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This private island archipelago is a secluded natural sanctuary scattered across the Exuma chain of the Bahamas. Eleven islets and cays unfold over 700 acres of sun-bleached limestone and tropical bush, ringed by forty powder-soft beaches that fade into the impossibly clear, blindingly turquoise shallows the Exumas are famed for. Coral-laced sandbars emerge and vanish with the tides, weaving pale ribbons through waters so transparent that the seabed seems to glow from within.

Owned by illusionist David Copperfield, the archipelago exists as an intensely private world, accessible only to those who reserve the entire island retreat. Palm-fringed shorelines, hidden coves, and reef-sheltered lagoons create a theatrical sense of remove, as though the sea itself has been curated for wonder. Above, an aerial view reveals the full sweep of sapphire channels fanning between the cays, a cartography of light and water rarely witnessed outside the Exuma Sea. It is less a destination than a private cosmos of sand, coral, and endless turquoise horizon.