The white beaches
Calm water.
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Bubaque Island is one of the Bijagós Islands off the coast of Guinea-Bissau and the most populated of the archipelago. It covers about 75 square kilometres and measures 13.6 km long and 8 km wide. It is the visitors' gateway to the archipelago, with quiet beaches and dense forest, and holds the biosphere reserve headquarters and a small museum. The Bijagós Archipelago has about 88 islands and islets, formed from an ancient delta of the Geba and Buba rivers. UNESCO declared it a biosphere reserve in 1996, and it is an important area for migratory birds, including large numbers of waders and flamingos. The Bijagó people live on the islands with their own traditions. You see long white sand beaches and calm water, palm trees and old trunks on the sand, and a hammock slung between two dry branches. At low tide wide sandbanks appear. The creeks hold mangroves and dugout canoes, and from the beach you see nearby green islands. It is about 70 km from Bissau in a straight line, reached by the weekly ferry, private boats or a small plane. Getting around the island is by motorbike or on foot. Arrange lodging and your return in advance.
Calm water.
Dugout canoes.
At low tide.
Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau
By the weekly ferry from Bissau, or a private boat.
Yes, on boat trips from Bubaque.