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| Property #: |
1443 |
| Island: |
Berry Islands |
| Community: |
Bird Cay |
| Bedrooms: |
3 |
| Bathrooms: |
2 |
| Land type: |
250 acres |
| Floor area: |
8,000 sq. ft. |
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Description
A haven of beauty and tranquility, the entire 250-acre tropical island of Bird Cay is being offered for sale and is located at the South end of the Berry Islands chain, just 30 minutes by air from Nassau. The island is well protected on all sides by neighbouring islands and sand banks. Chub Cay lies just west of Bird Cay and offers an excellent marina, a private resort club, resturants, and a 5,000-foot airstrip with regular and chartered flights to Nassau. The privately owned island of Whale Cay to the east includes a 4,000-foot paved runway and harbor. Proximity to the Great Bahama Bank and the Tongue of the Ocean makes this an excellent fishing, sailing, and scuba-diving paradise.
Bird Cay offers sandy beaches, crytalline waters, spectacular ocean views, gentle prevailing breezes, numerous landscaped trails, gardens, mature tropical palms, casuarinas, and citrus and coconut groves.
The island also features a historic tow-story main residence that overlooks the ocean and the swimming pool and is in need of some repair. Five colorful waterfront cottages line the shore of this private gem and seem to float on an artist's palette dazzling blue ocean fringed with pristine white beaches. The guest house comprises of three bedrooms, two baths, a large kitchen, a huge sitting room, and a dining room.
The property also includes a boathouse, a small shop, a carpenter's shop, a rainwater tank, two generators, a three-car garage, storage buildings, a full array of watersports equipment.