Bahamas eSIM

It depends on how much travelling you want inside the trip. Nassau and Paradise Island have the most hotels, the main airport and the cruise piers, so they suit a first visit or a short stay. Exuma suits travellers who want boat days through the cays, with George Town as a base. Eleuthera and Harbour Island are quieter and spread out, better with a rental car. Combining two islands is common, but every hop adds a flight or ferry and about half a day of transit.

Mostly by air. Domestic and charter flights link Nassau with the Out Islands, and some routes also connect islands directly. Fast ferries run from Nassau to destinations such as Eleuthera and Harbour Island, and the slower mailboats carry passengers and cargo to many islands on longer schedules. Timetables change with the season and the weather, so confirm each departure close to the date and keep the booking, the dock or terminal and the accommodation contact saved offline.

The Atlantic season runs from 1 June to 30 November, and storm activity around the Bahamas is usually highest from August to October. Hurricane Dorian, which struck the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama in 2019, showed how much damage a single storm can do. A booking in that window carries a different risk from one in winter or spring. Choose flexible travel and accommodation terms where you can, watch official forecasts in the days before departure, and follow local instructions if a storm approaches.

Only for the time the ship is in the Bahamas. A plan written for the Bahamas covers that territory, so a call in Florida is a United States question and a stop in Mexico or another Caribbean island is a question for that country. Many itineraries also include a private island used by the cruise line; check on the itinerary which country it belongs to. Out at sea between ports the phone may be beyond the reach of land networks, so plan around the hours in port.

No. The two share the same chain of islands, the Lucayan Archipelago, but the Turks and Caicos Islands are a separate British Overseas Territory with their own border controls. A route that combines Nassau or Exuma with Providenciales therefore crosses into a different territory, usually by air. Check that the offer you choose lists every territory on the route, or carry a separate plan for the Turks and Caicos leg.

Often, yes. On Exuma and Eleuthera, settlements, beaches and restaurants are spread along long roads with limited public transport, and taxis can be scarce away from the airports and docks. Traffic drives on the left. On New Providence, taxis and jitney buses cover Nassau and Cable Beach, so a car is optional there. Wherever you drive, download the island map before leaving Wi-Fi, because the stretches between settlements are long and empty.

Remote cays and the water between islands are where reception is most likely to drop, and what a handset finds there can vary with the device, the plan and the exact spot. Before blaming the settings, check that the travel line is switched on, selected for mobile data and has data roaming enabled. If it still shows nothing, move to the settlement or the dock, or wait until the boat is back near shore, and keep the day's maps and bookings saved offline in the meantime.

No. Horizon fixed-data plans have no throttling. There is no daily limit that slows you down, so you can use your whole plan in one day if you need to. Your speed depends on the local network, your signal and how busy the network is. When your data allowance is used up, the plan stops rather than slowing down.

Yes. We always refund the full amount you paid when you request it, whether your eSIM is unused, partly used or fully used. There is no time limit for requesting a refund.