Untainted by tourism, there is much to be discovered on Cat Island in The Bahamas Out Islands.

  About 130 miles southeast of Nassau and Paradise Island near the Tropic of Cancer lies Cat Island. Explore uninhabited cays and hidden coves, attend a regatta, or hike a nature trail. Cat Island provides a year-round tropical beach vacation adventure.

 

Divers like the coral reefs and blue holes, walls, caves and shipwrecks. Shark dives, dolphins, and stingrays are all part of the experience.

 

While veteran divers know their way around the ocean floor, guides always are around to help beginners experience life under the sea.

 

Cat Island, Bahamas, is a fishhook-shaped island only 48 miles long and four miles across at the widest part. Yet, it offers plenty to do and see. Cotton plantation ruins are scattered around the island.

 

The ruins dating back to the 1700s and Arawak Indian caves can be explored. Cat Island also prides itself on producing The Bahamas’ finest rake ’n scrape music and holds an annual festival dedicated to it.

 

  Mount Alvernia is the highest elevation in the Bahamas at 206 feet above sea level. The hill, or what we call a Bahamian mountain served as the hermitage of Father Jerome Hawes, who settled in The Bahamas island in 1939, where he built a miniature monastery and hand-carved steps out of solid rock.

 

  Named after the pirate Arthur Catt, much of the island has not been developed, which provides a unique vacation for those who want to get away in a private, relaxing, laid-back environment. Of course, the pink beaches are popular, but so are the world-class diving adventures, snorkeling, and fishing.

 

With 48 miles of rolling hills you truly can experience a Bahama island in its native setting.

  This is "The Bahamas". And at Cat Island, even the winters are a blazing 70 degrees, while in the summertime, temperatures linger around the mid-90s with a gentle breeze blowing off the sea.

 

 Stay in a remote and rustic village setting or relax under thatched-roof tiki bars, make your vacation home a cottage right on the pink sand beach or select a fishing marina that caters to anglers on a quest for a big-game catch. Whatever you choose, there’s something to do and see on Cat Island, Bahamas. Of course, you may choose to do absolutely nothing at all.