Conch Graveyard

Hey! I've been to Grand Turk twice now and keep hearing about the conch graveyard. We are headed back for a 3rd time and have no excursion's planned help me find the graveyard I need directions! :) Thanks for your help!

Keri

Search function should tell you this, but if you head to your right when getting off the ship you'll find the graveyard in a couple hundred yards, near the point.

Yes, it's to the right. You can actually see the point from the ship and it's is to the right if you are looking at Grand Turk from the ship. To get there you'll need to go through the Dufry (Duty Free) shop at the end of the pier since there is no beach access until you go through there. Once through the Dufry shop, head to the right and you'll find the walkway leading to the beach. Once on the beach, you'll see another, smaller pier and the "Graveyard" is just beyond that before reaching "the point". Many of the shells there are rather old and weathered and not in the "perfect" condition with the bright, pink interior that you can usually find for sale. We were in Grand Turk in May 2010 and we brought three home. They can be bleached white and some will be gray. There are many that are broken but you can also find some decent ones. Most will have the "harvest hole" at the top. The "harvest hole" is where they cut through the shell, and it's usually toward the top, to get the animal (conch) out. The empty shells are then discarded...thus the "graveyard". Attaching a couple of pictures so you can actually "see" the "graveyard".

The "Graveyard"

The shells we brought home (all are naturally bleached white)

The interiors have some pink, but it's faded and not shiny like the ones that are usually found for sale

Hope this helps.

Thank you so much! That was the perfect answer. We are taking my 4yr old and 2yr old this cruise and I think they'd love this!

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