Lucayan National Park

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Speakers during the town meeting included Mr. Richard Johnson Chairman of the Commonage Committee; Mr. Jock Morgan, Chairman of the North Eleuthera Historical Society; Hon. Alvin Smith, M.P., Speaker of the House; and Charles Maynard, M.P., Minister of Youth, Sports, and Culture. The meeting was moderated by Mr. Michael Pateman, Sr. Assistant Archaeologist, Antiquities Corporation (AMMC).

A wide cross-section of Eleutherans were represented, hailing from North, Central and South Eleuthera. Additionally, Eleutherans such as M.P. Ryan Pinder (2nd from left, Front) , who is resident in New Providence, travelled to participate in the important meeting.

Key persons in attendance were: North Eleuthera Administrator, Preston Cunningham; Ryan Pinder, MP for Elizabeth Constituency; Charity Ambrister, Director of MOT Southern Bahamas; Jacqueline Gibson, MOT Eleuthera; Shaun Ingraham, One Eleuthera; Ian Carey, President of Rotary and his team; Bishop Chrestwell Cash of Lower Bogue; David Ambrister, Deputy Chief Councilor North Eleuthera District Council and fellow councilors; Abner Pinder, Former Chief Councilor Spanish Wells; Dr. Jane Day, Historian; Lynn Gape, Bahamas National Trust; Camilla Adair, Bahamas National Trust; Roderick Pinder, Chairman of the Governor's Harbour Historical Society; and Juanita Pinder, President, Eleuthera Branch of the Cancer Society of the Bahamas.

Minister Maynard, in his presentation to the local public began by emphasizing the significance of Preacher's Cave - comparing it to the Clifton Heritage Park site in New Providence, saying, "Preacher's Cave has more historical significance than the Clifton Park area by far, that's the reality.

Lucayan National Park On Grand Bahama Island | Travel in Bahamas

If you are looking for pristine untouched beaches than Lucayan National Park is a must see.

Now the park itself is open at all times, and even if it is not open, you are free to tour the park for yourself, while skipping the $3.00 admission fee. This is what we actually did, but not intentionally, little did we know that Grand Bahama Island practically goes to sleep on Sunday, and close to everything is closed.

I much rather would have paid the admission fee than to be dropped off in the middle of nowhere, with nothing but a broken telephone booth for communications.

Once though I let my mind settle, I began to take in exactly where I was.

The park itself is a dirt path of rubble, sand, and a few rustic wooden paths that will likely make you nervous.

The path is lined with all sorts of tropical trees, palms, flowers, and orchids. So many that you will lose track of what you are seeing, so take tons of photos!

The first thing we came across was the best experience of my life. Labeled bat cave, we walked down an old set of wrought iron spiral steps that led to a small dock. Below this little dock was water! The sun shining in, the water actually resembles a glowing hue of green. In here you can see tons of large fish swimming about. Above the water on the caves ceiling you will see hundreds of little bats flapping about, and squeaking.

It was an experience one will never ever forget, and thus why I recommend Lucayan National Park so much.

Back up the spiral stairs the path parts into two ways, one way leads to more tropical foliage, and another points you to Ben’s Cave, which is the largest cave on Grand Bahama Island.

We couldn’t go far into the cave though because for one, it was so dark and no lights were on to lead the way. Secondly the caves entrance was covered with large spider webs, with enormous spiders. They scared the jeebies out of me, so I could not venture in. An experience I regret now as I am writing this, but an experience that awaits me in my near future.

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