West End Ecology Tours

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5 Bayshore Road | Located between St Peters Baptist Church and the Porch Bar, West End, Grand Bahama Island

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West End Ecology Tours | Immerse Bahamas Hidden Gems

Today we experienced the tour of a lifetime with Captain Keith Cooper of West End Ecology Tours. We were able to interact with wild stingrays, and snorkel a shipwreck in the vicinity of Grand Bahama Island.

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Grand Bahama Island 2017 - West End Ecology Tours

An unforgettable day in West End with West End Eco Tours on our visit to Grand Bahama Island during our photography project.

We had an amazing day meeting and feeding stingrays on Sandy Cay, snorkelling a wreck in shallow water where we saw some more rays and a moray eel. Headed out for some fishing, caught some barracuda, took them back home to fry for the best dinner and freshest fish you could ever have.

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West End Ecology Tours - Part 1 Dolphin Watch @ Sandy Cay, West End, Grand Bahama Island

Part 1 - A special educational tour of Sandy Cay to Feed The Stingrays with Lakeisha Anderson, Bahamas National Trust; Karen Murchie, College of The Bahamas and Cheri Wood, Conservationist ended with an unforgettable encounter - an intelligent pod of Spotted Dolphins thrilled us with their presence. What an amazing experience!

2018 Stingray Cay Ecology Tour - West End, Grand Bahama

West End Ecology Tours 2018 Promo Video is now ready for you to watch and share with friends and family who are visiting Grand Bahama. We thank all of our past guests who have experienced one of the most requested educational ecology tours in the Bahamas. Exuma is well known for their pigs and Grand Bahama has our MAGNIFICENT STINGRAYS!

West End Ecology Tours - Part 2 Dolphin Watch @ Sandy Cay, West End, Grand Bahama Island 1

Part 2 - A special educational tour of Sandy Cay to Feed The Stingrays with Lakeisha Anderson, Bahamas National Trust; Karen Murchie, College of The Bahamas and Cheri Wood, Conservationist ended with an unforgettable encounter - an intelligent pod of Spotted Dolphins thrilled us with their presence. What an amazing experience!

West End Ecology Tours - Dolphin Watch @ Sandy Cay, West End, Grand Bahama Island

West End Ecology Tours (Short) | Immerse Bahamas Hidden Gems

West End Ecology Tours Promo Video

A BIG Thank You to CNN Atlanta Bruce Conover for creating this EXCELLENT promotional video for West End Ecology Tours. The drone video of Sandy Cay and underwater filming of the stingrays exemplify why this area needs to be designated as a Marine Protected Area for West End.

West End Ecology Tours - Part 2 - Dolphin Watch @ Sandy Cay, West End, Grand Bahama Island

PART 2 - A special educational tour of Sandy Cay to Feed The Stingrays with Lakeisha Anderson, Bahamas National Trust; Karen Murchie, College of The Bahamas and Cheri Wood, Conservationist ended with an unforgettable encounter - an intelligent pod of Spotted Dolphins thrilled us with their presence. What an amazing experience!

West End Ecology Tours - Melynda and Jazie Wakeman's Incredible Stingray and Shark Encounter

Once again Nature never ceases to amaze our guests who visit Sandy Cay! An incredibly perfect weather day with plenty of sunshine to hand feed the stingrays and watch the high powered interaction with Lemon Sharks. The sharks proved once again just how worthy they are of man's respect. Up close, on the edge with an ever powerful video of why the Stingray Feeding @ Sandy Cay is becoming the most popular place to view wild rays and sharks in the their natural element.

NEW! West End Ecology Tours - Stingray Experience @ Sandy Cay - Promo Video

Thanks to two great marine conservationists - Justin and Madison from Grand Bahama for creating a fantastic video of their Stingray Experience @ Sandy Cay. Included is footage of the lemon sharks and extreme close-ups of thousands of fish on the Boat Wreck located just off shore of Sandy Cay. Justin also helped to remove several Lionfish which is an invasive species now found throughout the Caribbean and is delicious to eat. This is an excellent representation of what guests will experience on the Stingray Feeding Tour. Be sure to set defaults to 1080p for best resolution.

Stingray Feeding | Compilation Promo Video 2 | West End, Grand Bahama

This video compilation #2 was intended to capture the wild STINGRAY FEEDING experiences of guests who have visited West End, Grand Bahama Island. Most humans have never met stingrays up close and these educational tours provide anyone interested in learning about a marine animal where there is very little scientific or research information about their natural habits.

The cay where the stingrays reside and filmed have been fed by humans for many years. Sometimes local fishers would visit the cay to clean their conch and fish from their daily catch and would feed the waste to the rays. This may be just one of the reasons why over 60 adult and juvenile stingrays inhabit the area and made it a permanent home to bear their young and rest on the sandy bottom.

