City overview
The Turks & Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory of about forty islands and cays at the southeastern end of the Bahamian chain, best known for Grace Bay Beach on Providenciales and for the reef that runs the length of the archipelago. Providenciales holds almost all of the country's resorts, restaurants and shopping, while Grand Turk, North, Middle and South Caicos and Salt Cay stay quiet and largely undeveloped. Jewish life in the country is young and centres entirely on Providenciales: Chabad of Turks & Caicos Islands, founded by Rabbi Shmulik and Chaya Berkowitz at the end of 2019, is the only Jewish congregation anywhere in the islands. The resident community is small and expatriate, and it swells through the winter season with second-home owners and visitors. Kosher food on the island is limited but real, and everything Jewish sits within the Grace Bay area.
Little Water Cay (Iguana Island)
Turks & Caicos · $20 short tour, $25 extended tour, free for National Trust members
A 116-acre National Trust nature reserve off the northeast tip of Providenciales, home to around 3,000 endangered Turks and Caicos rock iguanas seen from raised boardwalks.
Time needed
2 to 3 hours including the boat transfer
Hours
Monday-Saturday 10:00 AM-3:30 PM. After-hours visits by appointment only.
Tips
Reached in about 15 minutes by boat or by kayak, usually from Blue Haven Marina in Leeward. Two boardwalk loops run the cay, the northern one taking in the saline ponds. Never feed or touch the iguanas and stay on the boardwalks, since walking off them collapses their burrows. No pets, fishing or shell collecting.
Phone
+1 649-941-5710Neighborhood
Caicos Cays, off Providenciales
Activity providers
Kosher map of Turks & Caicos
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.