Private Jet Exumas to Capri

The Exumas, a string of cays celebrated for swimming pigs, sandbars and some of the clearest water in the Bahamas, lie approximately 4,510 nautical miles from Capri, a crossing well matched to a Gulfstream G650ER or Global 6000, both able to cruise near 45,000 feet across the roughly eight-and-a-half-hour flight. Exuma Airport, a single runway serving George Town and the surrounding cays, is the departure point for an archipelago built almost entirely around boating, a culture that carries through neatly to Capri, an island equally defined by its relationship to the sea. Arrival by helicopter into Capri Heliport places passengers directly above the town, close to the Piazzetta and the boutique-lined Via Camerelle, where Italian fashion houses have kept shopfronts for decades. Capri’s Faraglioni stacks, the three limestone towers that anchor nearly every view of the island’s southern coast, are best appreciated from a small boat, an outing that pairs naturally with a stop at the Blue Grotto, where sunlight through an underwater opening produces a striking blue glow inside the cavern. History adds another layer: the ruins of Villa Jovis, Emperor Tiberius’s clifftop palace, still stand on the island’s eastern edge, a reminder that Capri has drawn powerful figures seeking retreat for close to two millennia. Anacapri, reached via the Monte Solaro chairlift, provides a quieter, higher vantage point over the Bay of Naples. Given the considerable distance involved, both recommended aircraft offer flat-bed cabin comfort designed for genuine rest en route. This route suits Exumas-based travellers and yacht owners extending their season across the Atlantic, trading one of the world’s most photographed sandbar archipelagos for one of its most storied resort islands.