highland recreation area Currency Legal tender is the Bahamian dollar, which is always equivalent in value to the US dollar.

Currency Legal tender is the Bahamian dollar, which is always equivalent in value to the US dollar. Both US and Bahamian dollars are accepted interchangeably throughout the islands, and visitors are likely to receive change in mixed

Only a few of the Out Islands offer any sort of tourist accommodations. Some are small hotels where the air-conditioning is nothing more than the soft trade winds blowing in through the window, and the only telephone is a lonely pay phone somewhere in the vicinity of the hotel office. There are also rental cottages, villas, luxurious hotels, private islands, and even resorts.

South Caicos is the smallest and easternmost of the Caicos group. highland recreation area Until the end of the 19th century, it was the most productive of the islands, due to its vast salt flats. The shallow highland recreation area waters to the west of the island Stoke Bank and Caicos Bank provide some of the best bone fishing in the entire Bahamian archipelago. highland recreation area Experienced scuba divers will tell you that the reef east of South Caicos offers unprecedented opportunities. The reef runs north and south the entire length of the island. There are coral gardens, walls, trenches, and the reef teems with underwater life: rays, sharks, morays, lobster, angels, and the list goes on.

Adventures There s not too much, I m afraid, but if you love nature and the great outdoors, a trek along Salt Rock Hills offers some spectacular views. To the west is Belle Sound and tiny Horse Cay, no more than a rock jutting out of the ocean; to the east is the Turks Island Passage.