The pristine virgin beaches make Cat Island vacations� appeal. However, Cat Island vacations are not very well known so the island remains relatively inexpensive and undiscovered.

Attractions like hiking and bird watching are both excellent in the southern boot, where ponds and lakes abound.

The major celebrations you can attend on Cat Island vacations include the annual Cat Island Regatta in August.

Attracting hundreds of yachters, and the Rake'n'Scrape festival in late June, appealing to music lovers throughout the Bahamas.

A straight asphalt road (in terrible shape) leads from the north to the south of the island. Along the way you can select your own beach - and chances are you'll have complete privacy on your Cat Island vacations. Cat Island vacations offer an array of water sports, and visitors can go swimming or snorkeling at several places. Fernandez Bay is a picture-postcard, white-sand beach set against a turquoise blue sea and lined with casuarina trees.

The island's north side is wild, untamed shoreline. Boating and diving are among the main reasons to go on Cat Island vacations, and diving lessons are available for novices.Although much dining and nightlife centers on the major resorts, which offer formal meals in elegant surroundings as well as beachside buffets, most of the major settlements also have a good selection of road-side eateries, small cafes and restaurants.

And decent bars and pubs. On Cat Island vacations try, the Bridge Inn Bar and Restaurant and the Blue Bird Restaurant and Bar host locals in New Bight. Visitors on Cat Island vacations can try the fried chicken, seafood, rake'n'scrape music and dancing. In the far north at Smith's Bay, Hazel's Seaside Bar is a relaxed spot for a quiet drink at on Cat Island vacations.