Did you know there are swimming pigs in the Bahamas? Visiting the Exuma swimming pigs aka the infamous Pigs Beach in the Bahamas was high on my bucket list. I mean pigs swimming?? That’s pretty cool, right?
The Exuma swimming pigs are actually not on Exuma, but a more remote island called Big Major Cay.
And the TRUTH about the swimming pigs in the Bahamas?
Well, they actually do swim in the ocean and the tour from Exuma included so much more than just swimming with the pigs.
The Pigs Beach is uninhabited by people and accessible from Staniel Cay if you want to go there by yourself. But since Staniel Cay was a bit too remote for us with only one hotel and one restaurant we opted to stay in Exuma. From Exuma we took the famous swimming pigs tour which also included a sandbar, iguana island, swimming with sea turtles, AND swimming with sharks!
Our first actual stop was not pigs beach but Thunderball Grotto where they filmed the famous 1965 James Bond movie. This grotto is fantastic and we got to snorkel through it. There’s actually a hole on the top that you can jump into the grotto from but we were a bit short on time and I didn’t get to do it.
Next up was the main attraction this tour was named after, pigs beach! The best part about this tour is we arrived just before other boats so for those Instagrammable moments we had the beach and pigs to ourselves! It really is a sight to behold as the pigs swim out to the boat. Eventually, we made it on land and I may have gently harassed a baby pig or two. I’d recommend bringing some extra food like bread or fresh veggies to feed the pigs with they really are quite friendly. But do not drop food in the sand or leave it behind on the sand. This may have been the cause death of some of the pigs, consumption of sand. The conjecture is the pigs ate leftovers on the sand and also ate the sand with the food, so ended up with a ton of non-digestible sand in their bellies.
Next stop was an incredible sandbar where we ate fresh conch ceviche caught earlier on the boat ride. The sandbar may be more incredible than swimming with pigs. The water more clear than anything I’ve ever seen.
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