Despite incidents where individuals may have been impaled by a stingray barb or sadly killed by one that unfortunately took Steve Irwin’s life. It is very rare that an unprovoked attack on humans would occur. Injuries from rays may happen when walking the beach where the stingray may be resting close to shore. Stingrays cover with sand to camouflage from sharks which are their natural predators. Stingrays do not randomly attack humans as many are led to believe.

Stingrays forage for their food along the bottom of the ocean or along the beach where they are seeking crustaceans including crabs, clams, fish remnants and other small shellfish.

For more than 10 years our focus has been on conservation best practices of marine resources and protection of all wildlife that frequent the West Grand Bahama region including endemic and migrating birds.

West End Ecology Tours - Summer 2015 Dolphin Encounter @ Sandy Cay

The first dolphin sighting for the summer of 2015. Three families from Montgomery, Alabama never expected to meet these magnificent mammals. The kids were totally surprised and enjoyed every minute of the encounter.

Tran Family Stingray Tour - West End, Grand Bahama Island

Every once in a while, you meet visitors who make quite an impression and the Tran Family from San Diego made a indelible mark that will not be forgotten soon. Let's see where do we begin - Dustin and Salene Tran along with their 5 children - Madison, McKenzie, Brandon, Chase, Riley and their Uncle James Tran were recommended to give us a try. They were looking for something unique, something that would give the children a memory of a lifetime. When they heard about the Stingrays it seemed interesting and Dustin really did not know how it would turn out but when we were done and ready to leave Sandy Cay no one wanted to head back to shore. Sad I know! :) After a short stop at Settlement Point Reef we moved quickly to the Boat Wreck where they were met by two rays and plenty of fish. Stopping at the Boat Wreck can be described as an underwater power aquarium in less than 8 feet of water. Once the children headed back to the boat it was time to head over to Sandy Cay where we immediately spotted stingrays and everyone got excited. After the briefing it was time to get to know the rays. All of the children wanted to jump right in but we had to take it slow as there were five children all wanting to feed these magnificent animals. This family was one of the most incredible and ecology conscious groups we have ever had on Sandy Cay. While the rest of the family snorkeled with the rays, Salene and baby Riley stayed at the shore and found the rays to be quite soothing as they sat in the water and just watched the rays swim around them – truly a memorable experience for her and the entire family. I truly hope they will come back and visit Grand Bahama again!

West End Ecology Tours - The Mathiesen's from Denmark - Stingray Feeding @ Sandy Cay

Johnny and Jane from Denmark described their stingray feeding experience as one of the best eco-tours they ever had on Grand Bahama. They have been residing on island for the past 3 years and are heading back home soon. I have a feeling they will be planning a return trip in the not to distant future.

West End Ecology Tours - Freeport News and Guests Feed The Stingrays and Meet the Sharks!

The Freeport News is our local newspaper on Grand Bahama Island and thanks to a dear friend she arranged for the reporter and photographer to visit Sandy Cay to experience the Stingrays. Today's video interaction typifies what all guests feel when they are up close to the rays fear. The inquisitive lemon sharks also showed up on time and interacted with the rays and guests. Without question they were all able to overcome their fears and shared a valuable learning experience about Bahamian Wildlife. Isn't education wonderful! (Watch at :53 seconds on the video for the stingray as she opens her mouth and takes in the fish - it is pretty amazing to watch)

Sandy Cay Sharks Oh My!

Once we completed the Stingray Feeding @ Sandy Cay we snorkeled with these magnificent rays and were graced with the presence of a Caribbean Reef Sharks who frequent the area during the winter months.

West End Ecology Tours - Nandana Villas VIP Guests - Sharks, Stingrays and Barracuda!

Visitors from California and Nebraska experienced first hand the beauty of Sandy Cay. I think that they are planning to visit Grand Bahama again!

West End Ecology Tours - Sanders Family - Stingray Feeding @ Sandy Cay West End, Grand Bahama

Part 2 - This is an awesome up close encounter feeding the Stingrays! What an education the Sanders Family learned and enjoyed at Sandy Cay.

West End Ecology Tours - Stingray Experience Tour

Enjoy a Bahamian ecology experience that is simple, pure and natural! This 4-hour educational tour is designed for small groups and is the most requested eco-tour offered in our program. The Stingray Snorkel Tour provides visitors the opportunity to engage stingrays in their natural element. A trained guide will provide a briefing about the stingrays foraging habits and identify behavior traits of these magnificent wild animals.The interaction element include up-close encounters and filming of guests as they snorkel with the Amazing Stingrays of West End. Perfect for nature lovers!

Please watch and share this video with anyone interested in experiencing - REAL...WILD...LIFE!

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