Pelican...we have stayed at this villa 3 times with our fourth stay very soon. We have used 3 different ways to walk to Happy Bay. The first two ways require some good strong legs with an above average fitness level.

1. The walk TO Happy Bay isn’t too bad. There is a STEEP downhill walk in the beginning and the stairs leading down to the path from the community are steep too and the last step is really challenging due to erosion....but doable with average abilities. Once down the stairs, it’s fairly flat. The trail lead to the path from Friars. The walk back UP the stairs and up the hill to the villa is very challenging in the late afternoon sun. I’m literally soaked with perspiration...lol. I measured on Google Earth and it’s about a 650 yard walk in total.

2. It’s the same route but we drive the car down the hill and park within the community at the gate where the stairs are located. It reduces the walk by only 100 yards but those last 100 yards are very steep to walk back up to the villa. It saves the challenging walk up the mountain but the stairs still need to be negotiated.

3. We drive out of the gated community, down the mountain to the small parking lot just off the highway where many longtime HB visitors park. It’s a fairly flat walk to HB around the mountain through the abandoned resort. There are gorgeous views of Grand Case beach. It’s roughly about a 650 yard walk also with a nice breeze. This route requires the same amount of fitness level as the walk from Friars to Happy.

The first screenshot explains 1 & 2 and the second screenshot explains #3.