Old Bank (Bastimentos Town)
Old Bank
An Afro-Caribbean fishing village on Isla Bastimentos, with colorful stilt houses built along the shore, where locals speak a Creole English.
Old Bank is the main village on Isla Bastimentos. Most residents are descendants of Afro-Caribbean people who came from Jamaica and elsewhere in the 19th century, and they speak the distinctive Guari-Guari Creole. There are no cars in the village. A concrete path runs past colorful wooden houses, small shops and a few home-style eateries (coconut rice with fried fish is a local favorite). Life here moves much more slowly than in Bocas Town, and calypso music can occasionally be heard in the evening. It's about 10 minutes by water taxi, and it is also the starting point for Playa Wizard.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Wizard Beach (Playa Primera)
- Isla Carenero
- Hospital Point
- Bocas Town
- Red Frog Beach
- Playa Bluff
- Nivida Bat Cave
- Sloth Island (Isla Perezoso)