Princess Cays is located in the Bahamas in the southern portion of the island of Eleuthera. The Eleuthera island is often described as the most beautiful and scenic of the islands of the Bahamas. It's 100 miles long and averages 2 miles wide. It's mostly flat, coral, and limestone with miles of deserted white sand beaches and mangrove trees. At Princess Cays, there are 30 acres of beach with 3,000 beach lounges. Now, that's a lot of lounges. There are also beachside restaurants and bars.
We decided not to be on a schedule today. I am truly in cruising/vacation mode which has resulted in me having forgetful moments.
We went to have breakfast at Horizon Court. Here’s the result of going through the buffet:
Scrambled eggs, chocolate croissant (my chocolate fix), fresh pineapple, melon, hash browns, smoked salmon & capers, and bread pudding. Yummy! As you can see, my plate is not full like some other folks. It’s called moderation. The meal was quite tasty.
We arrived at Princess Cays around 9am. We could hear the tender boats being pulled away from the ship and then slowly dropped into the water. We decided to wait and not deal with the crowds and take a tender later in the morning. We hung out in our cabin and enjoyed watching the tenders cruise back and forth from the ship to Princess Cays. Today was partly cloudy and high of 80.
We went to the gym to work off our breakfast. It was nice and quiet here as many fellow cruisers were heading off the ship. We practically had the gym to ourselves.
After that, we grabbed our snorkel gear and headed down to deck level 5 to take a tender over to the island. That’s when I had a few forgetful moments. I forgot to bring my underwater camera with me. Rats! I forgot my sunglasses and I forgot to put suntan lotion on my face. Oh well.
Once we docked on the island, we headed north past the rows upon rows of lounge chairs and bodies. We camped out in front of the colorful huts close to the snorkeling area of the island. We didn’t waste a minute and headed into the water. Well, it took hubby awhile to get used to the cold water. For me, it was refreshing and I quickly dunked myself. Hubby had no choice but to follow. We donned our snorkel gear and hoped to see some fish.
We found that snorkeling here is not spectacular. A few fish here and there. It did give us an opportunity to get back into the snorkeling groove before we hit the rest of the islands later this week.
Lunch was provided on this island. There was hot dogs, chicken, fish, and ribs available as well as sides of beans, salad, corn, etc.
After lunch, we headed back to the tender around 1:30. Smart move on our part as a long line was starting to develop. The tender trip to and from the island was a fun ride as the tender was dipping into the water and going from side to side. What a thrill!
We had a great time here at Princess Cays and we’re now sailing onto St Thomas.
(Note: pictures taken from our balcony)
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