Arrive onboard at Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, Bahamas. After introductions and vessel orientation your wellness coordinator will lay out onboard activities while the crew works behind the scenes to place your luggage. The chef will meet with your group to go over preferences and begin preparing lunch. After lunch, your wellness team will layout the activities for the duration of your charter.

In the morning, guests will have the option to play golf at The One & Only Ocean Club Golf Course or enjoy the onboard workout classes followed by Vinyasa Yoga. The chef will prepare lunch before the yacht cruises through Devil’s backbone en route to Harbour Island.

Rated as one of the ‘Best Bahamas Beaches’ by the likes of Fodors, Frommers and The Travel Channel, Harbour Island is famous for its three and a half miles of hard-packed picture-perfect pink sand beaches. 

The pink sand beaches provide the perfect setting for mindful meditation and afternoon yoga. The crew is able to set up on the beach and provide any of the holistic massages available as specified by the wellness director.

Warm clear ocean waters provide excellent diving, fishing and boating while outlying reefs provide safe swimming and snorkeling.  For those looking for in-water exercise, Harbour Island is the ideal location for open-water swimming. The people are friendly and the island is easy to navigate. Golf cart rentals, the transportation of choice, make touring the island both fun and relaxing. We can stay at the Valentine’s Marina this evening.

If you are looking for some of the best restaurants the Bahamas has to offer, Harbour Island is the place to be.  Choices are plentiful and menus range from fine cuisine at The Rock House and the Landing to delicious local fare at Ma Ruby’s.  Most offer a casual Bahamian atmosphere and unforgettable views of the island and its tropical surroundings.  Bring a big appetite with you!

In the morning, Yacht TCB will depart Harbour Island for the passage to the northern Exuma Islands where it will stop off at Highbourne Cay Marina for the evening. During the day, the onboard chef will lead nutrition courses and the crew will ready the toys, snorkel and scuba equipment for use. For those that enjoy fishing, offshore fishing is available.  At night, dinner will be prepared on board while anchored out under the tropical stars, or secured at Highbourne Cay Marina. The evening will be spent in serenity, stargazing and soaking in the Jacuzzi.

This morning we can enjoy a swim and beachcombing after breakfast before departing for Staniel Cay. We will raise anchor for blue water fishing and have lunch offshore. A stop at Hog Beach, Big Major Island, is a must to see the famous swimming pigs.

Rumor has it that about fifty years ago a farmer brought some pigs to the island to forage in the wild and serve as the food supply for his family. The farmer is long gone, but the pigs remain, swimming into the surf to greet arriving boats and beg for day-old bread.  You may be lucky enough to convince one of the pigs to come swimming with you in the crystal-clear water in the cove. 

Staniel Cay is the jewel in the center of the long necklace of Exuma islands stretching for 100 miles southeast of Nassau. Less than a mile square and home to about 100 people, Staniel Cay is the hub for the Pipe Creek area, a group of islands stretching for eight miles north to Compass Cay.

Of particular interest is “Thunderball Grotto,” a hollowed-out island where James bond movies “Never Say Never Again” and “Thunderball” as well as “Splash” were filmed. 

Snorkelers can swim into the natural fish bowl at slack tide and become one with the many varieties of fish. Light streams through the top where rain has eroded natural skylights. There are several entrances and passageways to explore. Look but don’t touch… Thunderball Islands are protected by the Bahamas National Trust.

Anglers are treated to some of the best bonefishing flats in the world, (there’s an annual Bone Fishing Festival each summer), while Exuma Sound offers bluewater fishing only minutes offshore. Local guides are always available.

In addition to all the activities the landscape offers, the TCB wellness director recommends adding in a pranayama breathing session and acupuncture session on day 5.

On day 6 guests can enjoy some land-based activities at Warderick Wells. The wellness director will lead a hike through the tropical landscape.

Warderick Wells deserves its place as “most popular cay”. And you will probably remember it as that one particular harbor that you will long to return to, if only in your memories. Over four miles of nature trails on the cay lead to rare plants, caves, wells, and the ruins of a small Loyalist Plantation.

Discovery of the ruins led to a search of the files in the National Archives in Nassau, revealing a land grant given to a family named Davis around 1785. And to preserve its integrity, remember that fishing or taking of any wildlife within park limits is strictly forbidden.

This morning we will make an early morning departure and cruise back to Nassau and the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island. Take advantage of their aquarium, lazy river, and the casino for some last-minute fun! While we hate to see you go, we hope to have you back on board with us again in the near future!