Beaches & Attractions

Astwood Cove, Warwick

Baby Beach, Tucker’s Town

Bailey’s Bay, Hamilton Parish

Church Bay, Southampton

Clearwater Beach and Turtle Bay, St. George’s

Cooper’s Island Nature Reserve, St. George’s

Composed from material drawn  from the files of the Royal Gazette Newspaper of Hamilton Bermuda.

Bermuda’s most significant nature reserve is Cooper’s Island , located in the East end of the island near the old town of St.Georges. Accessible only on foot (no pets, no cars or mopeds) the park requires that you bring  your lunch, your camera and a generous part of your  morning or afternoon so you can ramble through the astonishingly beautiful rocky outcrops to the sumptous untouched beaches nestled in between the headlands.  Your swim suit and a towel is all you will need as you sample beach after beach. Sturdy shoes to cross the rocks and your camera  will be essential to record the breathtaking views down the south shore coastline, and over to St Davids  Island, as well as the towering cloud formations and the intense range of colours in the ocean from turkoise to indigo .The park has been restored to its natural aesthetic beauty and authentic ecology as a critical wildlife habitat, thanks to a collaboration between HSBC Bermuda,  the Ministry of Environment and Sports,  the Department of Conservation Services, the Department of Parks and HSBC Bermuda staff volunteers.

The 77 acre (32.2 hectare) Cooper’s Island is home to a large number of nesting White-tailed Tropic birds (Longtails) . Approximately  600 nesting pairs have been observed on the site. More importantly the site bridges the Cahow nesting islands that ring Castle Harbour.  The park  contains the only beach where the Loggerhead turtle has successfully hatched eggs in Bermuda in the 20th century. In  is hoped that the critically  endangered Bermuda Skink, a ground lizard that lives in Cahow nest burrows, eating insects and parasites and helping to keep the burrows clean can be reintroduced to Cooper’s Island in the near future…

 

Crystal Caves and Fantasy Caves, Hamilton Parish

Devonshire Bay, Devonshire

Elbow Beach, Paget

Fort St. Catherines, St. George’s

Hog Bay Park, Southampton

Horseshoe Bay, Southampton

Jobsons Cove, Warwick

John Smiths Bay, Smith’s Parish

Mangrove Bay, Somerset

Shelly Bay, Hamilton Parish

Snorkel Park, Dockyard

Somerset Long Bay, Somerset

Spanish Point Park, Pembroke

Tobacco Bay, St.George’s Parish

Warwick Long Bay, Warwick

West Whale Bay, Southampton

Windsor Beach, Hamilton Parish