Eco-Adventure in the Abacos

Lubbers’ Landing

on small Bahama isle

offers green luxury

By Doug Thompson

Lubbers’ Landing Resort in the Abacos offers what I like best about the new wave of “green luxury.” It pampers me with first-class amenities—unfettered sandy beach on blue Bahamian water, comfy lounge chairs, doting hosts, a delightfully comfortable bed in my own private cabin and great food. Yet Lubbers’ Landing also utilizes environmentally friendly materials and methods. Some of it is by choice—the resort uses 100% natural latex mattresses, hemp products, recycled glass tile and locally produced neem soaps and lotions.

Other eco-services are by necessity, such as the supply of freshwater that is caught off the roofs and funneled into huge blue catch basins. This is common in the Bahamas, yet feels environmentally correct because, well, it is indeed very easy on the earth.

Located on the small cay of Lubbers Quarters about 10 miles southeast of Marsh Harbour on Grand Bahama, Lubbers’ Landing is comprised of three, two-person cottages nestled in the woods/jungle on a 13-acre beachfront parcel. You access the cottages via wooden walkways propped four-feet above the ground, and the cottages are also raised high off the ground and impeccably maintained inside and out. A large main cabin houses the innkeepers, Austin and Amy, who sleep above in their living quarters. Down below is a common area with a great kitchen, comfortable couches, a bar area and Wi-Fi flowing throughout. A continental breakfast in provided daily and it’s usually something healthy involving fresh fruit and yogurt, along with muffins and your choice of whole-grain cereals, which you douse with soy milk.

Like most places in the Bahamas, where you sleep is the jumping off place for offshore adventures. Lubbers’ Landing features a private dock where you can tie up your 20-foot Albury Brothers boat, which comes included in your resort package, which comes out to about $321 a day (seven-day stay with boat is about $2,250—you can also stay seven days for $1,450 without a boat). The way it works: You fly into Marsh Harbor from South Florida, and then take a 10-minute taxi ride to the marina, where you pick up your boat. Then you motor over to Lubbers Quarters, a trip that takes about 30 minutes depending on the sea conditions. You won’t face offshore breakers—you’re in the lee of Elbow Cay—but the winds can whip up a pretty good chop.

Once settled at Lubbers’ Landing your options are seemingly endless. There’s great snorkeling at dozens of locations inside of a 10-minute boat ride—as well as a lively rock pile loaded with fish right under the dock. On Lubbers Quarters is a lone restaurant and bar, Cracker P’s, which features a full-moon party every month and a great lunch and dinner menu.

Hopetown on Elbow Cay is within sight, which features restaurants and museums. Also on Elbow Cay is Tahiti Beach, a gorgeous strip of sand that shrinks and grows with the tide and is a favorite place for visiting boaters to anchor.

You’re not roughing it at Lubbers’ Landing—it’s what the Hyatt would be if you could only get there by boat. And that’s just fine by me.

For more information, email info@lubberslanding.com or call 242-366-3121.

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