Overview
Lapping tides, languid skies, nature's chatter, unhurried horizons.
At the northern reach of the Exuma chain, Highbourne rises from the water with a quiet sense of invitation. Light drifts across the Atlantic and paints the shallows in shifting tones, turning every hour into its own small revelation. Paths wind through biodiverse landscapes alive with texture and stillness, the air carrying the scent of salt and heat. Take your time here. Let the island set the rhythm. This is a place where lasting memories are built without effort.
Nature as guide and guardian
As pristine wilderness grows ever scarcer, Highbourne emerges as something of an anachronism—a three-mile stretch of unblemished paradise where nature's palette remains vivid and untamed. The island's development philosophy reads like a manifesto for thoughtful progress. Vast tracts remain deliberately untouched, their mangrove creeks and hardwood forests serving as corridors for indigenous wildlife. Ownership ensures this particular piece of paradise remains intact and part of a carefully curated community that values preservation above all else.
Led by stewardship-minded ownership, Highbourne is guided by restraint — ensuring nature remains the defining experience and that every effort is made to preserve the island’s untouched beauty.
Homesites that prioritize land over built footprint: a maximum 15,000 sq ft buildable area, limited to singlestory architecture, ensuring each residence remains quietly integrated into its surroundings.
A long-term commitment to conservation, including the ongoing Flora & Fauna Program, focused on sustaining native species and protecting the environmental richness that makes Highbourne unique. Active restoration initiatives that remove invasive Vegetation reviving ecological balance and strengthening the health of the island’s natural systems.
Protection of rare and ancient stromatolites, some of Earth’s earliest living organisms — a reminder that Highbourne is as biologically significant as it is beautiful.
A thriving habitat for over 100 resident and migratory bird species, offering constant encounters with the island’s vibrant wildlife.
New York
Whether you set out from the United States or from within the Bahamas, Highbourne lies only a short flight from your departure point.
Entry procedures are handled in Nassau and on nearby Norman’s Cay, making the journey smooth and effortless.
New York
2 hr 30 min / 1120 miles
Miami
30 minutes / 221 miles Nassau
15 minutes / 35 miles 1 hour by boat
Nassau Norman’s Cay
15 minutes by boat
Olson Kundig (Architecture)
Raymond Jungles, Inc. (Landscape Architecture)
Studio Valle de Valle (Interior Design)
Olson Kundig is a collaborative global design practice whose work expands the context of built and natural landscapes. Founded on the edge of the Pacific Rim, the firm embraces an outsider’s perspective and designs with equal focus on people, place, and experience, balancing rational and intuitive thinking.
The firm’s philosophy is grounded in the belief that practicality and function—informed by the unique needs and vision of users—create poetry and beauty in design. This deep understanding of the human scale results in a “macro to micro” approach that carries big ideas down to the smallest details. This work is enhanced by widespread collaboration with builders, craftspeople, artists, fabricators, and outside experts, whose experience and contributions allow for the exploration of new techniques and constant innovation on behalf of clients.
Since 1985, Raymond Jungles, Inc. has developed a dynamic practice inspired by the ethic of stewardship of the land under the leadership of Raymond Jungles. The firm’s work is innovative yet timeless, proposing design solutions that respond to surrounding natural systems while restoring nature’s balance and harmony on a micro-scale. Raymond Jungles, Inc.’s completed gardens personify timelessness and beauty, with verdant spaces that entice participation and soothe the psyche.
The firm’s design priorities are generated by the scale and functionality of a space. Simple, clean, and well-detailed hardscape elements are the quintessential bones of a garden. Planting volumes vary and bold colors and textures are used with intent. Raymond Jungles, Inc. is guided by Raymond’s personal and design principles: integrity, relevance, and nature’s honor.
The partnership of Giancarlo Valle and Jane Keltner de Valle, Studio Valle de Valle is an award-winning international design practice dedicated to creating spaces that are playful, studied, and unexpected. The studio’s holistic approach encompasses architecture, interiors, and the decorative arts, across residential and commercial disciplines, from thoughtful refinement to total reimagination. Valle de Valle’s method is fluent in historical design but not prescriptively so, a certain vision that makes room for lightness of feeling.
