Eleuthera & Harbour Island Overview

Eleuthera.
110 miles long and very narrow (about 2 miles at the widest point) Eleuthera seems to be split into 3 main areas, all served by airports.  The Southern area around Rock Sound is home to one of Eleuthera’s largest settlements as well as the islands largest supermarket shopping area.  Just outside Rock Sound you’ll find Ocean Hole, a deep inland saltwater lake where visitors can step down to the waters edge and feed the fish!

Travelling north you’ll pass Tarpum Bay, a delightful settlement, then on past the entrance to Windermere Island where the rich and famous have holiday homes eventually arriving at Governor’s Harbour, half way up the island. This little harbour town is home to many of the wealthier inhabitants of Eleuthera and is one of the stopping off points for the mail boats from Nassau.  Six miles further north you’ll find a charming hotel, right on the beach called Cocodimama.  Italian run, this hotel is an ideal spot to relax and unwind in one of their colourful beachside, two story colonial style suites.

Continuing north you’ll pass through Hatchet Bay which sports the only marina on this part of the island, on to Gregory Town, famous for access to ‘Surfer’s Beach’, over the Glass Bridge, the narrowest part of Eleuthera and on to a dock, just past the third airport where you can catch a ten minute ferry ride to Harbour Island.

Harbour Island
This pretty island, often frequented by some very wealthy and well known names has a stunning 3 mile long pink sandy beach and is only about two square miles in size. The only town is Dunmore, which appears to take up most of the island which has numerous up-market hotels and is home to some of the prettiest architecture in The Bahamas.

Access to Eleuthera and Harbour Island is easy, either by daily air or ferry services from Nassau.