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Boat · 10:00 AM or 1:00 PM · About 4 Hours
Nassau Swimming Pigs
BahaWaterTours' 3 Islands Tour: a pass by Atlantis, a reef snorkel at Pearl Island, turtles at Green Turtle Cay, then 2 hours on Rose Island with the swimming pigs. Lunch with a soft drink, rum punch, snacks and snorkel gear are in the price.
- 4.8 / 5 975+ Reviews
- 4 hours Duration
- 2 hours On Rose Island, the last stop of BahaWaterTours' 3 Islands Tour, out of about four hours
- 134 km Nassau to Big Major Cay in the Exumas, home of the famous swimming pigs, in a straight line: a different trip
- Free Cancellation
The Experience
What the 3 Islands Tour Includes
Snorkel gear, drinks and snacks on the boat, and lunch with a soft drink. BahaWaterTours' own lines on Viator.
What's Included
- Snorkeling gear is provided at no additional cost for use during the tour.
- Complimentary water, rum punch alcoholic/ nonalcoholic beverages and snacks are available onboard the boat.
- A delicious lunch and soft drink are included.
The 3 Islands Tour, Stop by Stop
Four stops in about four hours, from the dock in Nassau or on Paradise Island and back.
Board in Nassau or on Paradise Island
Two meeting points: the charter booths outside Senor Frog's on Woodes Rodgers Walk, near the cruise port, or the docks by Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville for guests staying on Paradise Island. Departures at 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM.
Past Atlantis, then the Reef at Pearl Island
About 30 minutes by boat past Atlantis on Paradise Island, then 30 minutes anchored on the coral reef at Pearl Island to snorkel. Gear is included.
Turtles at Green Turtle Cay
An hour at Green Turtle Cay looking for sea turtles in the water. Some reviewers saw several; a few saw none.
Two Hours on Rose Island
The last stop: the swimming pigs, the beach, kayaks, paddle boards and beach chairs, with lunch and a soft drink. Then the ride back to the dock you started from.
Photo Gallery
Pigs, Turtles and the Islands off Nassau
The reef, the turtles and the beach on Rose Island where the tour ends.
Book Your Experience
Check Dates for the 3 Islands Tour
BahaWaterTours' 3 Islands Tour from Nassau or Paradise Island, about four hours. Dates, start times and the live price open on its Viator page; free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
BahaWaterTours
3 Islands Tour, Swim with Pigs, Turtles, Snorkelling & lunch
- 4.8/5 from 975 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor
- 4 hours
- From $175 per person (checked November 2026)
- Free cancellation: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Before You Book a Boat
Nassau Swimming Pigs, One Question per Page
Nassau or the Exumas, what the price buys, whether the pigs are wild, what 3 islands means, cruise-ship timing and where to sleep.
Prices are each page's featured tour: Viator checked November 2026. Prices are per person in US dollars, on GetYourGuide or Viator as marked.
Four Nassau Swimming Pigs Boat Trips on One Table
Where each one boards, where each one puts the pigs, how long the day is, what lunch is and what costs extra. Prices with the month they were checked.
| Feature | THIS PAGE 3 Islands Tour, BahaWaterTours | Beach club day, Oasis Ocean 7 Charters | Catamaran, Phoenix777 | Most reviewed of these 3 Islands Tour, Shore To Shore Bahamas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What You Pay | From $175 per person (checked November 2026); adults 18 to 69; ages 6 to 17 and 70 to 80 pay $150 | From $238 per person (checked November 2026); one option | From $203 per person (checked November 2026); the pig interaction is $30 extra | From $195 per person (checked November 2026); the Group Tour option, no transport |
| Boards At | Senor Frog's on Woodes Rodgers Walk, or the docks by Margaritaville on Paradise Island; 10:00 AM or 1:00 PM | Paradise Island Ferry Terminal; 9:00 AM, 10:00 AM or 12:30 PM | Sail Tomorrow, East Bay Street, Nassau; 9:30 AM | Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Bahamas, 9:00 AM |
| Where the Pigs Are | Rose Island, the last stop (2 hours) | Its private beach club on Rose Island (2 hours) | Pearl, Rose or Athol Island | Rose Island, the 2-hour stop in its itinerary |
| Length of the Day | About 4 hours | 4 hours | 5.5 hours | About 4 hours |
| Lunch and Drinks | Lunch and a soft drink; water, rum punch and snacks on the boat | Burgers, hot dogs or veggie burgers with chips; water, soft drinks and fruit punch; alcohol extra | Lunch on board; unlimited Cuba Libre and rum punch | Lunch and one complimentary rum punch |
| Extra Cost | None listed | VIP pool and premium lunch: $50 adults, $35 children | Pig interaction: $30 a person | Hotel pickup is a separate option |
| Check dates | See the beach club day | See the catamaran | See the tour |
Two More Ways to Rose Island
A Water Taxi to the Pigs, or a Whole Day on Rose Island
A cheaper ride with food extra, and a six-hour day with lunch and an open bar. One card per listing.
