Matthew Town
Northwest Point
Man of War Bay
South East Point
Lantern Head
View the flamingo colony at Inagua National Park with a licensed guide
Climb the Matthew Town lighthouse
Tour the Morton Salt Company’s evaporation ponds
Bird-watch for Bahama parrots and roseate spoonbills at Lake Rosa
Snorkel the reefs off Matthew Town
Matthew Town
Matthew Town Lighthouse
Inagua National Park
Lake Rosa
Morton Salt Ponds
November through April offers the best flamingo viewing, when water levels in Lake Rosa and the surrounding salt pans are typically lower and the birds concentrate in more visible numbers. Sailing conditions are calmest from late spring through midsummer, before hurricane season peaks in the autumn. Because Inagua sits so far south and close to Cuba, its weather can differ noticeably from islands further north in the Bahamas on any given week.
Great Inagua Airport (IGA), just outside Matthew Town, receives scheduled flights from Nassau a few times a week, a route mainly used by residents and Morton Salt Company staff rather than tourists. Given how limited and infrequent the service is, virtually all charter guests reach Inagua by boat, joining a yacht already cruising the southern Out Islands rather than flying in and boarding locally.
Matthew Town, on the island’s sheltered west coast, is the only real option for an overnight stop, close to both the salt company’s docks and the lighthouse. The anchorage is open to swell from certain directions, so captains generally treat it as a settled-weather stop rather than a fixed overnight given the lack of alternatives elsewhere along the coast. Most of Inagua’s other shoreline is undeveloped and better suited to a daytime visit by tender.
One to two days is usually enough, since Inagua’s main draw, the flamingo colony at Inagua National Park, requires a licensed guide and a half-day round trip from Matthew Town rather than a leisurely wander. Guests can combine that with a walk to the 1870 lighthouse and a swim off one of the empty western beaches. Most itineraries treat Inagua as a remote highlight within a longer southern Bahamas route rather than a standalone stop.
Yes. Access to the park and to Lake Rosa requires a licensed guide arranged through the Bahamas National Trust, both to protect the birds from disturbance and because much of the terrain is remote salt flat with no marked roads. Guides are typically booked through Matthew Town rather than in advance from abroad, so it’s worth allowing a flexible morning on arrival during your stay.
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