and marked trails to explore.

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The first order of business is to drop the kayaks and head for the beach.  Then off for a little explore.

The hill top cairn that marks the angle of approach for the anchorage
The hill-top cairn that marks the angle of approach for the anchorage

We read in our guide-book that there were some trials to settlement ruins on the north end of the cay so we went off there the next day to have a ‘look see’.

My personal taxi service
My personal taxi service

We paddled over to the beach on the north-west side of the Cay and found the trail head in the centre.

A beautiful Great Bahama bank side beach
A beautiful Great Bahama bank side beach
The trail head is marked by a driftwood bench and a landed park mooring ball. Warning! If you chose to tie onto one of the park mooring balls, rather then anchor, rangers will come by and collect $30/night
The trail head is marked by a driftwood bench and a landed park mooring ball. Warning! If you chose to tie onto one of the park mooring balls, rather than anchor, rangers will come by and collect $30/night
From here we found extensive trails that lead through the interior of the Cay
From here we found extensive trails that lead through the interior of the Cay
The trails ended on some stunning windward (Atlantic side) beaches
The trails ended on some stunning windward (Atlantic side) beaches

 

The waves here begged to be body surfed
The waves here begged to be body surfed

 

We found lots more beaches to explore
We found lots more beaches to explore

Then we hiked back across the Cay.  We never did find the ruins.  Oh, well.

A cool refreshing dip on the lee ward side before kayaking back to the boat
A cool refreshing dip on the lee ward side before kayaking back to the boat

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We thought the Cay was beautiful and lots of fun.  There was definitely lots more to explore.  We never did get up the creeks and into the mangroves.  The park rangers did a wonderful job maintaining the trails….just have to be careful they don’t catch me ‘off the leash’.

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