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Nonsuch Island

Island
Island  ·  St. David's, Bermuda 32.3475°N   64.6631°W

Why you should go

Ninety seconds on Nonsuch Island

Guide
RequiredGuided visits only
Time needed
5 to 6 hoursFlatts and back by boat
Best time
Sunset, offshoreOn the cahow combo trip
Cost
TicketedBooked through the Zoo
Season
No Jul, Aug toursNor January, February
Access
Guided onlyNo landing on your own

Booking a Zoological Society sailing is the only way to land on Nonsuch. If none is running, see the island from the Cooper's Island tower.

Visiting

After the crossing from Flatts, you walk the island behind a government conservation officer, who talks about the restoration work and the cahow programme. If conditions allow, you may see a cahow.

The combined trip adds an offshore run to look for the birds at sea. With your own boat, anchor off the north side and snorkel the wreck and reefs there, which hold a good spread of reef fish; fishing is banned.

From land, climb the spiral stair of the wildlife tower on Cooper's Island, the old base of a NASA radar, for the view across to Nonsuch and the Castle islands.

Know before you goTour dates are not posted publicly, so email the department's terrestrial conservation office to ask when the next sailing is.

Nearby

Around St. David's

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