Elusive Beaches of Eleuthera

You allowed us to discover so many nice beaches. Without your book, our holidays would have been very different. We would not have found all those beaches. We were always impressed to discover a small paradise at the end of a dirt road.

Edith R., Montreal, Canada

The Elusive Beaches of Eleuthera by Geoff & Vicky Wells is a little handbook that these self-described beachologists have compiled with sincere devotion to the art of beach-bumming. Every beach on the the island is awarded scores for ease of access, privacy, swimmming, diving and snorkeling, and shelling. Directions and a brief description of each of these little bits of paradise accompany the scorecards. Beg, borrow or steal one of these books when you arrive, or contact these clever people yourself.

Page 189 of the 3rd edition of The Lonely Planet guide to the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos

If you are planning a trip to Eleuthera, you need this book.

We just returned from a week in Eleuthera and this book was our bible. There would have been NO WAY to find all the fantastic beaches without it. Eleuthera is raw and beautiful. To find most places you need references to landmarks, which this book has. Again, I cannot stress enough how important this book was to our understanding all that Eleuthera had to offer.

JKH on Amazon

A “Must Have” Book for Eleuthera

If you ever want to get away from it all … where you are trading the finer things in life for the exquisite beauty of nature, you MUST have this book. And, since you are not visiting Eleuthera because of its robust economy, friendly people, and state-of-the art accommodations (read here a whole lot of sarcasm), this book will allow you to explore areas you didn’t believe existed on Earth. Without the book, you are hopeless in finding these beaches. With the book, you MAY find most of them.

Emmie H on Amazon

5.0 out of 5 stars must-have book for Eleuthera!
I was so glad to find this available on Amazon, as it is hard to find! Everyone says this is the must-have book for finding all the great beaches on Eleuthera (Bahamas), and we will sure use it during our visit there.
H. Nelson (Raleigh, NC USA)

We have a house in Eleuthera and both we, and many local residents, highly recommend this book for tourists and repeat visitors alike. While you can find a number of beaches on Eleuthera just by turning off Queen’s Highway (the main road), if you truly want to explore the island, this book, with its numerous listings and handy GPS coordinates streamlines the approach.
MGA92 (New York, NY)

Would have been lost without it
I did have a copy of the earlier edition of this book and always found it invaluable when trying to locate some of the very special beaches on Eleuthera. I bought this edition in preparation for a trip with a friend and found this edition to be every bit as valuable. The books directions are right on and the ratings (swimming, privacy, snorkeling, shelling, accessibility) seem accurate and allow one to really narrow down the choices.

Without this book my friend and I would never have found our way to Preachers Cave and it’s nearby beach, Lighthouse Point Beach (not to be missed), Ten Bay and Double Bay (both beautiful). She and I were looking for swimming / snorkeling beaches. On an earlier trip with my nephew he and I used the book to find some really good shelling beaches – his particular interest.

I know of no other way (except asking the locals) to find your way to some of these beaches. Many of them are truly off the beaten path.

A big thank you to the authors for helping to make my latest trip a memorable one.

MJJ (Wisconsin)