Lighthouse Beach Eleuthera

At the far southeast tip of Eleuthera (see map below, courtesy of http://www.bahamas4u.com/eleutheramaps.html) the island's finest beaches are found.  Note that Calypso is found near the middle of the island, approximately where it bends in a boomerang.

There are 2 rather different beaches, separated by a narrow promontory which ends in 3 islets. On this promontory sits an old lighthouse building (the light still operates, but is now automated). On the south side of the promontory is a curving bay lined with coconut palms. On the other, northeast, side, lies Lighthouse Beach itself, which stretches for many miles further north - utterly undeveloped and deserted. At the southeast end of this beach there's a high limestone cliff, which rises out of the ocean at it's tip, and northward runs progressively more inland, creating a wedge of palmetto forest at its base, fronted by dunes - a natural, secluded garden. The road to Lighthouse beach is quite long and badly rutted, so there's usually no-one - despite the fact that this all forms perhaps the most dramatic scene in the whole Bahamas.  We went there yesterday, together with 2 old friends from England (long residents of Brookline, Boston). Here are some videos.