This week's reader photo from Caribbean Journal is a stunner: an aerial view of the beach at Governor's Harbour on Eleuthera, one of the Bahamas' quietest and most characterful islands. The shot comes from reader Maureen Keo, whose drone's-eye frame captures the curve of sand and the pastel-pink flesh of Bahamian water that has made this stretch of coast a favourite among travellers who prefer their Caribbean low-key.
Governor's Harbour is the historic heart of Eleuthera, a slim island in the Bahamas' Out Islands that runs roughly 110 miles long but is only a mile or so wide in places. The town itself is small — a handful of pastel buildings, a Friday-night fish fry at the town square, and a waterfront that looks much as it did a century ago. The beach the photo shows sweeps along Cupid's Cay and the neighbouring shoreline, where the Caribbean-side water stays shallow, calm and absurdly clear.
The photo feature itself is a regular slot over at Caribbean Journal, and it doubles as an open invitation: readers can submit their own shots by emailing news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, along with their full name and where the photo was taken. If you're heading to the Caribbean this winter and fancy seeing your own image published, it's a low-effort entry point.
Why should this matter to anyone planning a trip? Because Eleuthera remains one of the more accessible escapes in the Bahamas that still feels uncrowded. Flights land at North Eleuthera Airport, and Governor's Harbour has its own smaller airstrip too. The island is beloved for harbour-side swimming on the calm western side and dramatic Atlantic surf on the east — you can often watch both from the same spot, standing on a narrow ridge of land with two different-coloured seas on either side of you. Nearby Harbour Island, with its famous pink-sand beach, is a short water-taxi hop from North Eleuthera.
If the photo has you tempted, think of it as a nudge: Eleuthera rewards travellers who like renting a car, stopping at roadside fish shacks, and finding a deserted pink-sand cove without much effort at all.
