The Bahamas has successfully promoted itself as a destination for US jetsetters, and a lot of it is Americanised. Yet there are still opportunities among its 700 islands and 2500 cays to disappear into a mangrove forest, explore a coral reef and escape the high-rise hotels and package-tour madness.
Home of the Exuma Cays Land and Sea National Park and the famous Thunderball Cave, where snorkelers can swim in a majestic cavern with thousands of fish.
