Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine APRIL 2019 | Page 94

Clifton Heritage
National Park
This 208 acre park showcases the diff erent cultures that have called the Bahamas home, including
African civilizations, Lucayans and the Loyalists. Located on New Providence’s westernmost tip, the
park not only off ers diverse scenery which includes ancient dunes, sandy beaches, rocky shorelines
and coastal wetlands but it also off ers a vast array of activities like bird watching, snorkeling, fi shing,
boating and swimming. Of special signifi cance is an area bordering the cliff s where the art of
Antonius Roberts and Tyrone Ferguson stands, depicting a sad story. This location is historical as it
is said to be the area where African slaves disembarked the slave ship which brought them from
Africa to the Bahamas, and also close to a plantation which kept slaves. The art named “Sacred Space”
depicts enslaved women leaning their bodies towards the ocean as their souls cried for freedom.
Art by Antonius Roberts and Tyrone Ferguson
This park can hold your interest for
many hours as you explore the beautiful
beaches, slave village, great house ruins,
hiking trails and turtle pen (a nesting
place for turtles). You’ll be surrounded by
beauty and intrigue.