Caicos Beach
The beautiful Caicos Islands situated 575 miles southeast of Miami and 39 miles south east of Mayaguana in the Bahamas are considered to have “Best Beaches in the World” and are a perfect destination for legendary diving, snorkelling and fishing.
Providenciales,, more popularly known as “Provo” has developed as the urban centre and has mesmerizing beaches scattered on all sides , the most stunning of which is a 12 mile stretch located on Grace Bay, which is protected by a healthy barrier reef. Surrounded by beautiful white sand beaches, it has been ranked “Best Beach” by Conde’ Nast magazine and by the ‘World Travel Awards’ for several years running.
Not very far from Grace Bay, one can find a long stretch of most beautiful beaches including the unspoiled Malcom’s Beach. No wonder, it is home to the majority of the island’s major resorts and tourism services.
Just 12 miles northeast of Providenciales, one spots the North Caicos, a large blossoming group of islands due to abundance of rainfall. It is blessed with ‘Whitby Beach’, a 7 mile stretch contains many fabulous white sand beaches.
Middle Caicos, 48 square miles of natural beauty also has range of long sandy beaches on its north coast. It boasts of a most dramatic feature in form of Mudjin Harbour, a half-moon lagoon with in the ocean and a scenic beach that juts out from the land to link up with an offshore cay.
Bambarra Beach with its shallow waters is enjoyed by Snorkelers and it is also popular for a less known local sport of sailing model hard carved sailboats.
South Caicos, an 8.5 square mile island, has miles of non-populated beaches where beachcombing excels, through herds of wild horses and cows and flocks of flamingos, osprey and pelicans.
West and East Caicos are both large but currently uninhabited. While the east coast of West Caicos boasts some of the most spectacular beaches, East Caicos has a splendid 17 mile beach on the north coast of the island, which is usually only used by sea turtles to lay their eggs because of the large mosquito population.