The Abacos, the islands behind the game
The Abacos are a chain of islands and cays in the northern Bahamas, made up of Great Abaco, Little Abaco, and a scatter of offshore cays. Marsh Harbour, on Great Abaco, is the largest town and the commercial center of the group. The area is known for boating, sailing, beaches, and bonefishing — and it is the subject of our family board game, Abaco-Opoly.
The main cays
| Cay | Known for | How visitors reach it |
|---|---|---|
| Elbow Cay (Hope Town) | The Hope Town Lighthouse, a red-and-white striped lighthouse built in 1864 and one of the last manually operated kerosene lighthouses in the world; visitors climb it for the view over the harbour. | Passenger ferry from Marsh Harbour, roughly half an hour across. |
| Great Guana Cay | A long beach and easy boating. | Passenger ferry from Marsh Harbour. |
| Man-O-War Cay | A boatbuilding community. | Passenger ferry from Marsh Harbour. |
| Green Turtle Cay | The New Plymouth settlement. | Passenger ferry from the Treasure Cay dock. |
Getting there
- Fly into Leonard M. Thompson International Airport in Marsh Harbour (airport code MHH) or Treasure Cay Airport (code TCB).
- From Marsh Harbour, take a taxi to the passenger ferry dock.
- Take the passenger ferry to Hope Town or to Great Guana Cay. The crossing to Hope Town takes roughly half an hour.
- On the cays, visitors get around by golf cart, bicycle, or on foot.
Those same islands fill the Abaco-Opoly board. The board carries the Bahamian flag and, at its center, the striped Hope Town lighthouse that visitors climb on Elbow Cay.
