Is it legal to take shells home from here? If so, someone please explain to me why the customs agent refused to let me take the shells I’d collected and bought with me back onto the cruise ship I was on a few years ago? Also, a woman at the little market I bought a giant conch shell at lied to my face about it being allowed on the ship…I paid a lot of money for it to get thrown back into the ocean!
I went there with my hubby. We usually manage trips for ourselves. We prefer quiet areas, with more nature than people and we enjoy having the beach to ourselves. We rented a small unit on the south west side of the island. Yes, most of the time I felt safe. the travel advisory in Nassau is basically gang on gang violence and seems to be mostly happening on the east side of the island. So we stayed out of those areas. Most of our grocery shopping was done in the central part of the island where there are a lot of stores. However it does get a bit crazy at night in that area. If you don't feel comfortable going to Nassau, you would feel safe visiting the family islands like Eleuthera, Andros and Abaco. They are all so beautiful, there are very little traffic and the people are the nicest you'll ever meet!! Enjoy the Bahamas!
Thank you, agreed. Someone commented its name down below and I looked it up. It's an amazing shell! I am very grateful to learn about this shell. Thanks for your help.
Mainly on the south west side of the island, there are some good beaches. There is also a beach called Jaw's Beach on the west side, it can be somewhat crowded but most of the time it's not bad..try on low tide. Also we found some good stuff on Cable Beach, on the north side of the island. Both beaches are very beautiful and I got some really awesome shells. I have been a sheller for a while but Nassau really surprised me so much in a good way! Congrats, I envy you going there. Good luck and have a great time in Nassau!
Based on what I have read, yes you can keep the clean empty shells and dead sea biscuits, the tests. Coming back home, they opened my luggage at The Bahamas TSA and had to see my Helmet shell but they were good with it.
Hi, I never been there. Is there a lot of empty beaches? I don't mean in the back of resorts, just places you can pull up and walk down to the beach and just chill there with no one in sight. I have been to Eleuthera, Exuma, Cat Island and Long Island and all of them were like that. I hate to get there and have to cut through resorts and little walkways through private residences to get to the beach... I want to know if I should go there next week or just play it safe and head to Eleuthera which was my favorite so far...Thanks!
Hello, I apologize for the delay. Yes, I have been in Eleuthera many times and other islands. Andros Island is very beautiful but also untouched by people. Nature is well preserved. All of the other islands you mentioned are more busy with tourism. We rented a house on north side of Andros island near Morgans Bluff. There were only a few houses on the entire bay and no resorts. That means most of the time the entire bay is yours. Also there are some cool blue holes not too far away. The only down side of this island is that there are a lot of no-seesums as well as Doctor Flies compared to other islands in the Bahamas. Good luck.
Hello Seashore Adventures. Shelling was good, thank you. I did find one Junonia, not as shiny as yours but fully intact and two pieces of others. Lots of fun it was!!