The studio approaches its works with a global sensibility that is grounded in local craftsmanship—principles that apply equally to the Giancarlo Valle furniture collection, which is designed and crafted in the studio’s own vertically-integrated New York area workshops.
World Class Marina Restaurant General Store Fitness Center Pool* Racquet Courts* Beach Club* Rental Cottages Villas* * Opening soon
Anchored in comfort
A favoured outpost among seasoned yachtsmen, Highbourne’s impeccable marina is located within a naturally sheltered harbour. An ideal dock for those journeying through or around the Exumas. Reservations ahead of arrival are strongly recommended.
More than simply a place to drop anchor, moor and refuel, the marina offers a series of welcome amenities including a well-stocked store, as well as showers and laundry for the comfort of overnighting sailing guests.
Features
Floating docks
Capacity up to 200ft LOA, max draft 11 ft.
Fuel pump (diesel and gasoline service)
New electrical system
Provisions and necessities
Located near the marina, Highbourne’s General Store is fully stocked with provisions for the long and short stay alike. Wine, spirits and other familiar comforts from the world beyond the reef, as well as coffee, baked goods and fresh local seafood are on offer daily. A selection of pharmaceuticals provides the essentials to steady any journey, and if in need of something to carry home, Highbourne merchandise helps the island’s spirit to linger long after you leave. eatres
Grocery store Wine and spirits Pharmacy selection Coffee bar with coffee and baked goods Local seafood Prepared foods Retail store Branded merchandise
Gather by the sea
Highbourne's restaurant opens onto an uninterrupted sweep of the Exuma Sound. The atmosphere is unhurried, casual without pretense, where dining feels less like an event and more like a continuation of the landscape itself. Here, meals unfold at the pace of the tide—simple, relaxed, and in step with the island’s natural pace.
Features
Open-air dining
Stunning ocean views
Dining or lounge seating
Fresh local seafood
A place to relax
At Horseshoe Bay, a natural pool glimmers like an inland lagoon, its calm waters offering a counterpoint to the open sea. Chairs are arranged with unstudied elegance. The bar serves cocktails accented with local fruits— a subtle suggestion that once you have arrived, the world outside ceases to exist.
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Beachfront loungers Pool with view of Horseshoe Bay Restaurant and bar Private cabanas
An elevated experience
With unobstructed views of the Exuma Cays, Highbourne’s fitness center redefines the concept of transformative workouts. A space for meditation as much as movement, early risers are greeted by the first golden light spilling over the water. In the evening, the horizon is repainted by Highbourne’s vibrant sunsets.
Features
Indoor / outdoor
360 views
Cardio and weight equipment
Cold plunge
Privacy that doesn’t forsake community
For the first time, we are offering the unique opportunity to own an estate lot on this island oasis.
Highbourne offers the privacy of a secluded getaway complemented by refined, year-round amenities.
Privacy that doesn’t forsake community
For the first time, we are offering the unique opportunity to own own one of nine luxury villas on this island oasis. Highbourne offers the privacy of a secluded getaway complemented by refined, year-round amenities.
A place to call your home
Doors fold open to create breezeways to the outdoors, and transitions between rooms are subtle, open to entirely different configurations of spaces to live in. The properties are cleverly cradled by foliage to offer complete privacy from the outside. Upon stepping inside, though, the rooms are open, airy, and still deeply connected to their surroundings. Floor-to-ceiling windows, private terraces, and open-air showers extend the rooms outward, inviting moments of connection with the landscape. Inside, every detail has been meticulously crafted. Sun-washed woods, textured stone, and natural fibers form a soft, coastal palette that frames views instead of competing with them.
Features
4 bed / 4.5 bath
Lots between 2.4-3.6 acres Beachfront available
Included in Highbourne rental program
Fully serviced & managed by Highbourne
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