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These Are the Most Expensive Private Islands of the Rich and Famous

Posted by Bill Rippel on August 18, 2023 - 1:45am

9. John Wayne

Location: Taborcillo Island, Panama 
Purchased: Unlisted
Current Value: $14 million*

Isla Taborcillo, also known as John Wayne Island in the media, is a tiny private island located twenty-five miles off the coast of Panama. Taborcillo was once owned by Western actor John Wayne, though it is currently owned by Ralph Hubner, an Austrian businessman and the founder of Who is Who, a publishing company.

Taborcillo is lovely, and it’s not all island. It has been transformed into a resort-like paradise. It has a theme park, resort hotel, and is a tourist hotspot near Panama. A part of the island is a wildlife sanctuary, where birds like egrets, hummingbirds, and brown pelicans nest.

M H The island is in fact really small - about 300 meters in the broadest part, and the longest piece of coast a bit over a kilometer. Too small for me ! :-))
August 19, 2023 at 12:57pm