About Pelican Landing
Pelican Landing is a gated community of 812 single-family homes in Bonita Springs. Day to day, the nearest golf course, The Colony Golf & Country Club, is about 0.4 miles straight-line from the community's center; the nearest library, South County Regional Library, is about 4.1 miles away; the nearest hospital, NCH Healthcare Bonita, about 1 mile.
Amenities — included with the association's annual assessment — include a 34-acre private beach island in the Gulf with sugar-sand beaches, reached by shuttle boat, a tennis center with 12 Har-Tru courts, a fully-equipped fitness center, six pickleball courts, two bocce courts, a kayak and canoe park, a community center, three fishing piers, a butterfly garden, a marina on Estero Bay with sailboats, kayaks, and complimentary sailing lessons.
And through two separate country clubs — The Colony Golf & Country Club and The Nest Golf Club — whose memberships are not included with home ownership: three 18-hole golf courses between the two clubs.
On paper, the community sits in evacuation zone A. The average assessed just value across its 1,297 residential parcels was $946,666 in the county's 2026 roll.
What sets Pelican Landing apart from many of its Bonita Springs neighbors is how it treats two things buyers often assume come bundled: public financing and golf. On the first, Pelican Landing does carry a community development district — the Bayside Improvement CDD — so a sampled 2025 tax bill shows a non-ad-valorem CDD line (about $803 on that parcel) alongside the Lee County solid-waste assessment, rather than the single county charge you would see in a district-free community. That assessment is separate from the association's own annual dues, which fund a notably deep amenity package.
On the second, golf is deliberately unbundled. The recreation owned by the Pelican Landing Community Association — a 34-acre private Gulf beach island reached by shuttle boat, a tennis center with twelve Har-Tru courts, pickleball and bocce courts, a kayak and canoe park, and an Estero Bay marina — comes with the home. Golf does not: it runs through two separate, member-owned country clubs, The Colony Golf & Country Club and The Nest Golf Club, whose memberships are bought independently of the house. For buyers who do not play, that means no obligation to fund a course; for those who do, it means a separate club application and cost.
It helps to understand the structure before searching listings. Pelican Landing is a gated master community of roughly 812 single-family homes built largely between 1991 and 2006, developed by WCI Communities beginning in the early 1990s. Beneath the master association sit individual neighborhoods — some with their own neighborhood associations, some without — and that distinction is not cosmetic: it changes how often a home may be leased, so confirm which applies to any address you are weighing.
A couple of practical notes: much of the community falls in evacuation Zone A and mapped coastal flood zones (AE, VE, and shaded X), so build storm planning and insurance into any offer, and note the association states its assessment includes basic cable and internet, delivered in an area served by Hotwire fiber and Xfinity cable. Confirm current dues, leasing rules, and club terms directly with the association — this page is an independent, records-based starting point, not affiliated with the HOA, either country club, or the developer.
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