In the News:
- Southern Boating June Newsletter : " Eco- Adventure in the Abacos".
- Gulf and Main Magazine: Lubbers' Landing.
New payment plans!
Wild Island Resorts will be offering two new ways to pay in 2010!
- Vacation LayaWay is for those wishing to start planning and paying for their upcoming vacation at a Wild Island Resorts location a little at a time. Flexible contract times, no interest, secure your dates now!Sample Contract.
- Our in house finance program will allow those needing a vacation "now", do just that... have your vacation now and pay us later! Sample Contract.
Island vacation rental… Abaco,Bahamas? Think Wild Island Resorts! We currently have two locations in Abaco, Bahamas offering, unique, boutique style “eco-minded” Abaco vacation rental experiences. The Islands of Abaco, Bahamas can offer a great vacation adventure for those looking to “get away from it all” while still having access to all the necessities to make your vacation rental an experience to remember. Abaco, Bahamas specifically offers protected clear water excellent for boating, remote beaches, lively island towns, and friendly locals. So if you’re looking for an Abaco, Bahamas island rental home right on the beach, tropical Abaco island rental cottage, or a small “cottage style” Abaco resort we look forward to the chance to call you our guests. All of our Bahamian rental homes and cottages here in Abaco, Bahamas are designed with island living in mind and are decorated as if they were your “home away from home"- not just a typical vacation rental. Island living here in Abaco, Bahamas is all about the pristine natural environment. At Wild Island Resorts, we recycle and do our best to support local efforts to keep Abaco, Bahamas beautiful, and by staying with us, you too, will be doing your part. Remember “It’s Better in The Bahamas!"
More about us...
I have been coming to Abaco, Bahamas since the age of nine, moved to the Abaco area with my family at age 14, and met my wife, Amy, in 1992. She was down studying marine biology and I was the boat captain, and like they say... the rest is history!! We now very much enjoy meeting new guests at our vacation rentals, catching up with old ones, and generally being involved in our business here in Abaco, Bahamas. Our goal is to pass some of our enthusiasm for the Abaco area on to our guests as we try and provide a vacation rental experience that they will always remember. To this end I think we have been very successful thus far...we look forward to meeting you soon!
Austin:
I have always liked
fishing, diving, spear fishing, pretty much anything to do with the water.
Fishing in this area is just unbelievable. I remember going fishing with
my father, thinking we were just going out for a few minutes (the ocean
is just five minutes away) to catch a few small Yellow Tail Snapper. Next
thing we knew, birds were diving "just a little farther out" and we ended
up coming home that day with two 30lb Yellow Fin Tuna!! We also have great surf here in Abaco and for most of my life I have been a surfer. However, as we get older, work, and the schedules it creates, weave themselves deeper into our lives, so one must find another sport.
For me, that sport is kiteboarding. At 30-something, I didn't jump right in like you would, at say 18... I procrastinated. Then while watching somebody out kiteboarding, they finally came ashore. When I learned he was in his 70's , my excuse for not starting...that I was 30...went out the window!
I get all
(or most of) my gear from Best Kiteboarding Click
Here They have great kites, boards, and other stuff needed, at prices
that won't get the wife too upset! I also enjoy working with the internet and have built the sites for our businesses. I am happy to hear comments or suggestions, so if you see anything left out, or something that we could do to make one of the sites (www.sealevelcottages.com, www.lubberslanding.com and www.wildislandresorts.com) better, feel free to E-mail from any of these sites to let me know.
Amy:
I first came to Abaco, Bahamas in 1992 with a class from FIT in Melbourne, Florida
to study Marine Biology. I went to college at Brenau University www.brenauuniversity.edu , a
Women's College in Gainesville, Georgia, which I absolutely loved, but I needed to supplement
my biology courses with some actual field research on the water. The year before, I had taken
a summer course at the Shoals Marine Lab located on Appledore Island off the
coast of Maine, which was an invaluable experience, but extremely cold for my Georgia blood!!!
So, I chose a warmer location for my next research class and ended up in love. With the Abaco islands
AND the boat captain!Moving to Abaco really changed the way I thought about my world. In the early days, we had only solar power for electricity and living on an island, you really learn to conserve water as well. I had a crash course in conservation and my concern for environmental issues sprouted from there. Speaking of sprouting, I also became interested in gardening and botany, especially native plants of The Bahamas. I learned about growing vegetables, propagating plants such as bougainvillea and hibiscus and developed a love of the native trees and bushes of The Bahamas from my friend, Jack Patterson, who raised a family on our island of Lubbers' Quarters, was involved with the Bahamas National Trust and was also the author of Native Trees of The Bahamas with George Stevenson.
I began volunteering at a local school here in Abaco, Every Child Counts, which has been a very rewarding and exciting opportunity for me to spend time with very cool kids who are willing to try anything Miss Amy throws at them! We have worked on various art projects, such as painted wooden paper towel holders shaped like fish, we do yoga for health and exercise, some meditation to help quiet their minds,sewing and embroidery and we are currently working on a book project, an anthology of student sketches, poetry and short stories, with handsewn, handmade recycled paper book covers! We have sold some of our artwork at local art shows in the past and I would love to offer some of our pieces for sale to our guests in the future. You can help Every Child Counts, which is completely private in funding, by donating supplies and/or funds at www.everychildcountsabaco.org.
Another local organization which is close to our hearts is the Friends
of Abaco Animals, which is our community Humane Society, and you can stay updated on all of our efforts here at FriendsofAbacoAnimals.blogspot.com.
Our kitties have all come to live with us through the efforts of this
seemingly tireless group, which is doing it's best to improve the lives
of stray animals in our area. Many visitors to Abaco fall in love with
an Abaco potcake or potcat (our local term for these mixed breed pets)
and end up taking one home with them as a living souvenir of their amazing
vacation in The Bahamas and an adorable new member of the family! I have cared for one such kitten, when two of our guests
fell in love with this tiny kitten who was too young yet to travel, named
her Abaco, and then impatiently waited until we brought her on our Christmas visit to Georgia to live with them...
In my spare time....haha (even though we live in Paradise, we still have a lot to do day to day...I like to sew, make quilts, especially
baby quilts (I am currently way behind on one!). I am really
into anything MaryJane's Farm www.maryjanesfarm.org. I try to buy
organic whenever I can, and am thrilled that our local stores here are
really making an effort to carry organic items! I am especially excited
about a local farmer who is growing organic fruits and vegetables just a few miles outside of Marsh Harbour because buying locally is important to me, too! I like to eat
as healthy as I can and try to drink fresh carrot, apple and beet juice
every day! I try to Recycle, Reuse and Reduce my footprint
on this earth and I enjoy learning new ways of doing just that. I am
inspired by positive thinking and have been reading such good books as
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, Stay Alive All Your Life, by Norman Vincent
Peale, Make Up Your Mind by Margery Wilson, and MaryJane Butters' books,
MaryJane's Ideabook-Cookbook-Lifebook, for the farmgirl in all of us!!!
I am also in love with Flylady, Marla Ciley, www.flylady.net, who is helping
me to get organized!!!