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Ki’ama Exuma is a private-island residence and yacht community on Elizabeth Island in the Exuma Cays, Bahamas. Members share access to fully furnished four-bedroom waterfront residences, a fleet of crewed yachts, day boats, and a full slate of resort amenities. The community offers two pathways: Club residences with paired yacht access, and a separate collection of whole-ownership Villas and Estates.

Club Residence members hold an interest in the assets of the club — including the residences, the yachts, the day boats, the Beach Club, and the supporting amenities. Villa and Estate owners hold a deeded intresest in the home and or homesite, with full access to community amenities.

Each Club Residence at Ki’ama Exuma will be shared collectively among fifteen members. If all members use their residence equally, each will enjoy approximately 3 weeks per year. Because actual usage varies, many members will have the opportunity to spend more time at Ki’ama Exuma through our space availability program. All members will share in the available inventory of all of the Club Residences.

There is no annual day limit on member stays at Ki’ama Exuma. Members will reserve up to twenty-one days of Planned Vacations before each Vacation Year and may add Space-Available Vacations throughout the year as residences allow.

Yes. Ki’ama Exuma is designed so members can reserve time both ashore and at sea during the same stay. Many members may choose to spend one week in their waterfront residence followed by a week aboard the fully crewed sixty-foot yacht, or the reverse.

A rotating priority system will allocate Planned Vacations equitably across the membership group. Each member is assigned an annual priority number that rotates year over year, ensuring everyone has fair access to the most-requested dates over time. The same model has governed luxury residence clubs for more than thirty years.

Yes. Ki’ama Exuma members may send unaccompanied guests to use any confirmed Planned Vacation or Space-Available Vacation with no guest fee.

Yes, subject to availability. Members hosting larger gatherings can reserve more than one Club Residence for the same dates. The Ki’ama Exuma concierge team will coordinate provisioning, water-shuttle arrivals, and on-island logistics across the group.

Yes. Every Ki’ama Exuma membership includes access to the Elite Alliance exchange program. Members can exchange their Ki’ama Exuma weeks for stays at more than one hundred and twenty distinguished destinations worldwide — including Auberge, Rosewood, and Esperanza-class properties in markets such as Telluride, Aspen, Bermuda, Los Cabos, and the Tuscan countryside.

Yes. Members may release confirmed Planned Vacations to the Ki’ama Exuma management company for rental at rates set by management. Rental income from those dates is remitted to the member account in accordance with the management agreement.

No. Ki’ama Exuma members do not pay nightly lodging fees for residence stays or charter fees for yacht use. These costs are covered by the annual membership fee. A modest housekeeping fee applies at departure to prepare the residence or yacht for the next arriving member.

The annual membership fee covers the full operating cost of the Club: residence and yacht maintenance, day boat operation, captain and chef payroll, on-island staff, insurance, property tax, utilities, professional management, landscaping, and capital reserves for refurbishment and future yacht replacement. Members pay a single comprehensive fee — no nightly lodging or charter fees apply.

Yes. A post-departure housekeeping fee covers the daily tidy during your stay and the full clean-down to prepare the residence or yacht for the next arriving member. The fee is billed at checkout and is separate from the annual membership fee.

Yachts are replaced on a planned twenty-year cycle. The annual membership fee includes a reserve allocation that funds the difference between the cost of a replacement vessel and the resale value of the retired one. This protects long-term membership value and keeps the fleet current.

Ki’ama Exuma is governed by a Board of Directors that approves the annual budget and fees prepared by the professional management company. Day-to-day operations are handled in partnership with Elite Alliance Hospitality, which manages a portfolio of luxury residence clubs across multiple international destinations.

Ki’ama Exuma is led by an ownership group with depth across luxury real estate, hospitality, construction, and maritime living. Capital is committed, governance is formalized, and a newly established Board of Directors oversees disciplined execution. Operations run in partnership with Elite Alliance Hospitality, the firm behind a global portfolio of luxury residence clubs.

Ki’ama Exuma sits on Elizabeth Island in the Exuma Cays of the Bahamas, a 10-minute private water-shuttle ride from George Town on Great Exuma. The Exumas comprise 365 cays stretching across roughly 120 miles of the Bahamian archipelago, known for vanishing sandbars, swimming pigs, Thunderball Grotto off Staniel Cay, and some of the clearest water in the western hemisphere.

Most members arrive via Exuma International Airport (GGT) on Great Exuma. Direct commercial flights serve GGT from Atlanta, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Charlotte, Toronto, and Nassau, with one-stop connections from most major U.S. and Canadian cities. Private jets are accommodated by the local FBO. From the airport, a private Ki’ama car service will shuttle you to the marina, where you will board one of our day boats for the short 10-minute ride to the island.

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Ki’ama Exuma offers two pathways. Club membership offers waterfront residences, paired with access to the club’s crewed yacht and a day boat. Whole-Ownership Villas and Estates are available for buyers who prefer a private deeded interest in a home or homesite. All members will share access to the Beach Club, Spa Pavilion, marina, and private beaches.

Villas or Estates at Ki’ama Exuma are whole-ownership homes (or homesites for custom builds) held under a single private deed. Club Residences are interests in four-bedroom waterfront residences shared among the membership. Both pathways include full access to the Beach Club, Spa Pavilion, day boats, marina, private beaches, and Elite Alliance Exchange. The crewed yacht is included with Club membership; Estate owners can purchase an interest in the yacht for an additional fee.

Yes. Ki’ama Exuma Club Residence members will have access to private day boats and captains at the residence dock. Members can be on a sandbar for a picnic before noon, anchor at a hidden snorkeling spot, or run to a neighboring cay for lunch — without planning, piloting, or provisioning the boat themselves.

Every Ki’ama Exuma membership includes access to the Elite Alliance exchange program. Members can exchange Ki’ama Exuma time for stays at more than 120 luxury residence clubs and resort partners worldwide — Auberge, Rosewood, and Esperanza-class destinations in markets including Telluride, Aspen, Vail, Bermuda, Los Cabos, the Tuscan countryside, and the Pacific coast. The exchange is curated and managed by Elite Alliance staff.

The Exumas offer some of the most varied luxury cruising in the Caribbean. Ki’ama Exuma members can fish the bonefish flats at dawn, snorkel coral gardens at midday, swim with the pigs, dive Thunderball Grotto off Staniel Cay, picnic on a vanishing sandbar, lunch on lobster at Little Farmer’s Cay, swim with friendly nurse sharks at Compass Cay, and watch the iguanas at Allen’s Cay — most reachable by day boat directly from the residence dock.

Ki’ama Exuma will offer up to sixteen four-bedroom Club Residences in total. The first two residences are complete and welcoming early members now. Additional residences will come online in phases. The total membership group across the residence community remains limited by design.

The first two Club Residences and the first two yachts are complete and operational now. Additional residences and yachts will come online in phases as the Club grows. Estate plats and pricing are being finalized for separate release. Specific delivery timelines are reviewed during your private briefing.

Ki’ama Exuma is the only offering in the Exumas where residences, fully crewed yachts, private day boats  a Beach Club, a Spa Pavilion, and access to 120-plus luxury exchange destinations are integrated into a single membership structure on a private island. The combination of a land-based membership and a crewed yacht membership in a single program is unique in the Caribbean market.