Bahamas

The destination

The Exumas stretch south from Nassau as a chain of more than 365 uninhabited cays, protected in part by the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park — one of the world’s first no-take marine reserves. Chartered privately, a week here unfolds at your own pace: anchoring over sandbars so shallow and clear the shadow of the boat prints on the bottom, swimming with the famous pigs of Big Major Cay, snorkelling the crystal chambers of Thunderball Grotto, and ending each day with sundowners on deck as the stars come out. With a private crew attending to every detail onboard, the Bahamas’ wildest corner reveals itself quietly — turquoise swims, quiet cay-hopping, and long dinners off the stern as the reef lights up below.