Small Hope Bay Lodge

What an incredible place! |Everything was absolutely perfect . We felt like we were a part of the family. If you like to live like a local and feel like family and experience the island life - this is your place! The accommodations are so comfortable and simple and the food is absolutely delicious. The dive staff are first class. The ocean blue hole was an incredible dive site. I’ve been Diving 30 years and I haven’t experienced anything like it. Queen angle reef, landing strip, and all of the other dive sites are gorgeous. Each one offers various things to see and topography to delight you. The inland blue hole is a wonderful, peaceful adventure, and swimming spot. This island is so peaceful and small hope is a piece of heaven !! Big Shout out to Jeff for helping to make this place what it is and continuing to keep it going as well as helping to preserve the island, the land and the ocean. Dennis, Ash, George, Ricardo, Liam, Laura, Montene, Andi, Abba, Anastasia, and all of the kitchen staff made us feel so at home - like family - Thank you ! We will be back !

This is a wonderful relaxed and friendly resort. You are made to feel like family and nothing is too much trouble for the amazing staff. We were bone fishing and the quality of the fishing and guiding was extremely high. The food is wonderful and there are many things to do here, diving, snorkelling, exploring, kayaking or just relaxing.

Protect this place at all costs. This is the most special place we have ever stayed at and the service was exceptional beyond any 5-star resort we’ve been to. The staff anticipates your needs before you even have them and genuinely cares about you as a person and caring for this special property and bay. Each person here fosters the most genuine sense of community and there’s simply nothing else like it. Not to mention it’s beautiful and you will never get bored with all the available activities even if you have bad weather. Can’t recommend enough!

My wife and I had never been to the Bahamas at all. We started in Bimini and then made our way over to Andros for a truly relaxing and perfect vacation. I read a lot of the reviews while planning the trip and stumbled upon this place based on that. It is such a special place and special vacation. The minute you arrive, they make sure you feel like you’re at a Four Seasons with the way they welcome you except you’re actually in a really chill and personalized place. You will get to know all the staff and guests through your tenure there. Make the trip as long as you can because you will love the pace, food, activities, and the embodiment of what it means to be on vacation. We feel lucky to have experienced it and hope to go back the next time we are in the Bahamas. The place can be whatever you want it to be as far as a couple’s retreat, family vacation, or even a remote work paradise. Thank you, Small Hope for your hospitality.

The folks that you meet are called ambassadors. And they live up to the role. I’ve been there 4/5 times now and they are friendly, engaging, fun, hang out w you at dinner, learn and support your plan each evening. Wonderfully friendly. I have flown all over the Bahamas in the last 15 years and no one matches the welcoming vibe of Small Hope. Well done guys

Everything you need, and nothing you don't. The first time in years I have vacationed and not opened my laptop to do some. I could have, but I was so relaxed I didn't here. With one exception, to download my dive computer and great videos from the diving each day. You quickly feel like family here. I don't repeat vacation, but this place is going to be my exception.||Staff was amazing. Can't say that enough. Food was fantastic every meal. Not pretentious, just great and relaxing. Noise? Sure, the ocean. That's it. Rooms were the perfect place to sleep. Main lodge and patio area is where you hang out for the day. One negative, everywhere in the Carribean, no-see-ums when the wind is down at sunrise or sunset. Just recommend having some kind of anti-bug lotion (with picardin is my go-to) and making sure its on your legs and arms at these times, or just wear lightweight pants and long sleeves to keep those little buggers from welting you up.||You get every dollar of value for what you pay here. And more. Plus the memories. legit some of the best coral diving I have had and no shortage new new dive sites to go to. I dove 3x a day for 5 days and wasn't bored at all, just tired at the end of each day, which meant I slept great :)

Wonderful long weekend visit after a week liveaboard scuba. Admin staff at liveaboard told me that if i had a few extra days, this place was on her bucket list of places to go locally. She was right. Outstanding experience with outstanding diving (as good as liveaboard) and absolutely exceptional scuba and resort staff. Did everything to make me comfortable as a solo traveler. Great food, wonderful physical environment. Well worth the expense. So much so that i'e booked a nearby villa to take my whole family (villa has access to lodge services).

What an amazing place! We've been fortunate to travel all over the Bahamas with a core group of 12 friends for the last 25 years. We loved the fact that Small Hope Bay Lodge was established in 1960 and retains its charm and authenticity all these years later. At first I thought perhaps the staff was a little excessively friendly, but by day two, everyone seemed like they really were our new friends. The adorable diverse group of staff took care of our every need. They set up chairs and umbrellas on islands we visited with drinks and snacks. They asked us each evening what we'd like to do the following day and took care of all of the details. We snorkeled from the boats three days and the fish were amazing! The perfect bar on the outdoor terrace is always open and one of our new friends was happy to make a frozen drink or deliver a cold Kalik! There are dozens of delightful hammocks all over the property, but my favorite one was at the end of the dock. The dock was also the perfect place for watching sunrises over the bay AND sunsets each evening, looking back over the resort. As much as we've enjoyed the Abacos, Exumas, Eleuthera and other islands, this summer's adventure on Andros was the best! Thanks everyone.