6 days exploring the Exumas by superyacht
Paradise Island to Highbourne Cay
Meet your luxury yacht at the Atlantis Marina in Paradise Island. Your captain will plot a course to Highbourne Cay, the gateway to the Exumas. From here, it’s a quick tender ride to Allen’s Cay, home to huge rock iguanas that are friendly enough to feed. Back at Highbourne, hike to The Spring for glorious views then retire to the yacht for sunset cocktails and dinner.
Highbourne Cay to Shroud Cay
The divers on board can enjoy a morning plunge at the Exuma Wall, a 75-foot-deep vertical dive which is considered to be one of the best diving spots in the Caribbean. Others less experienced in the group can get acquainted with scuba. Sail to Norman’s Cay where everyone can partake in an easy snorkel around a sunken airplane, and, for a laidback island experience, have lunch ashore at MacDuff’s, an Exumas’ institution. At sunset, cruise to the uninhabited island of Shroud Cay and dine under an unbelievably starry sky.
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Shroud Cay to Warderick Wells
Wake up to the peacefulness of Shroud Cay, enjoying breakfast al fresco on the aft deck. Take a tender tour of the island’s tidal creek, a nursery for myriad birds, lobsters, fish, and sea turtles. The next stop is Warderick Wells, home to the Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park. Natural beauty abounds, and the kids will enjoy “discovering” the skeleton of a 53-foot sperm whale that washed ashore long ago. And runners rejoice — there are more than seven miles of trails to explore on shore.
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