Wildlife· Great Inagua· Bahamas — Eleuthera, Andros & the Out Islands
Inagua National Park (flamingos)
21° 4.9′ N · 73° 22.3′ W
A 220,000-acre Bahamas National Trust park covering much of Great Inagua and home to the world's largest breeding colony of West Indian flamingos, plus spoonbills, herons, pelicans, burrowing owls and the endemic Inagua woodstar.
Practical
Coordinate is the Wikipedia park position. Established 1965; Ramsar wetland (site 892). Flamingo counts vary by source: BNT says about 70,000, Wikipedia over 50,000, Bahamas.com more than 80,000. Visits are by guided tour with the BNT warden (Henry Nixon, a descendant of the first flamingo wardens) - book ahead through the BNT Inagua office or ask in Matthew Town. Reported tour prices range from USD 50 for two (2012 and 2014 reports) to USD 150 (2021 noforeignland review) - agree price and pickup time in advance. The dirt road is passable without 4x4. Park has little infrastructure; bring water, hats and repellent. No drones over nesting birds.
Best for
Tens of thousands of flamingos
Nearby
- Bahama parrot and Inagua woodstar3 NM away
- Lake Windsor (Lake Rosa)7.8 NM away
- Sandy Point Anchorage (White Bluff Harbour, Great Inagua)10.1 NM away
- Union Creek Reserve10.6 NM away
- Man of War Bay North Anchorage (Great Inagua)15.5 NM away
- Molasses Reef Anchorage (Great Inagua)15.6 NM away
- Molasses Reef snorkel (Great Inagua south coast)15.7 NM away
- Statira Shoal (HMS Statira wreck site)15.7 NM away