Pink Sands Beach, Harbour Island, The Bahamas
A three-mile beach with truly pink sand is the most famous feature of Harbour Island in The Bahamas and also considered as one of the very best beach in the Bahamas. The sand is a composition of bits of coral, broken shells, minute rocks and calcium carbonate from tiny marine invertebrates.
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The pink color comes from tiny microscopic shelled animals known as Foraminifera. This animal has a bright pink or red shell full of holes through which it extends a footing, called ‘pseudopodia’, which it uses to attach itself and feed. These animals live on the underside of the reefs, on the sea floors, beneath rocks and in caves. They are washed up on shore as a result of waves or fish which knock them loose as they feed on them. Foraminifera are among the most abundant single cell organisms in the ocean and play a significant role in the environment. Snorkeling and swimming are made safe and easy by outlying reefs. These reefs provide large areas of relatively calm and shallow waters. |
For your stay at this renowned beach and island paradise, we recommend the Coral Sands Beach Resort on Harbour Island. Perched on a bluff overlooking the turquoise Atlantic Ocean in the Bahamas; Coral Sands Beach is a divine luxury resort situated oceanfront in the heart of serene Harbour Island, just off of North Eleuthera. Famous for its pink sand Caribbean beach, sunny days, balmy nights and soothing breezes, Coral Sands Hotel in Harbour Island is the perfect Bahamas vacation destination. It was opened in 1968 and revered as one of the best small hotels in the Caribbean. Coral Sands Hotel on Harbour Island is now boasting a brand new look, courtesy of an extensive renovation that has magnificently restored and rejuvenated this 39-room gem of the Bahamas.
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