Ben's Cave
Blue water under rock.
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Lucayan National Park is a reserve on Grand Bahama with pine and palm forest, mangrove swamps and caves full of clear blue water. Beneath it runs an underwater cave system with about 10 km of charted passages, among the longest known. The park was founded in 1982 and covers about 784 ha in all. In its caves in 1979, scientists found a new class of crustaceans that lives only in sea caves. It is an important bird area, with species found only in the Bahamas and nearby islands. You walk boardwalks and dirt trails through pines and ferns, then go down steps to Ben's Cave, where clear blue water lies under a rock roof hung with roots. The water changes colour with the light from above. Across the road a boardwalk through the mangroves leads to a sandy beach. The park is 31 km in a straight line east of Freeport. The Bahamas National Trust says park fees from July 2026 are 15 dollars for adults and 8 for children. Do not swim in the caves; entry is for licensed divers only.
Blue water under rock.
Trails through ferns.
To a sandy beach.
South coast of Grand Bahama, east of Freeport
No, only licensed divers may enter.
15 dollars for adults from July 2026.