Beach Bahamas Pig Island
Also see bahamian rock iguanas swim with nurse sharks and stop at a secluded beach.
Beach bahamas pig island. Pig beach bahamas is the center of attraction for visitors to staniel cay but this remote pig island has no easy or affordable means of visiting. The island that the pigs live on called big major cay is located in the exumas. The exuma pigs living on pig beach bahamas are considered to have been brought to the island after a community complaint about the unpleasant smells they produced so close to staniel cay village.
This is an archipelago of about 365 cays and islands in the bahamas about 35 miles southeast of the popular nassau. How to get to pig beach from nassau. The highlight of this tour is a stop at pig beach to swim with the pigs.
The island is world renown for its pig beach getting its name from the exuma pigs which along with a few stray cats and goats are the island s only inhabitants. The story of the world famous swimming pigs book. It has become a tourist attraction in modern times.
To combat this the farmers took them away from the village to a nearby island just ten minutes away where they are brought food every day. Wherever they came from there are now about 20 pigs and piglets on pig beach. There are an estimated 20 to 25 pigs and piglets on the swimming pigs beach.
Pig beach located on big major cay also known as major cay is a beach on an uninhabited island or cay located in exuma the bahamas the island takes its unofficial name from the fact that it is populated by a colony of feral pigs which live on the island. Still want to know more purchase pigs of paradise. With daily visits from bahamians and tourists the pigs are living the easy life on big major cay.
1 the closest airport to pig island is in staniel cay and the only airline that takes you directly to the swimming pigs within the bahamas is flamingo air. Visit multiple islands in one day on this powerboat tour from nassau bahamas a great choice for first time visitors and nature lovers. There are daily flights with flamingo air from nassau to staniel cay in the morning departing at 8 00 am and returning in the.
