Caerula Mar Club

Caerula Mar Club

On South Andros, ten secluded acres of oceanfront hold Caerula Mar Club, a 23-room retreat in Mangrove Cay where guests have been known to count the day's passing boats on one hand. Bryan and Sarah Baeumler found the property after years of neglect and rebuilt it as a boutique resort of Private Villas and Clubhouse Suites made from sustainable, natural materials, ranging from a 600-square-foot Club Suite with garden views to a 1,200-square-foot two-bedroom Premium Villa looking out to the ocean. What sets it apart is a distinction few properties this remote can claim: one MICHELIN Key, earned in part through Lusca, the Caribbean-inspired restaurant helmed by Executive Chef Warren Cohen, alongside Switcha for coffee and pastries and Driffs for poolside lunches and drinks. Days here run toward the water: snorkeling reefs, diving underwater walls, bonefishing the flats, or heading inland to the island's limestone blue holes, with paddleboards, kayaks, bicycles, and morning yoga on offer for quieter mornings. The hotel itself is straightforward, an elevator serves the property and a restaurant covers meals, but there's no pretense of a resort strip; it sits 20 kilometers from the nearest town center, which suits travelers who want isolation over convenience and will frustrate anyone hoping for nightlife next door. It is not suited to guests with reduced mobility, a limitation the property states plainly. Check-in runs from 3pm, check-out by 11am, simple bookends to days largely spent outdoors. For a couple or small group willing to trade urban ease for an island barely touched by development, Caerula Mar treats luxury as a matter of subtraction rather than addition, a place where the appeal is entirely in what's been left alone. A 23-room retreat on ten secluded acres of South Andros, Caerula Mar Club pairs barefoot island days of diving, bonefishing, and blue holes with a MICHELIN Key restaurant few remote hotels can match. It's not accessible for guests with reduced mobility, and its appeal lies squarely in isolation over convenience.