Blessed with a long crescent beach, Tarpum Bay offers a variety of water sports including snorkeling, diving, and surfing. You can also take a long stroll along the beach or just relax on a beach chair and work up a great tan. Overlooking the beach, is a magnificent world famous lighthouse which commands breathtaking vistas of the Bay. If you are true beach lover, choose to stay in one of the many elegant Tarpum Bay vacation rentals, Bahamas and villas which offer all kinds of facilities from a well equipped kitchen to aesthetically decorated rooms facing the pristine seashore. A must visit is the splendid self built castle of Lord MacMillan, which evokes images of the bygone era. It was home to the one of the leading artists of Bahamas - Lord McMillan Huge who was born in Britain but made Eleuthera his permanent home. This concrete building is a brilliant masterpiece in itself with its huge living quarters which are donned with beautiful artwork and other rare artifacts. From Tarpum, you can visit the nearby town of Spanish Wells, which not only boast of a gorgeous beach but a huge assortment of shopping options as well.

Tarpum Bay has a good number of restaurants and bars where you can treat yourself to a wide array of fine local and exotic delicacies and divine drinks from all across the globe. One of the best times to visit the town is during the annual Junkanoo festival which is celebrated in the early hours of December 26th and again in the early hours of New Year’s Day. It is better to get your accommodation booked well in advance in any of the Tarpum Bay vacation homes as all of them get fully occupied during festive time.