The Abaco is one of the principal cruising and sailing vacation areas for chartered sailing and motor yacht vacations. Marsh Harbour, the bustling capital of Abaco, and Treasure Cay, offer a wide range of small family run hotels and villas. Restaurants are plentiful and nightlife varied. The outlying cays, nestled around Marsh Harbour and Treasure Cay are made up of picture perfect villages, with quaint, white clapboard houses, trimmed in jewel tones. Elbow Cay is a short, 20-minute water taxi ride from Marsh Harbour. Its main town, quaint New England-style Hope Town, is situated on an almost land-locked harbour. The town is overlooked by a 120 foot candy-striped lighthouse, perhaps the most-photographed sight in Abaco. Hope Town is dotted by a number of small hotels and villas. No worries about traffic jams here, but be sure to watch out for a bicycle or golf cart whizzing by.

Green Turtle Cay ranks with Elbow Cay as one of the two most important destinations that have wonderful beaches and a relaxing atmosphere. The main town of New Plymouth also has New England look-alike pretty clapboard houses surrounded by white picket fences.

More than anything else, Abaco is synonymous with sailing. Marinas abound throughout the cays, and many are the permanent home to numerous yachts and bareboat charter companies. In addition to sailing, fishing and diving are popular activities in Abaco. Deep-sea fishing generally takes place off the Abaco cays, where the drop-off from the reef to the Atlantic is steep and the shallow marshy flats to the west of great Abaco are ideal for bone-fishermen.

Deep walls, reefs and a multitude of shipwrecks provide excellent diving territory right around the Abaco cays. Several excellent dive operations are located in Abaco, including Walker's Cay Undersea Adventures, home of the Shark Rodeo. The Moorings has a base in Marsh Harbour as do several other charter companies.

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