IT’S PERHAPS the ultimate Caribbean arrival: gliding onto the water on a seaplane, stepping on the dock and walking right to your hotel room — or doing the same in a helicopter. Well, you can make just such an entrance at certain hotels in the Caribbean, places where arrival isn’t just a luxury — it’s a statement. These are 10 hotels in the Caribbean you can fly to.
Tiamo — Bahamas
It seems like the Bahamas is the capital of fly-in resorts, and the Tiamo is perfect — in fact, you can only get here by boat or by seaplane, landing right on the beach.
Kamalame Cay — Bahamas
Sure, there’s a ferry to this private island resort off South Andros… but you can charter a seaplane and land directly on the beach on Kamalame Cay.
Peter Island — British Virgin Islands
Fly to St Thomas and you can take Caribbean Buzz Helicopters directly to the private island Peter Island resort — it’s about a 30-minute flight.
The Meridian Club — Turks and Caicos Islands
This beautiful private island resort on Pine Cay has, yes, its own private airstrip.
Fowl Cay — Bahamas
This exquisite villa resort in the Exumas is as luxurious as it gets, and getting there can be half the fun with a seaplane arrival — right on the beach.
Resorts World Bimini — Bahamas
You can drive to the Port of Miami and take a seaplane for the 50-some-mile trip to Bimini and land right at the resort’s marina.
Hotel Caravelle – St Croix, US Virgin Islands
The most affordable property (and airfare) on this list, you can take commercial service on Seaborne from St Thomas, land at the boardwalk and walk right to your hotel in downtown Christiansted.
Strawberry Hill — Jamaica
You can land in Kingston then take a helicopter right from the airport 3,100 feet into the mountains at Strawberry Hill.
Crooked Island Lodge — Bahamas
Deep at the edge of the Bahamian archipelago is Crooked Island, and you can charter a flight or fly privately to this hotel’s own 3,500-foot airstrip.
Bitter End Yacht Club – British Virgin Islands
You can take a seaplane from St Thomas to a seaplane dock just offshore from the Bitter End in the mooring field on the North Sound of Virgin Gorda.