A week through the Exuma Cays, a 120-mile chain of islands set in water so clear and bright it seems lit from below. From the buzz of Nassau to the sanctuary of the Land and Sea Park, this is the Bahamas at its most iconic, swimming pigs, sandbars and glowing turquoise flats. Expect friendly wildlife and empty beaches, protected reefs and sandbanks that rise from the sea at low tide.
Every route we shape is a starting point, not a fixed schedule. Stay a second day where the light is right, move with the weather, or follow a captain to a quieter cove. What follows is one considered way to read it; the rest we tailor to you.