Highbourne Cay to Allans Cay and back to Highbourne Cay
We ate a
wonderful breakfast of ham and eggs before weighing anchor to travel to Allans
Cay which is just north of Highbourne Cay.
The attraction there is the pink iguanas. They are mostly green; however, the larger,
mature iguanas have a pinkish belly and goiter.
To get to the iguanas, you enter a narrow channel between Allans Cay and
SW Allans Cay and follow the deep blue water around the shoals to a spot
between Allans Cay and Leaf Cay which lies to the east of Allans. We anchored and launched our dinghy. About 30 or so iguanas came out of the
mangroves as we approached the beach on Leaf Cay. Apparently, they know they will soon be
getting a free meal when they hear an outboard motor near the island.
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| Iguanas |
Carla cut up
some apple for their treat. We took a
number of photos and some video before heading back to Foreign Affair. We were soon
on our way back to Highbourne Cay to anchor out for the night. It was a fun outing.
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| Allans Cay Channel to Exuma Sound |
One amazing
aspect of this trip was navigating the channels between these islands. As you pass through the gap between Allans
and SW Allans there are only a few rocks between the deep, rough waters of
Exuma Sound and the calmer, shallow Exuma Bank.
Also, you could clearly see the water rushing over the rocks at the
beginning of flood tide. The current has
to be very strong in this gap at the peak of the tidal flow. Another surprise was how deep and narrow the channel is leading to the beach on Leaf Cay. A
Bahamian anchor would barely keep a boat in the channel which at points was
about 100 feet wide. Lastly, the
horseshoe shaped beach with one palm tree towering over it on the north side of
SW Allans looked absolutely stunning.
Sights like these are why we are here. Pictures don't truly capture the beauty of these islands.
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| SW Allans Cay Beach |
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