Bahamas
A 3-day trip to Exuma, Bahamas
Electric-blue waters, deserted sandbars, and unvarnished Out Island quiet.
Stretching across 365 cays and two anchor islands (Great Exuma and Little Exuma), Exuma is the antidote to Nassau's mega-resorts. Life here revolves strictly around the tide charts, pristine white-sand shallows, and the open sea.
Trip length
3 days
Best time to go
March through May for optimal water clarity, manageable breeze, and lighter post-spring-break crowds.
What your 3-day plan includes
- A day-by-day itinerary with neighborhoods clustered so you spend less time in transit.
- Real budget awareness — a target, an estimate, and a status you can dial up or down.
- Recommendations shaped by your pace, food priorities, group, and must-dos.
- Swap anything, improve any day, refine in any direction without starting over.
How to plan 3 days in Exuma, Bahamas
- Plan your beach days around the marine tide tables; sandbar phenomenons like Cocoplum Beach and Moriah Harbour only reveal their walking sandbars within two hours of dead low tide.
- Book your northern cays boat tour for the first full morning of your trip so you have flexibility to reschedule if high winds trigger small-craft advisories.
- Rent a modest boat or hire a guide for Moriah Harbour Cay National Park instead of attempting to kayak across the inlet on a strong outgoing tide.
- Pair your trip with an overnight stay on Staniel Cay if you want direct, early morning access to Thunderball Grotto and the swimming pigs without surviving a 2-hour rough powerboat transit from George Town.
- Pack a high-SPF mineral sunscreen and rashguards; open-boat journeys through the Exuma Sound offer zero shade for 7 to 8 hours.
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