We spent our last afternoon and evening on North Eleuthera, north of Governor’s Harbour on possibly the most beautiful, pristine beaches I’ve ever seen. The sand was white and perfect. The water was smooth and a vibrant Caribbean green. The crew took us to shore on the zodiac and set us free to wander for as long as we wanted. We were a little stir-crazy and wanted to get moving a little, so we decided to walk across the narrow island out to the pink sand beach on the Atlantic side. I thought the other side was beautiful - this was a truly deserted beach for as far as we could see. A couple miles north along the beach you could see a house - but that was the only sign of civilization for as far as you could see either direction. I didn’t realized that a beach like this still existed anywhere in the world, let alone in the Bahamas! I assumed it would all be developed, and was pleased to be so wrong!
We walked for what felt like miles, in and out of the water, and then made our way back across the island. It was maybe a quarter-mile across at this point, but 110 miles long! There were only about 11,000 people living on this long, skinny island. This island was once very popular and prosperous, but after Bahamas gained independence in 1973, most of the large, high-end resorts either closed down or sold. Now it seemed quiet and nearly abandoned.
We quickly popped back out on the west side of the island, where it was so smooth and quiet. We were hot from our walk and were excited to jump in the water. But as we were getting ready to jump in, we saw a huge dark shadow moving our way in the water, followed by a smaller shadow. It got within a few feet of shore we realized it was a HUGE sting ray followed by a second, large stingray. We watched them hunt along the shore for a few minutes and eventually make their way back out to deeper water. Needless to say, we did not end up jumping in the water.
We were talking with the crew on shore and we all agreed that we wanted to stay the evening here and have a beach-fire before motoring overnight back to Nassau. We went back to the boat for dinner, then filled a cooler with beers, sodas and drinks and took the zodiac in the dark back to the beach, where we’d been gathering wood all afternoon. We lit quite the fire and hung out for hours before making our way back Nassau. It was the perfect end to a fun-filled week on the Liberty Clipper!
Excellent travel advice and service
This is my second experience working with Adventure Life. I’m sold. Jess Heuermann is an experienced traveler and provides a lot of useful information when planning a trip. These are the questions I like to ask at the outset - What’s it like to go here, there, what would you suggest, what do people report, can we add any additional side trips? Jess took the time to answer my questions and seek additional information to share with me. Petchie Colina is outstanding in helping with travel logistics and final preparations. Adventure Life has excellent guides and offers private guides and small group adventures. We enjoyed the opportunity to talk with the guides and drivers to learn more about their countries, cultures and histories. A highlight was having the guides pick local restaurants where we could share meals together. Highly recommend.
Claire Cordon
5 days ago
Our six-day tour in Iceland went smoothly with one exception. We had asked for two rooms each night. Somehow we were booked with one room with three beds. It could not be fixed at the first hotel in Reykjavik because the hotel was fully booked. Once informed of the problem, however, Adventure Life rebooked for two rooms for the remainder of the trip. As an 85-year-old traveler, I appreciated that one could participate at different physical levels at many of the stops. Iceland is a great place to visit but on the expensive side.
Mary Warren
6 days ago
Jess was very easy going and answered all our questions. It’s not easy dealing with 6 people at once but she did an outstanding job!
Diane Foster
1 week ago
Kassandra and the Adventure Life team have been incredible! Kassandra was very knowledgeable and attentive to our asks while making sure we kept within our budget. This was our first experience with a travel agent and we were blown away by the booking/initial exploration service. We will use Adventure Life again.