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DIY Bonefishing and Harbour Club Villas

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Flamingo Lake is just across the road from the villas – grab
your fly rod and be fishing in minutes.

Harbor Club Villas and Marina is a small, six villa resort nestled on the hill overlooking Flamingo Lake where guests can enjoy some DIY bonefishing right across the road in the lake.

Our villas are comfortable for couples as well as families and fishermen have the advantage of a short walk to find some great bonefishing in the lakes and surrounding area. If your partner doesn’t fish….don’t worry as we will give you some areas to explore where both of you will be happy.

Sometimes you can see bonefish tailing in Flamingo Lake

Just walk out your villa door, down our driveway and across the road. The lake waters are from shallow to waist deep and tide dependent, a bit mucky on the bottom but quite often we see bonefish tailing from the villas windows.

The lake on a beautiful picture-perfect day

Drone view with lone fisherman wading the lake by Harbour Club Villas

Fishing’s great in the lake

The flats down Juba Salina in Turtle Tail

Sometimes if you are lucky, you’ll sight some beautiful flamingos

Such a pretty sunset over the lake by Harbour Club

 

Late afternoon and a great spot for some fishing.

Morning reflections as a guest wades in front of the villas

Landing a bonefish just down the road from the villas

SUP-ing fisherman as slowly poles his way in the lake by Harbour Club villas

Sunset glow in Flamingo Lake with bonefish rippling the waters

Hand lining at the entrance to Harbour Club Villas and Marina vacation rental on Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands

Kids will love throwing in a line in the Marina at Harbour Club Villas

Bonefishing flies tied by our guests

Turtle Lake is another great spot for bonefishing. Just a short walk from the villas

A gorgeous bonefishing flat is found about a mile away from the villas…….ask Marta and she’ll tell you all the great spots.

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Bonefishing flat just down the road from the villas at Harbour Club………..DIY bonefishng.

Book your fishing lodge accommodation at Harbour Club Villas

Let us know when you want to include some fishing while on vacation here on Providenciales.  We can arrange everything for you including fishing with a local island guide. Call and talk to Marta and I’ll make all the arrangements for you.

Happy wading. The bonefish are waiting for you!  

Marta  

http://www.bonefishing.tc

A Trip Down Turtle Tail

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A lone flamingo feeds in the Juba salina just a short ways from Harbour Club Villas

I decided on taking one of our fishing guests down Turtle Tail to see for myself where he could access some flats in order to do some bonefishing.  Must say, this area is still as beautiful as ever but with many newly constructed houses going up.

I haven’t seen the flamingos for quite an age and was excited to see this, lone beauty.

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I couldn’t get him to stop feeding and to lift his head up……….too busy “vacuuming” through the silty bottom.

 

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My beach also known locally as Dog Beach was just awesome with all those turquoise colours

 

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Looking towards Jim Hill and the new villas being built beside Bajacu

 

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Bonefishing flat with some of the Five Little Cays in the distance

 

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Old conch shells piled up on shore

 

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Now this has some potential for some DIY bonefishing

 

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Jet skiers were out on this beautiful day

 

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Rocky southern shoreline with secret pathway down to the water’s edge

 

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Private gazebos overlooking stunning turquoise waters

 

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Mangroves down Turtle Tail with some sweet bonefishing spots

 

Harbour Club Villas and Marina on a bonefishing lake in Providenciales

 

Looking across Flamingo Lake towards the villas at Harbour Club and a lone fisherman

Flamingo Lake and a perfect afternoon for some bonefishing

Flamingos on Flamingo Lake

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Such beautiful plumage colours on these flamingos sighted in the lake by Harbour Club Villas.

The flamingos have returned to Flamingo Lake by Harbour Club Villas and Marina on Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. Just recently, a friend called me to tell me she could see the flamingos feeding in the lake. She ran down to pick me up and off we drove just before sunset to find and photograph  them.

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These two were honking and ruffling their wings.

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It was difficult to capture them because they were busily feeding with their heads in the water.

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The sun was going down as a small flock of flamingos were feeding in the lake.

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Preening, neck stretching and ruffling their wings.

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Such beautiful birds with amazing colours

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They mainly feed during the day………this one had the most beautiful colours.

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Flamingos sweep their bill upside down through shallow water picking up food as they go.

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I can’t believe what beautiful plumage and colours these birds have.

 

 

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Flamingos are like ballet dancers so graceful in the waters

We don’t often see flamingos but these ones were so close to us in the lake just out by the villas.

