All-Inclusive Resorts in The Bahamas
The Bahamas is home to some of the world's finest all-inclusive properties — and knowing which ones actually deliver is where a good travel planner earns their keep. The Bahamas is 700 islands and 2,400 cays scattered across the Atlantic, each offering a different face of paradise. From the glitzy Nassau resort scene to the remote, untouched Out Islands, the Bahamas can be anything you want it to be.
The Wedding Unicorn has vetted the all-inclusive resort landscape in The Bahamas and knows which properties offer genuine luxury, which overdeliver at mid-range prices, and which ones to avoid entirely. We match you to the right resort based on your travel style, not on whoever pays the highest commission.
Swim with pigs in the Exumas, snorkel over shipwrecks, and toast the sunset with a Bahama Mama — this is island life at its finest.
We book the right room categories (not all rooms are created equal, even at the same resort), negotiate group rates when applicable, arrange excursions outside the resort, and ensure you get the most from The Bahamas's pink sand beaches, crystal-blue Exumas, swimming pigs, snorkeling.
- Best time to visit: December–April
- 3 hours from New York City
- Language: English
- Visa: No visa required for US citizens
- Currency: Bahamian Dollar / USD accepted
- Resort matching based on travel style
- Room category optimization
- Negotiated rates and extras
- Excursion coordination outside resort
- Restaurant and entertainment reservation
7 Nights in the Bahamas — Pink Sand Beaches, Swimming Pigs & Perfect Turquoise
Harbour Island's pink sand, swimming pigs at Exuma, and the most accessible paradise from the US East Coast
The Bahamas archipelago of 700 islands and 2,400 cays is the world's most accessible Caribbean paradise from the US East Coast — Nassau is just 50 minutes from Miami and less than 3 hours from New York. But the real Bahamas is not Nassau's cruise ship crowds; it's Harbour Island's famous pink sand beach (one of the world's most beautiful), the Exuma Cays' turquoise tidal flats (some of the clearest water in the Atlantic Ocean), and the Out Islands that most visitors never reach but which constitute the Caribbean at its most pristine. For honeymooners, the Bahamas circuit of Nassau-Harbour Island-Exuma creates a week of exceptional variety: colonial history and Atlantis's spectacle on New Providence, the pink sand and shuttered cottages of Dunmore Town on Harbour Island, and the extraordinary blue-green water and swimming pigs of the Exumas. This is the honeymoon destination that combines ease of access from the East Coast with genuinely world-class natural beauty.
1Arrival in Nassau — Colonial Downtown & Cable Beach
Nassau Lynden Pindling International Airport is 16km from downtown. Spend the first day in Nassau exploring the colonial downtown before heading to the Out Islands. Bay Street — the main commercial street of downtown Nassau — has the Parliament Square (colonial pink-and-white British government buildings from the 18th century), the Queen's Staircase (66 steps carved from solid limestone by enslaved workers in the 1790s), Fort Fincastle, and the Nassau Public Library (a converted British colonial jail of 1799). Cable Beach, 3km west of downtown, is Nassau's main resort beach — long, gentle, and beautiful with Atlantis visible on Paradise Island across the harbor. The Arawak Cay Fish Fry, an outdoor seafood market that operates every afternoon at the western edge of Nassau Harbour, is the best introduction to Bahamian food: conch fritters, cracked conch, grilled grouper, and Sands beer.
- ✦ Parliament Square — pink colonial British government buildings
- ✦ Queen's Staircase — 66 steps carved from solid limestone in 1790
- ✦ Cable Beach — Nassau's main resort shore
- ✦ Arawak Cay Fish Fry — conch fritters and cracked conch
2Harbour Island — the Pink Sand Beach
Take the 35-minute water taxi or short flight from Nassau to Harbour Island — the most beautiful island in the Bahamas and one of the most beautiful in the Caribbean. Dunmore Town, the island's only settlement, is a perfectly preserved colonial fishing village of pastel-painted wooden cottages with white picket fences and bougainvillea — unchanged in character since the 18th century when it was the first capital of the Bahamas. The Pink Sand Beach on the Atlantic side extends 5km along the entire eastern shore: the sand is indeed pink, a result of the crushed shells of the Homotrema rubrum foraminifera mixed with white silica sand, creating a shade that deepens to rose as it dries. The water is extraordinarily clear and calm, protected by the reef offshore. Lunch at The Landing, dinner at Rock House, and a sunset rum swizzle at Gusty's bar on the beach.
- ✦ Harbour Island Pink Sand Beach — 5km of rose-colored Atlantic perfection
- ✦ Dunmore Town colonial village — pastel cottages and white fences
- ✦ Snorkeling off the pink sand in calm reef-protected water
- ✦ Sunset rum swizzle at Gusty's beach bar
3Harbour Island at Leisure — Golf Carts & Hidden Coves
Harbour Island has no rental cars — golf carts are the transport of choice, and renting one for the day allows exploration of the entire island in a couple of hours. The Atlantic pink sand stretches the full length of the island; the harbor side has the calmer turquoise water of the bay and the daily catch being unloaded from the fishing boats. Snorkeling is excellent off Harbour Island's offshore reef. Lunch at Sip Sip, a legendary lunch spot on the pink sand with tables on the beach and a menu of lobster quesadillas and conch chowder that is universally considered the finest casual lunch in the Out Islands. The Sunday fish fry in Dunmore Town is a local institution. Photography at the pastel cottages of Dunmore Town in the golden hour is extraordinarily beautiful.
