After manoeuvring through the red-tape of getting the health visa, we were ready for our journey to Cat Island and Pigeon Cay Beach Club. Without warning, the flight to Cat Island was cancelled, but the owners of the property contacted us directly and helped arrange a charter flight with others coming from New Providence. We arrived late at night, and when we got lost, the owners then came to the top of the road and helped us find our way to the site. You can't beat this kind of personal touch to helping change what would have been a bad experience into something memorable.
Each fully-equipped beach cottage has been individually created and decorated. (To fully appreciate this, it must be kept in mind that the owners have personally put in many years of hard work to make the place what it is!) Well-maintained cottages, equipped with A/C, tear-free bug screens, all utilities in excellent working order, and cooking utensils for every kind of meal...the Pigeon Cay Beach Club has everything covered. Once you're in a cottage, you feel as if it is your own private space, as you listen to nature around you, and the peaceful waves on the pristine clean beach just a few metres away.
Each morning, we walked down the powdery beach as far as we could go before the tides came in. As Ned and Leslie have lived and worked in this area for nearly 30 years, all our questions were answered, and they provided accurate information on places to see, where to purchase supplies (even on a Sunday and during a tricky date span in-between Christmas and New Year), best places to see things, etc. Each night, there was a pit fire near the beach, and the bar and club area was lit-up and welcoming.
Should we find ourselves back in Cat Island, we will certainly return to Pigeon Cay Beach Club. We've already posted many photos to our personal social media, and our friends here in New Providence--Bahamian and expats alike--were impressed by what they saw.
