When I need to kick back and really relax, there’s one spot that always calls out to me. I hop on a small plane or on a boat and head out to Royal Plantation Island at Fowl Cay in the Bahamian islands of the Exumas. This secluded private island in the middle of glass-clear seas is the perfect place to escape from everything. The most exotic form of transportation is a golf cart. Simplicity rules. Nature completely takes over—the sky is huge, the waters change everyday, the sand bars come and go and pretty soon tangibles become absolutely unimportant.
 

Whenever I get the chance, I love to come down here, jump in a boat and go island-hopping or fishing. Fowl Cay is the ideal spot to dive into the boating life and I just can’t get enough of it. No matter what you feel like doing or where you feel like exploring, the beauty of a boat is that you can change your address every day. I always enjoy introducing people to this incredible lifestyle. Everyone that comes here learns pretty quickly that, once you stop looking for an agenda, you find yourself.
 

So, since we had recently decided to immerse ourselves in the Royal Plantation vibe, it seemed like an excellent time to take a few key staffers from our Unique Vacations office in Miami down to Fowl Cay to see the latest addition to the Collection. I had a blast introducing them to this boating paradise. And they certainly had adventures along the way. One of our team members has always had a fear of flying. That was until she flew over in a puddle jumper plane—as the co-pilot—and before we had her hovering up in the air in our chopper. She loved it! One by one, each of these team members unwound and got into the laid-back, mellow rhythms of life on Royal Plantation Island.
 

The gang’s all here! The Unique Vacations group poses by their plane after a very safe and happy landing in paradise.

Now that’s what I call a warm welcome! There’s nothing as heartwarming as being greeted by your butlers with cold, refreshing drinks, big smiles and two of the island’s friendly golden labs.

That’s the Unique Vacations gang from Miami—with me right in the middle— sitting around the table after yet another delicious meal in Fowl Cay’s hilltop restaurant.

You have to see it with your own eyes to believe it—these pigs just jump in the ocean off of nearby Big Major Cay, where they live, and start swimming around!

What a gorgeous place—it looks even more amazing from the air!

A wave from the helicopter as the Chairman flies above Fowl Cay.