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BAHAMAS
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SUGGESTED BAHAMAS SAILING ITINERARIES
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Exumas, Bahamas
10 days Custom Fit Boat Charter Cruising Program
Departure from Palm Cay Marina, Nassau
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With one of the world's largest barrier reefs, a quarter of the world's coral lying in the waters and exceptional sailing conditions, a Bahamas sailing itinerary around the Exumas promises an unforgettable sailing vacation. If you wish to explore more of the Exumas chain, you can sail from any one of our bases: Round trip from Nassau to the Exumas, Eleuthera or any other point in the Bahamas, One-way trip from Nassau to Staniel Cay or Georgetown or One-way trip from Staniel Cay or Georgetown to Nassau.
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Day of your arrival
Arriving in Nassau in the afternoon. A 35 minutes taxi ride from the airport will bring you to the marina. The team will welcome you and show you your boat. Diner on board and take time to relax and enjoy your first night in Bahamas
Day 2: Highborne Cay
Sail to Highborne Cay, Exumas (5 hours). Highborne's eight beaches are deserted pieces of paradise, all within walking distance of the marina. Swim, visit the marina, shark watching, dinner on board.
Day 3: Allan Cay and Warderick Well's Cay
Sail to Alllan Cay in the morning take time for snorkelling and spear-fishing on the beautiful pristine reef of Octopus Garden at Horseshoe Bay. In the afternoon sail to Warderick Well, Exumas Land and Sea Park (4h hours). This is one of the largest protected marine parks in the world, where you will appreciate pristine underwater beauty in its purest form.
Day 4: Warderick Well's Cay
Visit the Interpretation center, snorkelling, hiking, visit the loyalist plantation ruins, relax on the island's 30 deserted beaches
Day 5: Staniel Cay
Sail From Warderick Well's Cay to Staniel Cay, where you'll find the amazing Thunderball Grotto on an nearby outcrop, where the James Bond film Thunderball was filmed. Snorkel this marine cave at low tide and marvel at the shafts of sunlight that illuminate the cavern
Day 6: Staniel Cay and Big Mayor Spot
Opposite to Thunderball is Big Major Cay, where you can swim with the Exumas pigs on Pig Beach. Dinner at Staniel Cay Yacht Club
Day 7 : Shroud Cay
Sail to Shroud Cay which is part of the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park. Don't forget your paddle board or kayaks so you can explore the shallow mangroves and creeks that meander across the island. You'll be able to spot turtles, rays and nurse sharks. Once you reach the east side of the island, you will enter a vibrant blue lagoon and set foot on one of the most beautiful beaches in the Bahamas.
Day 8 : Norman's Cay
Sail to Norman's Cay (1.5 hours). Dive a plane wreck, the wreckage of a Curtiss C-46 Commando that crashed in shallow water at Norman's Cay during the 1980s. Visit the ruins of the infamous cartel drug trafficker, Carlos Lehder. Dinner at the Normn's Cay Club.
Day 9: Norman's Cay
Visit Norman's Cay and enjoy the beach.
Day 10: Nassau
Return sail to Nassau (6 hours). Visit Paradise Island, the aquariums, window-shopping, "dine-out"
Departure Day
Check-out before 10 am, flight home
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