Great Guana Cay

Great Guana Cay

Great Guana is one of the largest of the outer Abaco cays. It’s also the location of one of the smallest settlements on the Abacos, Guana Harbour. The community is set at about the midway point on the seven-mile-long island, and you won’t find it until you’ve navigated the tiny harbour entrance. Guana Harbour has a permanent population of only 80. Most of the men make their living either by farming or fishing. Those that don’t are employed at the Guana Beach Resort and Marina.

Like most of the cays in the Abacos, Great Guana is accessible only by private boat or ferry. The ferry runs a scheduled service from Marsh Harbour. The tiny village with its clapboard cottages, café, gift shop, liquor store, and grocery store, is a quiet retreat with narrow streets and waving palms. So, for the most part, Great Guana remains an unspoiled tropical paradise with more than seven miles of pristine white beaches, grassy dunes, and emerald waters, all set against a deep blue sky.

The Guana Resort & Marina and Seaside Villas, the only hotel on the island, sits amid the palms, seagrapes and casuarina trees on a tiny peninsula. The resort is a sportsman’s dream. Here you can windsurf, snorkel, water-ski, sail, and go deep-sea fishing.