Travel Articles: Bahamas

After getting married in Montana in the summer, we treated ourselves to a honeymoon in January. We spent a week sailing on the Liberty Clipper around North Eleuthera and a few extra days relaxing on Governor's Harbour's pink sand beaches. It was the perfect getaway in the middle of Montana's winter.

Highlights from our amazing week, sailing the beautiful Bahamas aboard the schooner Liberty Clipper.

We couldn’t come to the Bahamas without a few days of fishing! Our first afternoon on Harbour Island, we wandered out into the flats just north of town and saw a huge bonefish swimming right up to us! Of course, we didn’t have our fishing gear and when we returned later the tides had changed and the flat was dry. We would have to come …

We spent the last few days of our honeymoon relaxing on Harbour Island, the “Nantucket” of the Bahamas. It was quant, cute, and expensive, just like Nantucket. We arrived by a small flight from Nassau and then took a water taxi across the little straight between North Eleuthera and arrived at the Valentine’s dock, our home for …

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 …

We docked at Governor’s Harbor where we would spend the afternoon and evening. Evan and I decided to go for a walk to the other side of Eleuthera and explore the white-sand beach on the rougher side. We walked through town, popping our heads in a few souvenir and coffee shops and then trekked up and over the hill to see the beautiful pink …

Today, Captain Dillon wanted to take us to Hatchet Bay on Eleuthera so we could play in the calm waters for the afternoon. It was once a small lake with no ocean access, but during the 1940s they created “the cut” but cutting away a 90 foot wide section of the outer wall of the lake. This allowed small boats to pass into the lake (now …

Life onboard the Liberty Clipper was very slow-paced. Jason, the cook from North Carolina was a pretty amazing cook, especially considering how small the galley was on the boat! (Jason even nailed my all my favorite meals, all in one day. We had biscuits and gravy for breakfast, Macaroni and cheese and pulled pork sandwiches for lunch and steak …

We arrived late in the evening into Nassau, quickly cleared customs and grabbed a cab to our hotel. We were staying in the old part of town, just a couple blocks from the main port where the large cruise ships were docked. Our cab driver doubled up and took another solo guy to his hotel first, and then gave us a fun local introduction to Nassau …