West End Tourist Places to Visit in West End, Bahamas, America

West End Tourist Places to Visit in West End, Bahamas, America

West End is the oldest town on Grand Bahama in Bahamas located between 26°41′12″ N latitude and 78°58′30″W longitude. It is the capital of Grand Bahama as well as the 3^rd largest settlement of Bahamas, situated on the extreme west of the island. It also called as ‘Settlement Point’ placed 10 meters above the mean sea level. West End is situated around 35 kms from another major town of the island, Freeport.

West End is famous for fishing activities and rich tourism, especially sport fishing draws a large number of Bonefish sport fisherman from the major American countries, mainly from USA supporting well for the development of the West End.

How to reach West End?

West End has an airport with connection to domestic locations from Monday to Friday between 8am and 4pm. It is situated around 35 kms from Grand Bahama International Airport in Freeport which has flights to Canadian locations such as Toronto, Halifax, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Montreal and USA’s locations such as Charlotte, Philadelphia, Miami and Atlanta. American Eagle, Bahamasair, Sunwing Airlines, US Airways and Regional Air are the major airlines serving GBIA.

Minivans are mainly used for local travel and other options include car, motorcycle, and buggy. Sometimes small fee is charged for large oversized baggage and golf bags by taxi owners.

Food and Shopping in West End:

West End has variety of shops selling fashion, jewelry and handicraft and electrical items and the main food corners in and around West End are as follows:

Cappuccino s Italian Restaurant
Bahama John’s Seafood-N-Rib Shack
Chibah Cafe Coffeehouse & Wine Bar
Le Med Mediterranean Restaurant

Things to do in West End:

Bird Watching
Golf
Snorkeling
Windsurfing
Tennis
Boating
Fishing

Places of interest in West End:

Rand Nature Center:

Rand Nature Center is a national park established to protect the rich habitants of Grand Bahama. It is the first nature education center of Grand Bahama named in the honor of James Rand. It is open from 9am – 4 pm (Monday to Friday), entrance fee is $5 for adults and $3 for children (5-12).

Peterson Cay National Park:

Peterson Cay National Park is an ideal spot for day trip and tourists can reach it by boats. This small island is packed with variety of plant and animal species and it is advised for tourists not to do fishing, shelling, and damage any coral of the park, these kinds of activities are strictly prohibited.

West End beaches:

West End has many beaches that are well maintained by the local authority. Tourists can enjoy activities like snorkeling, swimming, diving, fishing and surfing with the help of guiders or independently.

Other places of interest in West End include:

Lucayan National Park
Port Lucaya
Taino Beach Ferry
Count Basie Square
Williams Town Beach
Port Lucaya Marina
Garden of the Groves
Coral Beach
Peterson Cay
Rand Memorial Nature Center
Regency Theater
Plane-crash Beach
Gold Rock Beach

Best time to visit West End:

The months between September and May will be the best time to enjoy holidays in West End.

Accommodation options in West End:

West End houses many well facilitated accommodation centres that are specially designed for the utmost comfort of the tourists visiting the place throughout the year. Also tourists can find luxury resorts of nearby Freeport for better hospitality services. List of prominent hotels and resorts in and around West End are: