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Abacos & Eleuthera
05 · Bahamas · 7 nights

Abacos & Eleuthera

New England-white villages on pink-sand beaches. Loyalist history, the best mail-boat lunches in the country, and one of the most photographed beaches on earth.

Best season · November – June

The Chart
  1. 01Nassau
  2. 02Spanish Wells
  3. 03Harbour Island
  4. 04Governor's Harbour
  5. 05Marsh Harbour
  6. 06Hope Town
  7. 07Green Turtle Cay
Signature Moments
  • The pink sand of Harbour Island (it's real — foraminifera)
  • Hope Town's candy-striped lighthouse (c. 1864, still kerosene)
  • Preacher's Cave on Eleuthera — where the Eleutheran Adventurers landed in 1648
  • Nippers at Great Guana Cay for Sunday pig roast
Day by Day
  1. 01
    Nassau Yacht Haven

    Embark · Nassau

    Morning
    Aboard by 1400.
    Afternoon
    Evening crossing to Spanish Wells (4 hours).
    Evening
    Anchor at Spanish Wells — Bahamas' lobster-boat capital.
  2. 02
    Meeks Patch

    Spanish Wells & Meeks Patch

    Morning
    Tender in to Spanish Wells — white picket fences, tidy lanes, lobster boats.
    Afternoon
    Anchor off Meeks Patch — private sandbar that emerges at low tide.
    Evening
    Chef's conch fritters and fresh-caught hogfish.
  3. 03
    Valentines Marina, Harbour Island

    Harbour Island · Pink Sands

    Morning
    1-hour hop. Arrive mid-morning.
    Afternoon
    Pink Sands Beach in the late-day light (that's when it glows).
    Evening
    Dinner at The Landing; drinks at Sip-Sip.
  4. 04
    Governor's Harbour

    Eleuthera · Preacher's Cave

    Morning
    Drive across Eleuthera to Preacher's Cave — the founding site of the Bahamas.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Tippy's Beach Bar; French Leave Beach for swim.
    Evening
    Friday night Fish Fry at Anchor Bay — local bands, rum, cracked conch.
  5. 05
    Marsh Harbour, Abaco

    Crossing North · Whale Cay Passage

    Morning
    Full-day passage north across the Tongue of the Ocean.
    Afternoon
    Arrive Marsh Harbour. Clear crew changes. Tour Hurricane Dorian's rebuilt town.
    Evening
    Dinner at Wally's.
  6. 06
    Hope Town Harbour

    Hope Town · Elbow Cay

    Morning
    Tender into Hope Town. Climb the Elbow Reef Lighthouse (1864) — one of three manned kerosene lighthouses left in the world.
    Afternoon
    Tahiti Beach at low tide — a massive tidal sand flat.
    Evening
    Dinner at Abaco Inn, watching Atlantic rollers.
  7. 07
    Black Sound, Green Turtle Cay

    Green Turtle & Disembark

    Morning
    Nippers at Great Guana for breakfast; Orca repositions to Treasure Cay airport (TCB).
    Afternoon
    Farewell lunch; depart by 1500.
    Evening
    Transfer to TCB for return flight.
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