Hike· New Providence (Nassau)· Bahamas — North
Primeval Forest National Park
25° 0.9′ N · 77° 31.0′ W
A 7.5-acre pocket of old-growth blackland coppice on south-western New Providence, where boardwalks, steps and bridges lead past limestone sinkholes and caverns up to 50 ft long and 30 ft deep.
Practical
bahamas.com position (Coral Harbour Road); Wikipedia gives 25.01389, -77.51694. Open Wednesday and Friday to Sunday (and public holidays) 9 am to 4 pm; admission adults $15, seniors $10, children $8 (VAT inclusive), or the multi-park pass. Restrooms, visitor centre and an active warden; guides by arrangement. Protected in 2002 after a former BNT president found an undisturbed patch of forest that logging had missed. Best combined with a taxi from Albany, Lyford Cay or the Coral Harbour area; too far to walk from the harbour.
Best for
Ancient forest and sinkholes on a shore day
Nearby
- Albany Marina0.8 NM away
- Southwest Bay Anchorage (Albany)0.9 NM away
- Lyford Cay Club Marina1.4 NM away
- Jaws Beach1.5 NM away
- Clifton Bay / West Bay Anchorage1.8 NM away
- Clifton Heritage National Park1.9 NM away
- Ocean Atlas (Clifton reef sculpture garden)1.9 NM away
- James Bond Wrecks (Vulcan bomber and Tears of Allah)2 NM away