Abaco

Abaco National Park is a 20,500-acre protected area located in the southern portion of Great Abaco Island in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas. Established on May 9, 1994, through a 99-year lease between the Bahamas Government and the Bahamas National Trust, the park was created primarily to safeguard the northern habitat and breeding grounds of the endangered Bahama Parrot. The landscape is dominated by expansive Caribbean pine forests interspersed with dense broadleaf coppice, creating a mosaic of habitats that support exceptional biodiversity. The park represents one of the largest contiguous tracts of protected pine forest in the Bahamas and serves as a critical refuge for several endemic bird species found nowhere else on Earth. Abaco National Park is recognized internationally as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International. The park offers visitors a rare opportunity to observe Caribbean island ecology in a relatively undisturbed state, with the pine forests providing a unique wilderness experience distinct from the beach-focused tourism typical of the Bahamas.