 

Marta

 

http://www.harbourclubvillas.com

Pintails on Flamingo Lake

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Sunset over Flamingo Lake and three pintails

The sun was setting as the ducks swam in the lake.
Beautiful White-Cheeked Pintails swimming and feeding on Flamingo Lake

 

A beautiful evening for a cruise on Flamingo Lake by Harbour Club Villas

Evenings at the lake by Harbour Club Villas brings out all kinds of water birds. This evening, three pintails enjoyed their cruise on the lake.

 

 

Marta

 

 

www.harbourclubvillas.com

 

Reddish Egret

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This beautiful Reddish Egret struck a beautiful pose for me.

The Reddish Egret is probably the most typical heron in the Turks and Caicos Islands. This one was seen in Flamingo Lake perched on a tree branch in the water. These birds have a pinkish base to their beaks, a a beautifully reddish neck.

Something must have caught his eye.

 

They wade in search of small fish in the shallows of the lake

Flamingos on Flamingo Lake

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Such fun watching these beautiful birds.....Oh the colours are magnificent!

A call from a friend that the flamingoes were fairly close to the road sent me rushing down to take some photos. They were just past the narrows on Flamingo Lake and up the road from our villas at Harbour Club Villas. I was fascinated and took photos for over an hour. They seemed to all be sleeping and it’s not a myth – flamingos actually DO stand on one leg. It appears to be a comfortable resting position. Occasionally they would rouse, scratch themselves such as the one above and then go back into their one legged position.

Resting on one leg is the preferred position for sleep.

My favourite photo of three preening flamingos

Flamingos are pink or orange or white depending on what they eat. Flamingos eat algae, crustaceans, small fish and brine shrimp when they’re available most of which contain pigments called carotenoids. These ones were sporting some amazingly brilliant red, hot pink, coral and orange plumage.

A flock or "flamboyant" of Caribbean flamingos performing a water ballet!

Tall, wading birds with webbed feet. Flamingos have elongated, slender necks and legs that are longer, relative to body size, than any other bird.

 

The West Indian flamingo has a beak with a black tip, pink to red/orange middle, and pale yellow base near the eye. The upper bill is often lighter in colour.

 

Such beautiful birds and I was lucky to be able to watch and photograph them.

 

These two had a brief altercation as they faced each other with outstretched necks and sometimes with growling vocalizations.

 

Look at the leg positioning! How do they balance like that?

Preening and ruffling their feathers.

How lucky we are to be able to have the opportunity to observe and enjoy these gloriously colourful birds in their natural habitat. Hope to see all you birdwatchers and birders here on Providenciales. Happy bird hunting and here’s hoping you’ll get to see our flamingos.

 

Marta

 

 

http://www.harbourclubvillas.com

 

 

 

Evening Bonefishing

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A peaceful and calm setting as a lone fisherman wades the lake by Harbour Club Villas.

A peaceful and calm setting as a lone fisherman wades the lake by Harbour Club Villas.

This evening I caught sight of Paul, one of our bonefishing guests, out in Flamingo Lake. It was a beautiful still evening just made for some bonefishing.

Someone else was also looking for fish as a Green Heron perched on a dead branch to view the lake waters.

Someone else was also looking for fish as a Green Heron perched on a dead branch to view the lake waters.

The Green Heron finds a tasty snack in the waters of the lake.

The Green Heron finds a tasty snack in the waters of the lake.

I know the heron was sucessful in finding food but I'm not sure if Paul caught any bonefish?

I know the heron was sucessful in finding food but I'm not sure if Paul caught any bonefish?

 

Evenings are a great time to catch some of our water birds and to see bonefish tailing in the lake.

 

 

 

Marta

 

 

http://www.bonefishing.tc

Times of the Island

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Here we are............my FIRST magazine cover!

Here we are............my FIRST magazine cover!

I’m so thrilled with achieving one of my goals………..to get a cover photo on the Times of the Island magazine. I had to send this photo to Kathy (the editor) as I thought it was pretty good especially with the stunning reflections on the waters of Flamingo Lake right beside our villas. Kathy phoned me to say that they wanted to use my photo in the Winter 2009-2010 edition of the magazine. So pick up your copy of The Times of the Island while you are here on Provo. The articles are always interesting and I’m sure you will enjoy reading them along with some great photography.

 

Marta

 

http://www.harbourclubvillas.com