Things to Do

Things to Do on Stocking Island

Chat ‘N’ Chill® is located on beautiful Stocking Island in the Exumas. Three miles long with only a few year-round residents, it’s a playground of natural wonder for you to explore.

Jacques Cousteau

Mystery Cave

World-renowned explorer Jacques Cousteau was fascinated by this natural underwater cave and wanted to know how far it extended. To find out, he deposited red food dye in the cave during the outgoing tide and went up in his helicopter to see where the dye came out. He was shocked to discover that the red dye emerged 2 miles out to sea!

The Jacques Cousteau Mystery Cave is accessible with a quick 2-minute boat ride from Chat ‘N’ Chill®. The mouth of the cave is an excellent spot for snorkeling, as it is teeming with various species of fish.

Stromatolites & Sand Dunes

Stocking Island boasts the some of the world’s oldest fossils – stromatolites – fossilized bacteria dating from more than 1 million years ago. Stromatolites are found in only two places on Earth – here and Australia. Visiting Stocking Island is your chance to get up close and personal with these rare pieces of history, right there in their natural habitat instead of a museum!

There are also gorgeous sand dunes near the stromatolites on the Atlantic side of the island. It’s an easy walk from Chat ‘N’ Chill®. Just walk around Gaviota Bay at low tide, then wade across the channel to the Atlantic side of the island.

Nature Trails

Peaceful, scenic walking paths crisscross the island with benches and identification markers of our local plant life. You can obtain a Stocking Island Nature Trail Map in the in the gift shop for free at Chat ‘N’ Chill®.

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OUR STORY

Chat ‘N’ Chill® was born in 1998 as a day camp for people who lived on their boats in Elizabeth Harbour. Somewhere they could go for great food, volleyball, a chilled-out atmosphere and even Sunday church without needing a car or a taxi.

Not much has changed since then except our reputation – we are humbled by our visitors who have helped catapult us to 'world famous' status! Salt-encrusted travelers from all over the world chill with the locals here over beers and conch salad. Visitors shop for gifts at our Chat ‘N’ Chill® Beach Boutique. Couples from all over the world fall in love all over again renewing their vows.

We’re proud to say that Chat ‘N’ Chill® was – and still is - the quintessential laid-back, bare-feet beach bar for real beach bums. Come chill with us!

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