Great Inagua is the third largest island in The Bahamas, located on the southern most tip of The Bahamas Archipelago and the Great Bahamas Bank waterway. The island is located 490 miles southeast of Miami and about 30 miles to the west of the Turks and Caicos. In addition to Great Inagua, there is also Little Inagua that lies to the northeast about seven miles from the main island. The Inagua islands are located almost in the Windward Passage, one of the busiest shipping lanes in the Western Hemisphere.

Great Inagua is a dry flat island with long deserted beaches wrapping a variety of ecosystems, from mangroves to cactus savannah. The island has rains (showers to most other people) in September/October and May, but is dry with clear blue skies for most of the rest of the year. (Information courtesy of Captain C. Stephen Fawkes)

Because of Inagua’s isolation from the main Bahamas tourist scene, there are no direct flights into the Inagua island. Rather, flights from Nassau via Bahamas Air, operate three days of the week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The flight information is as follows:

From Nassau to Inagua departs 9:15am, arriving at 11:35pm on Monday and Wednesday. Departs 9:15am and arriving at 10:45am in Inagua on Friday. From Inagua to Nassau departs 12:05pm, arriving at 1:35pm in Nassau, Monday and Wednesday. Departs from Inagua to Nassau 11:15am, arriving at Nassau at 1:35pm on Friday. The flight cost is $226 round trip. Flight times are subject to change often, please check with www.BahamasAir.com for more information.

(Direct charter flights to Inagua from the U.S. are available, ask for more details).