Andros is the largest island in The Bahamas and one of the least visited, with a barrier reef along its east coast and blue holes inland. These ten reasons to go are ranked, with the guide and transfer detail each one depends on.
Updated 22 October 2026 · By the BahamasBooking editorial team
Andros is really three islands. North and Central Andros share one landmass and most of the roads; Mangrove Cay and South Andros each need their own air or sea transfer. The blue holes, the reef and the craft visits in the north and centre work from a single base, while the southern flats and blue holes are a separate stay.
The order reflects what is distinctive here: the reef and the wall, the blue holes and the flats, and two craft traditions found nowhere else in the country. Many visits are arranged rather than open, so each item says who to contact and what to agree in advance.
Number 1. Scuba
The Andros Barrier Reef runs the length of the east coast and is one of the largest reef systems in the world. Dive operators work from the Small Hope Bay and Fresh Creek coast; choose a site to match your certification.
Confirm access locally. Choose a site to match your certification; the reef runs the length of the east coast.
Number 2. Nature
Captain Bill's Blue Hole in Blue Holes National Park is the accessible one: trails, a swimming platform and a car park near Fresh Creek. It is the easy introduction to what the island is famous for.
Confirm access locally. Part of Blue Holes National Park; the trails and the swimming platform are the easy introduction.
Number 3. Fishing
The flats around Mangrove Cay and the Middle Bight are classic bonefishing water. A local guide handles the launch and the tide plan, and a day on the flats is the reason most anglers come to Andros.
Confirm access locally. Confirm the launch and tide plan with your guide.
Number 4. Culture
In Red Bays, artisans weave baskets in a tradition kept by the settlement's Seminole and African descendants. Visits to workshops are arranged through a local host rather than walked into.
By arrangement. Arrange visits to workshops through a local host.
Number 5. Culture
The Androsia factory at Fresh Creek makes the hand-printed batik fabric that has become a Bahamian signature. Tours and lessons are arranged directly with the factory.
By arrangement. Arrange tours or lessons directly with the factory.
Number 6. Hiking and nature
Barb's Nature Walk from Kemp's Bay on South Andros takes in inland blue holes, a bat cave and native plants with a local guide. Book the guided route through the operator.
Confirm access locally. Book the guided route through the local operator.
Number 7. Scuba
Off Fresh Creek the reef drops into the Tongue of the Ocean, a trench more than a mile deep, and the wall dive is the island's signature advanced site. Depth and certification decide the route.
Confirm access locally. Depth and certification determine the route.
Number 8. Nature
West Side National Park covers the remote mangroves, wetlands and flats of western Andros. It is a full day with a specialist boat and local guide, and the launch point has to be realistic.
Confirm access locally. The park spans western Andros. Agree a realistic launch and route.
Number 9. History and scenery
Morgan's Bluff at the northern tip is the harbour landscape tied to the pirate Henry Morgan in local folklore, with his named cave nearby. The buried-treasure story is legend; the setting is real.
Confirm access locally. Combine with nearby Henry Morgan's Cave.
Number 10. Nature and beach
At Mars Bay on South Andros a blue hole sits at the edge of the beach and shows itself as the tide recedes. Go at low tide and confirm any water entry locally.
Confirm access locally. Best viewed at low tide. Confirm any water entry.
From a Central Andros base the reef, the wall, Captain Bill's Blue Hole and the batik factory are all close, with Red Bays and Morgan's Bluff a northern driving day. Mangrove Cay and South Andros each justify a separate stay built around a guide: the flats on one, the blue holes and nature walk on the other.
Tell us whether fishing, diving or the blue holes come first and we will match the base and transfers to it. The full list covers all four districts.
Tell us when you are travelling, where you are staying and which of these matter most. We will suggest the order, the boats or drivers you need and what to confirm first.
See all 26 things to do in Andros, the Andros travel guide, or every island in the islands overview.