WATER TAXI, FOOD EXTRANassau: Swimming Pigs of Rose Island Water Taxi
Tour Daddy LLC's water taxi from the booths outside Senor Frog's in Nassau to Rose Island: about 3 hours on the island with the swimming pigs, landing and facility fees included. Food and drinks are sold on the island.
A FULL DAY ON ROSE ISLANDNassau: Full Day Rose Island Swimming Pigs, Lunch & Open Bar
Sandy Toes' two-level catamaran from the Paradise Island Ferry Terminal at 10:00 AM to its private beach on Rose Island for about 5 hours: swimming pig sessions through the day, a guided snorkel, a Bahamian buffet lunch and a standard open bar.
Rose, Athol or Pearl Island
How the Nassau Swimming Pigs Trips Differ
Where each boat boards, which island it names for the pigs, how long you stay, what lunch is and what each one costs.
The Nassau swimming pigs live on the small islands just east of Nassau harbour, and every boat trip to them names its own island: Rose Island on most, Athol Island or Pearl Island on others. The trip this site books first is BahaWaterTours’ 3 Islands Tour, Swim with Pigs, Turtles, Snorkelling & lunch: a reef snorkel at Pearl Island, an hour at Green Turtle Cay for the turtles, then 2 hours on Rose Island with the pigs, about four hours in all. It costs from $175 per adult on Viator (checked November 2026), with lunch and a soft drink included. These are not the famous pigs of the Exumas, which are a separate and much longer trip.
Swimming pigs Nassau: which island each boat goes to
Ask a Nassau operator where the pigs are and you get the name of its own beach. Most trips end on Rose Island, a long, thin island east of Paradise Island where several operators run beach clubs. Pearl Island Bahamas sends its pig trip to Athol Island. Phoenix777's catamaran includes a visit to the swimming pigs on “Pearl, Rose, or Athol Islands” and leaves the choice open.
| Trip and operator | Boards | Where the pigs are | Time there | Lunch | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Islands Tour, BahaWaterTours | Senor Frog’s on Woodes Rodgers Walk, or the docks by Margaritaville on Paradise Island; 10:00 AM or 1:00 PM | Rose Island | 2 hours, the last stop | Included, with a soft drink | $175 |
| Beach club day, Oasis Ocean 7 Charters | Paradise Island Ferry Terminal; 9:00 AM, 10:00 AM or 12:30 PM | Its private beach club on Rose Island | 2 hours | Burgers, hot dogs or veggie burgers with chips | $238 |
| Catamaran, Phoenix777 | Sail Tomorrow, East Bay Street; 9:30 AM | Pearl, Rose or Athol Island; the pig interaction is $30 extra | A 1-hour Rose Island stop | Served on board | $203 |
| 3 Islands Tour, Shore To Shore Bahamas | Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Bahamas, 9:00 AM (Group Tour) | Rose Island | 2 hours | Included, with one rum punch | $195 |
| Swimming Pigs Express, Pearl Island Bahamas | Elizabeth on Bay, 10:45 AM | Athol Island | 1 hour | Only with the All-Inclusive upgrade | $138 |
| Water taxi, Tour Daddy LLC | Outside Senor Frog’s; 9:30 AM or 11:30 AM | Rose Island | 3 hours | Sold on the island | $89 |
| Full day, Sandy Toes | Paradise Island Ferry Terminal, 10:00 AM | Its private beach on Rose Island | About 5 hours | Bahamian buffet and an open bar | $252 |
Prices per person in US dollars (Viator checked November 2026; GetYourGuide checked November 2026). Shore To Shore Bahamas' price is its Group Tour option without transport; the same listing sells a round-trip transport option and a private boat.
The Shore To Shore Bahamas tour is not consistent about its pig stop: its description sails to Athol Island for the pigs, while its itinerary gives Rose Island the 2-hour stop with lunch and passes Athol Island in 10 minutes. The table follows the itinerary. What “3 islands” means on each boat goes through the stops one listing at a time.
Pick the trip that fits your day
3 Islands Tour, Swim with Pigs, Turtles, Snorkelling & lunch
BahaWaterTours: a snorkel at Pearl Island, an hour at Green Turtle Cay, then 2 hours on Rose Island with lunch and a soft drink. Two start times, 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM, from Nassau or Paradise Island.
Check dates →Nassau: Pigs, Snorkel, Turtles, Lunch, Private Beach Club
Oasis Ocean 7 Charters from the Paradise Island Ferry Terminal: a reef snorkel, turtles at Green Cay and 2 hours at its beach club on Rose Island, with a standard lunch of burgers or hot dogs. The pool and premium lunch are an upgrade, $50 for adults.
See the beach club →Nassau: Snorkeling, Pig Beach, Swim with Turtles, and Lunch
Phoenix777, about 5.5 hours: reef and turtle snorkelling, lunch on board, unlimited Cuba Libre and rum punch. The pig interaction costs $30 a person on top; anyone who skips it can stay on board.
See the catamaran →Prices, ratings and review counts from the listings (Viator checked November 2026; GetYourGuide checked November 2026). Operators change prices by date and season, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote.
