Little Farmer’s CayEXUMA · THE BAHAMAS
A long, low green cay ringed by pale shallows in a deep blue sea, seen from high above

THE JOURNEY · 2–4 OCTOBER 2026

Three days on
Little Farmer’s Cay.

The trip my son and I just took with family and friends, in five short chapters. A one-minute read, told from our own photos and recordings.

The cays from the drone, high above the water.

  1. 01 · ARRIVAL2 October

    Flying in over the Exumas.

    A small plane south from Nassau, the cays sliding by in every shade of blue. We landed at Black Point, loaded the bags into a boat and tied up at Little Farmer’s Cay on mail-boat day.

    “Welcome to the cay. That’s your welcome right there.”

    Heard on the trip
    The approach into Black Point.
    Bags and coolers in an open boat crossing turquoise water toward a low cay
    Bags in the boat for the crossing to Little Farmer’s.

  2. 02 · THE CAY2–3 October

    An island that pulls you in.

    We helped unload the freight and felt part of the island straight away. Our land sits at the tip of the cay, where the trade winds keep blowing after the sun drops. Evenings ended at Ocean Cabin, the family’s bar and restaurant.

    The sun rising through a gap in heavy grey cloud over the dark low line of the cay, seen across rippled water
    Sunrise over the cay from the water, 3 October.
    Green scrub sloping to blue water and a neighbouring cay under a wide sky
    Looking across the water from Little Farmer’s Cay.

  3. 03 · FISHING3 October

    Twelve hours on the water.

    We fished the banks with handlines: mostly margate, with a few snapper among them. Over the side with a mask and fins, the dives came back with lobster and conch.

    “That’s the bliss right here.”

    Heard on the trip
    A man in sunglasses standing in the boat holds a lobster on a spear in one hand and a pink conch shell in the other
    Lobster and conch from the same dive.
    Drone view of a small white fishing boat with three people aboard on rippled blue water
    Out on the banks.

  4. 04 · FOOD2–4 October

    Everybody eats.

    Dinner on the first night had one of us saying, “This is going on the website.” The catch was cleaned on the dock that evening, and we came home with an idea for shore lunches on a sandbar.

    The day’s catch laid out on the dock table: a row of lobster tails, pink snapper, pale fish and conch
    The day’s catch: lobster tails, snapper and more.

  5. 05 · THE WATER3 October

    Coves, iguanas and clear water.

    Between fishing spots we stopped at an iguana cay, nosed the boat into a cove under the rock, and watched a shark glide past in the shallows.

    Two people in the bow of a boat, silhouetted under a rock arch that opens onto bright turquoise sea
    Looking out from inside the cove.
    Iguanas on a white sand beach backed by palms and rocks, with a small wave washing in
    Iguanas on the beach at the iguana cay.
The late sun over open sea, seen from the side of the boat as it cruises home

We came home with a plan shaped by those three days: mornings on the water with local guides, the island at your own pace, and evenings around the family table.

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