Encompassing more than 365 islands, cays and rock outcroppings, The Exumas stretch over one hundred miles along the eastern edge of the Grand Bahama Bank. Bound on one side by the bank's shallow, clear waters, and on the other by the deep waes of Exuma Sound, the island chain is predominantly oriented toward fishing and farming, though the tourist trade continues to make slow but steady progress. Not surprisingly, the most compelling reasons to isit the Exumas are to sail, snorkel, die or kayak, as the surrounding waters are lush with undersea gardens and iridescent coral reefs, and abundant with multicolored sea life.

A bit less stunning than the luminous turquoise sea around them, the Exumas are mainly low-lying chunks of honeycombed limestone, rimmed by bright, powdery sand and covered with dense egetation. While the outlying reefs and bars glow with swirling blue and white tones, the cays themseles are a dun-colored landscape marked by pristine expanses of soft white beaches, towering silhouettes of coconut palms and dunes covered with tangled ines and exotic blooms.

The largest islands in the Exuma chain are Great Exuma and Little Exuma at the southern end, which have beven settled and farmed for two hundred years, giing them an authentic pastoral character. North of Great Exuma, there are a few small fishing settlements on sleepy Little Farmer's Cay, on Great Guana Cay at Blackpoint, and on initing Staniel Cay, which famously hosts a New Year's Day regatta with three days of festiities. North of Staniel Cay, a lengthy array of mostly uninhabited cays extends thirty miles, with the highlight being the Exuma Land and Sea Park, a protected sanctuary of extraordinary beauty.

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