What happens at the pig stop
The listings promise swimming with the pigs and feeding them, and that is what most reviewers describe. Reviewers of four of the trips also describe how it is run: the staff let the pigs out onto the beach for the visitors. A reviewer of BahaWaterTours’ trip wrote on 11 June 2026, “They brought out the big pigs first to feed and then a baby pig for photos.” If you pictured pigs wandering an empty island, read are the Nassau swimming pigs wild before you book; it sets out, trip by trip, what the reviewers saw.
The famous swimming pigs are in the Exumas
The pigs most photos show are not off Nassau. The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism’s page puts “the famous swimming pigs of The Bahamas” on “Big Major Cay, also known as Pig Beach, in The Exumas”, an uninhabited cay “only accessible by boat” (bahamas.com, checked November 2026). From Nassau that is about 134 km in a straight line. The Nassau-side trips on this site are a morning or an afternoon on islands a short boat ride from the harbour, and none of them goes to Big Major Cay. Nassau or the Exumas compares the two.
Cruise days, prices and a bed for the night
Cruise passengers can make most of these trips work. BahaWaterTours’ Nassau meeting point is the charter booths outside Senor Frog’s, near the cruise port on Woodes Rodgers Walk, and Pearl Island Bahamas' trip is 3 hours. Check the start and the length against your ship’s all-aboard time: swimming pigs from the cruise port lists each boat’s start and meeting point.
On price, BahaWaterTours’ 3 Islands Tour is from $175 per adult with lunch (checked November 2026). On GetYourGuide the swimming pigs from Nassau compared here run from $89 for Tour Daddy LLC’s water taxi, food extra, to $252 for Sandy Toes’ full day (checked November 2026). The extras matter as much as the headline: Phoenix777 charges $30 a person for the pig interaction and Oasis Ocean 7 Charters $50 an adult for its pool and premium lunch. What the swimming pigs cost has the full ladder.
See the 3 Islands Tour on Viator
Staying the night first? Paradise Island puts you near the docks several of these boats leave from; Nassau’s waterfront puts you near Senor Frog’s and Elizabeth on Bay. Hotels in Nassau has room searches by area.
Pigs, Turtles and a Reef in One Morning
BahaWaterTours' 3 Islands Tour: a reef snorkel at Pearl Island, turtles at Green Turtle Cay and 2 hours on Rose Island with the pigs, lunch included, about four hours. Starting from $175 per person.
Check dates on ViatorNassau Swimming Pigs: Questions
Where the pigs are, what a trip costs, whether the pigs are wild, cruise-ship days, children, the Exumas and where to stay.
On the small islands east of Nassau harbour, and each boat names its own. BahaWaterTours' 3 Islands Tour ends with 2 hours on Rose Island; Oasis Ocean 7 Charters takes you to its private beach club on Rose Island; Pearl Island Bahamas' Swimming Pigs Express goes to Athol Island; Phoenix777's catamaran lists Pearl, Rose or Athol Island. See what 3 islands means on each boat.
From $175 per adult on BahaWaterTours' 3 Islands Tour (checked November 2026), lunch included. On GetYourGuide, Pearl Island Bahamas' 3-hour trip is from $138 without lunch, Oasis Ocean 7 Charters' beach club day from $238 and Phoenix777's catamaran from $203 plus $30 for the pig interaction (checked November 2026). See what each price buys.
Not in the way the photos suggest. Reviewers of four of the trips compared here describe pigs that are let out onto the beach for a feeding session, and on three of them the words are a pen, an enclosure or a barn. The Ministry states no rule on feeding or touching the pigs at the islands off Nassau. See are the Nassau swimming pigs wild.
No. The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism places the famous swimming pigs on Big Major Cay, also known as Pig Beach, in the Exumas, reachable only by boat. That is about 134 km from Nassau in a straight line. The trips on this site go to the islands just off Nassau. See Nassau or the Exumas.
Yes, on a short trip that is back before all-aboard. BahaWaterTours meets at the charter booths outside Senor Frog's, near the cruise port on Woodes Rodgers Walk, at 10:00 AM or 1:00 PM, for about four hours. Pearl Island Bahamas' trip is 3 hours from Elizabeth on Bay. Check both against your ship's times. See swimming pigs from the cruise port.
From 3 to about 6 hours. Pearl Island Bahamas' Swimming Pigs Express takes 3 hours, BahaWaterTours' and Oasis Ocean 7 Charters' trips about 4, Phoenix777's catamaran 5.5, and Sandy Toes' full day on Rose Island 6.
On most trips, with limits. BahaWaterTours prices children aged 6 to 12 at $150 and seats infants on an adult's lap. Phoenix777's catamaran and Pearl Island Bahamas' trip are not suitable for children under 5. One reviewer of BahaWaterTours' trip (14 June 2026) found feeding the pigs "not good for small kids".
In Nassau or on Paradise Island, near your boat. BahaWaterTours meets at Senor Frog's in Nassau and by Margaritaville on Paradise Island; Oasis Ocean 7 Charters and Sandy Toes leave from the Paradise Island Ferry Terminal. See hotels in Nassau.
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