We get the questions all the time; ‘Where can you swim with pigs in the Bahamas?’ Wouldn’t you like to make a trip to the Bahamas now, knowing where is Pig Island and how you can go swimming with the pigs?
Sitting by the sea at Pig Beach Bahamas with Exuma pigs at your feet, white sand between your toes and the great morning sunshine above, it won’t get much better than a Pig Island tour to swimming Pigs Island.
You can take a dip in transparent turquoise water to cool the afternoon heat. Sunbathe in the sea breeze and smile while you are still on your dream trip to the beautiful Bahamas.
So, where can you swim with pigs?
You can see little piglets like this one on Pig Beach Bahamas.
Pig Island tours from Nassau happen daily. Read on to learn where can you swim with pigs:
Where is Pig Island: Exuma Cays
The Exumas are an exotic part of the Bahamas and come from the sky with turquoise waters, lush vegetation and white sandy beaches that look like pearls in the middle of the ocean, or rather, 365 pearls that are all together and that you will see from a bird’s eye during your journey.
How did Pig Beach Bahamas come to be?
Although there are a lot of folktales surrounding how Pig Beach came to be, the most widely accepted story is that local farmers of Staniel Cay received too many complaints of the stench of their livestock around the nearby Staniel Cay Village.
This forced the farmers to relocate the pigs to the nearest island; Big Major Cay. There, they would come to the island daily with the pigs’ daily feed in their boat. Soon, the pigs recognized that the sight of the boat meant it was dinner time and they began to swim to the boat to be the first fed. Thus, the Bahamas swimming pigs were born and that’s where can you swim with pigs.
How to get to Pig Island Bahamas
Luckily it’s Pig Beach in one of Staniel Cay’s best boots. At the Staniel Cay Yacht Club, it’s no problem finding out how to swim with the pigs. Ask someone at the bar and restaurant to rent a taxi boat. Otherwise, you can try to make an agreement with a local fisherman, who usually likes to bring tourists to the island at the right price.
Pig Island is in the middle of beautiful turquoise waters.
Flying to Swimming Pigs Island
Did you know that you can reach the Bahamas swimming pigs from Nassau in just over thirty minutes? If you fly to the Bahamas by plane, you’ll save so much time to get to where can you swim with pigs that you would normally have to spend at sea in harsh conditions.
Ferry to Pig Beach Bahamas
A ferry from Nassau to the swimming pigs Bahamas takes almost 4 hours to get there and back. Compare this to the one-hour journey by air, which saves you over half a day of activity. Not to mention the waiting time needed to load up to 200 people on the ferries, compared to the maximum number of people on board private planes, nine.
What is the best way to get to Swimming Pigs Island?
With all the advantages there are of flying a Bahamas air charter to where can you swim with pigs, there is no wonder we prefer flying when figuring out how to get to Pig Beach.
What else can you do around Pig Island Bahamas?
There are plenty of other things to do in the Out Islands other than play with the Bahamas pigs. You can swim with sharks, spot endangered iguanas, dive into a hidden grotto, explore timely sand bars, have a drink with Sean Connery (kind of), and much more!
See the reef sharks of Compass Cay on your swimming pigs tour.
Where can you swim with pigs: Pig Island tour to Big Major Cay
Want to book a Swimming with Pigs tour to Pig Beach in the Exumas? Then be sure to contact one of our Swimming with Pigs Experts via our contact form.
