Uninhabited Caicos Cays in the Turks and Caicos Islands
The uninhabited Caicos Cays can be reached from Providenciales (Provo) only by boat. Trips can be arranged for picnics, snorkelling and deserted isle adventures. Please do not litter.
Little Water Cay
Visit the Rock Iguanas on Little Water Cay
A sanctuary for Turks & Caicos rock iguanas and osprey and a popular stop-off for island beach cruises. Bring your camera. Guides from the National Trust will answer any questions you may have. Two boardwalks and look-out perches have been installed to protect these endangered iguanas and their environment. Your $10 entry fee goes toward preservation efforts.
Fort George Cay
A National Historic Site, your charter boat captain can point out cannons lying on the ocean bottom in three or so feet (1m) of water that were once poised to protect Loyalist plantations in the Caicos Islands.
French Cay
Once a hideout for buccaneer Françoise L’Olonnois as he preyed on passing Spanish galleons, now a bird sanctuary visited only by permit. The bird population more than doubles each spring as hatchlings are taught to fly. Nurse sharks mate in the shallow waters just off shore each summer.