- ✦ Golf cart island exploration — no cars on Harbour Island
- ✦ Sip Sip beachfront lunch — lobster and conch chowder on the sand
- ✦ Pink sand photography in the golden hour
- ✦ Bay-side fishing village and harbor at sunset
4Exuma — Swimming Pigs & the Clearest Water on Earth
Fly to Exuma (Great Exuma) or the Staniel Cay airstrip — the gateway to the Exuma Cays, 365 islands and cays extending 120 miles across some of the clearest water in the world. The Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park has water of extraordinary clarity — in the shallow tidal flats between the cays, the water is turquoise over white sand at depths of 1-5 meters, creating colors that rival the Maldives. The Swimming Pigs of Big Major Cay are the Bahamas' most famous attraction: a colony of feral pigs that swim out to greet boats arriving at the beach, fed by the boat crews and extraordinarily photogenic. Thunderball Grotto — a sea cave filmed in James Bond's Thunderball (1965) —tat Staniel Cay has extraordinary snorkeling: nurse sharks, rays, and tropical fish in a cathedral cave that floods at high tide.
- ✦ Swimming Pigs of Big Major Cay — the Bahamas' most famous attraction
- ✦ Exuma Cays tidal flats — the clearest water in the Atlantic Ocean
- ✦ Thunderball Grotto sea cave snorkeling — James Bond (1965)
- ✦ Staniel Cay Yacht Club for lobster dinner
5Exuma Private Island Day & Iguana Cay
A full day in the Exuma Cays by private boat charter is the ideal way to explore. Stocking Island, across the harbor from George Town, has Chat N' Chill — the most famous beach bar in the Bahamas, a Sunday volleyball game and pig roast that attracts yachties from across the Atlantic. The Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park is entirely protected — no fishing or collection of any kind, making it the region's finest snorkeling and diving destination. Allen's Cay has a population of 200 endemic Bahamian iguanas that approach the boat landing to be fed (iguanas only — carrots and grapes are the correct offering). The coral gardens between the cays in water of 5-15 meters have large grouper, sea turtles, and occasional reef sharks. A private picnic lunch on an uninhabited sand cay.
- ✦ Stocking Island Chat N' Chill — the most famous beach bar in the Bahamas
- ✦ Allen's Cay Bahamian iguanas — 200 endemic iguanas meet the boat
- ✦ Private picnic on an uninhabited sand cay
- ✦ Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park snorkeling — fully protected coral
6Return to Nassau — Paradise Island & Atlantis
Return to Nassau by short flight for the final night. Paradise Island, connected to Nassau by bridge, is home to the Atlantis resort — the Caribbean's most spectacular resort complex, built around a theme of the lost city of Atlantis with water slides, a massive aquarium (one of the largest open-air marine habitats in the world), casino, and 11 pools. Even if not staying at Atlantis, a day pass for the Aquaventure water park and the Dig (the extraordinary aquarium installation in the resort's lower levels) is excellent. The Nassau waterfront at dusk — the parade of cruise ships anchored in the harbor, the British colonial buildings in the fading light — and a final conch salad from a beach vendor at the fish fry.
- ✦ Atlantis Aquaventure water park and the Dig aquarium
- ✦ Paradise Island beaches with Nassau skyline behind
- ✦ Nassau harbor sunset and cruise ship parade
- ✦ Final conch salad at Arawak Cay
7Final Morning & Departure
Nassau Lynden Pindling International Airport has direct flights to most US East Coast cities, with Miami (50 minutes), New York (2.5 hours), and Atlanta (2.5 hours) all offering multiple daily departures. A final Nassau morning: the Straw Market on Bay Street for straw hats, baskets, and Bahamian crafts (bargaining is expected); the Nassau Public Library in its remarkable octagonal British colonial jail building; and a final Kalik beer (the national Bahamian beer, brewed in Nassau since 1988) at a harbor bar. Take home Bahamian rum, Nassau conch fritter recipe cards, and the specific shade of turquoise that the Bahamas water achieves on a calm morning that you'll be trying to reproduce in photographs for years.
- ✦ Straw Market on Bay Street for Bahamian crafts
- ✦ Final Kalik beer at a Nassau harbor bar
- ✦ Bahamian rum and conch fritters to take home
- ✦ Short flight to Miami, New York, or other US connection
Where to Stay
The most beautiful hotel in the Bahamas — a collection of colonial-style cottages above the pink sand with a pool garden and direct beach access, making Harbour Island's famous beach part of your morning walk.
A private island resort in the Exuma Cays with six cottages, a fleet of boats for exploring the cays, and access to some of the clearest water in the world in a completely private setting.
A magnificently restored Georgian colonial mansion in downtown Nassau with a highly rated restaurant, the Caribbean's finest private wine cellar, and an authentic sense of Bahamian colonial history that the mega-resorts can't replicate.
This is a sample — your actual itinerary is fully custom.
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