Three islands belonging to Grenada are being offered for sale in the region of US$17.4 million.

The islands are Isle de Caille which is going for US$10 million, Sandy Island for $6 million and White Island, near Carriacou for a more affordable $1.4 million.

A German company, Vladi Private Islands is offering these islands for sale on the internet. Earlier in the week, two Caribbean islands were placed on the internet auction block for sale by Sheldon Good & Company - one in Belize and the other in the US Virgin Islands.

Sealed bids were invited for the Calabash Caye on Turneffe Atoll in Belize with a starting price of US$2.75 million. Only the southern half of the island comprising 14 pristine acres with 2,000 feet of private beach front. On that lot is the Castaway Reef property built with green technology.

The atoll is located outside of the Barrier Reef and is home to over 150 species of fish; an abundance of wildlife, including the Osprey Eagle, Iguanas, and Saltwater Crocodile.

Over in the US Virgin Islands, the 230-acre Thatch Cay was fetching a minimum price of US$18 million. The island is already sub-divided into three parcels of land. Located a half mile off the northeastern coast of St. Thomas, Thatch Cay is part of an island chain that forms the northern protective barrier for Pillsbury Sound.

The 230-acre, approximate 2 mile long islands is one of the last undeveloped private islands in the Eastern Caribbean. Seven cayes are on the market in Belize with prices ranging from a reasonable $695,000 to $9 million.

They are Montego Caye near Belize City, Ragged Caye, Wild Orchard Caye, Mystery Caye, and Horizon Caye all in the Stann Creek District, and Moho Cay and Scipio Cay near Placentia.

Long Coco Cay 100 kilometers south of Belize City has been sold.