Cat Island Travel Guide

Shaped like a hook rather than a cat, Cat Island is the most unspoilt and undeveloped of the Bahamas, named after the pirate Arthur Catt, who has also lent his name to the main town, Arthur's Town. The ostentatiously named Queen's Highway is a ragged road running through the centre of the island, providing access to a myriad of beautiful, picture-postcard pink-sand beaches. Explorers can tackle the Armbrister Creek mangrove swamp in a canoe, while windsurfers are challenged by the wild waves and winds of the Atlantic coast. Divers head south to the offshore reefs. Being relatively undiscovered and lacking in infrastructure, Cat Island is inexpensive, featuring some comfortable small resorts and marinas.