LIFE BEYOND FIRST CLASS
ESTATES
THE ISLAND
WITHIN REACH
Eleven private acres, three beaches, three villas, a protected deep-water harbour, helipad, golf course, and Harbour Island just 1.6 miles away make Crown Pigeon Island one of those rare private-island estates where seclusion does not require surrendering access.
Crown Pigeon Island & Cays, North Eleuthera, Bahamas
$39,500,000
JESSICA HALL
Most private islands ask you to disappear. Crown Pigeon Island lets you disappear selectively. Spread across 11 acres in the calm waters of North Eleuthera, the estate sits just 1.6 miles from Harbour Island and approximately three miles from North Eleuthera International Airport. It is close enough for lunch in Dunmore Town, yet private enough that no one arrives unless invited. That balance between access and absolute control is the island’s real seduction.
Crown Pigeon is not simply a house surrounded by water. It is an entire private world with three oceanfront villas, guest cottages, three beaches, a beach club, two infinity pools, a golf course, staff accommodations, operational buildings, a helipad, and a fully protected harbour. More than 12,000 square feet of residential and support space is distributed across the island, with 15 sleeping rooms positioned to make the most of the surrounding water and prevailing breezes. With only a few people in residence, Crown Pigeon can feel almost absurdly private. Fill the villas with family and friends, and it becomes something else entirely: a house party with its own marina, golf course, beaches, and no neighboring table to worry about.
Villa One offers two bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms, its own pool, outdoor bar, and a broad entertaining deck, while two guest cottages provide additional suites, office space, and laundry. Villa Two is the more social residence, with five bedrooms, five-and-a-half bathrooms, a pool, expansive oceanfront deck, and swim-up bar. Villa Three is quieter, with four bedrooms, including two primary suites, plus two detached guest cottages for added privacy. Across all three, shaded verandas and generous terraces keep the water constantly in view. Breakfast does not need to happen in the same place twice. One morning may begin on a private terrace overlooking the sea, another under a shaded veranda, another barefoot at the beach club. The island gives owners enough space to create a rhythm without ever feeling programmed.
What makes Crown Pigeon especially compelling is that the fantasy has already been engineered. Underwater electrical power connects the island to mainland Eleuthera, while high-speed internet, a water-maker system, backup generators, organic composting, and additional utility infrastructure support daily life and future expansion. For anyone who understands the realities of private-island ownership, these details are not secondary. They are what make the beauty usable. The protected harbour on the leeward side is perhaps the clearest example, spanning roughly four acres with more than 600 feet of dockage, three large slips, two boat lifts, a hauling ramp, floating dock, and support facilities for yachts and sportfishing vessels. Several boats can remain ready without crowding the residential side of the island, and the owner can move easily between beach life, offshore fishing, and a quick run to Harbour Island.
Then there is the golf course, which is not a conventional 18-hole affair, nor should it be. Three greens and multiple teeing positions create as many as 21 different hole configurations, woven around the island’s natural contours. It is less country club than private amusement, the sort of place where a barefoot three-hole round before cocktails feels entirely reasonable. The island’s three beaches add their own personalities: one for swimming and water sports, another for a quiet afternoon, another for sunset. The beach club, with its bar and barbecue, gives the estate a natural gathering place away from the villas, while native hardwoods, coastal vegetation, orchids, kitchen gardens, and winding cart paths soften the spaces in between.
The surrounding water is equally generous. Crown Pigeon sits near the famed bonefish flats of North Eleuthera, while deep-sea fishing grounds lie only a few miles offshore. Mornings can begin with flats fishing, shift to a swim off one of the beaches, and end with dinner under the stars without ever making the day feel overplanned. The pleasure, of course, is that one need not remain marooned in paradise. Harbour Island is close enough for lunch, shopping, or a late dinner in Dunmore Town, then equally easy to leave behind when the mood changes. That may be the true luxury here: society when wanted, solitude when not.
That proximity also changes the arrival. Friends can land at North Eleuthera International Airport by commercial or private aircraft and be on the island shortly afterward, while owners arriving by yacht can come directly into the protected harbour. Very few private islands combine this degree of seclusion with such little friction. Crown Pigeon also has room to evolve, with multiple prime oceanfront homesites available for future residences and enough infrastructure to support either a larger family compound or a boutique hospitality concept.
For a family, though, the more compelling possibility may be simply keeping it private. Three villas mean siblings can bring their own families without turning the visit into a logistical exercise. Guest cottages give friends genuine independence. Staff accommodations allow the island to function discreetly in the background. A yacht can remain in the harbour, smaller boats on lifts, children on the beach, and someone else on the golf course, all without anyone feeling crowded. That is where Crown Pigeon separates itself from the typical private-island fantasy. It is not merely beautiful, and it is not merely remote. It is complete.
Beauty is easy to romanticize. Infrastructure is harder to fall in love with, but on an island it may be the more important luxury. Crown Pigeon offers both, wrapped in 11 private acres just minutes from one of the Caribbean’s most desirable destinations. The next owner can have Harbour Island for lunch, deep-sea fishing by afternoon, cocktails after a barefoot round of golf, and dinner back at the villa with only invited guests at the table.
That is not escape in the usual sense. It is having an entire island and still deciding, moment by moment, how much of the world to let in.
Crown Pigeon Island & Cays, North Eleuthera, Bahamas is offered at $39,500,000.
For additional information or a private showing, please contact
Bahamas Sotheby’s International Realty
Colleen Carey
Real Estate Professional
M. 242.818.6038
O. 242.699.6333
Colleen.Carey@SIRbahamas.com
Lana Rademaker
Broker/Owner
M. +1 242.457.0406
O. +1 242.322.2305
lana.rademaker@SIRbahamas.com
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