Developed in the 1930s as a private kingdom island paradise by Wallace
Groves, an early pioneer in the Bahamas, the ninety three acre Little
Whale Cay hosts its guests in three secluded sea-view houses: Little
Whale, Peacock, and Flamingo.
LITTLE WHALE HOUSE
With dashes of thirties' Cuban style, Little Whale House centres on an
airy, open-plan living salon which has a pitched pine roof, bay windows,
bar and dining area and leads to a kitchen and an ensuite double bedroom.
Decor is light and relaxed, with wooden floors, pickled pine
furnishings, cool white fabrics and comfy sofas, characterised by some
lovely period details: original tiles, mosaics, antique lamps and bathroom
fittings; true in spirit, easy as finding conch shells on the shore.
A courtyard garden with covered BBQ and dining leads to a
parasol-shaded breakfast patio, where the sea glints through the palms and
the coral stone stairway curves down to your private white sand beach and
oceanfront bar.
FLAMINGO
The pretty, sunny, red-tiled Flamingo House has four bedrooms, a
sitting and dining room, kitchen and sea-view terrace. It nestles in
undulating lawns of coconut palms, banyan, citrus and tamarind trees,
where peacocks sleep in the shade, close by the duck and flamingo ponds.
PEACOCK
A simple, white and pastel-painted heart-stealer, Peacock House has one
king-size en suite double bedroom, a sitting room, kitchen, and
hammock-strung veranda, its white wooden decor off set with pink, lilac
and sky blue. Peacock is set on a grassy rise on the island's south coast,
steps from the swimming pool with views over Chubb and Bird Cay.
Wherever you wander on Little Whale Cay you discover places to enjoy:
small sandy beaches, flowering seaside and garden arbores, a glade of
trees enclosing a candlelit dining table, a spit of land curling away to
Lighthouse Point, where guests gather for sundowners and raise the
island's flag. Little Whale Cay even has its own 'downtown' - an enclave
of pretty pastel house for the island's twelve staff, with a village
store, harbour, and small church of native coral stone called 'Stella
Maris', where the Cay's owners married, now available for guests'
weddings.
*** Please Note ***
Little Whale Cay may only be rented as an island. Individual cottages
may not be let separately by different parties at the same time, but can
be left unoccupied.
