Nassau: Pigs, Snorkel, Turtles, Lunch, Private Beach Club

About This Experience

This one is chosen mostly for where it starts. The Paradise Island ferry terminal is walkable or a short taxi from the resort strip and the cruise port, which removes the most common friction on a Nassau boat day — working out how to reach a downtown dock with a departure time attached to it.

The four hours break into a reef snorkel, twenty minutes at the Green Turtle Cay sanctuary, and then two hours at a private beach club on Rose Island where the pigs are. The beach club is the reason the stop is long: lounge chairs, hammocks, restrooms, an observation deck and a bird aviary, so there is somewhere to be once you are out of the water.

Alcohol is not included, which is worth noting against the catamaran tours in this price band that pour unlimited rum punch. Lunch is described by the operator as light, and they ask you to eat breakfast first.

Highlights

• Leaves from the Paradise Island ferry terminal, which suits cruise and resort guests without a car
• Snorkel a reef with real coral cover before the boat moves on to the pigs
• A turtle sanctuary stop at Green Turtle Cay, twenty minutes of quiet seagrass flats
• Two hours at a private beach club on Rose Island, with lounge chairs and hammocks
• Climb Da Nest observation deck for the view back across the cays
• A bird aviary on site, which is unusual on a boat tour at this price

What's Included

• ✓ Four-hour powerboat trip from Paradise Island
• ✓ Snorkelling at the reef, with all gear
• ✓ Green Turtle Cay sanctuary stop
• ✓ Two hours at the private beach club on Rose Island, including the swimming pigs
• ✓ Light lunch, water and fruit punch
• ✓ Lounge chairs, hammocks and restroom facilities
• ✓ Access to Da Nest observation deck and the bird aviary

Not Included

• Ground transportation to the ferry terminal
• Towels
• Sunscreen
• Insect repellent
• Alcoholic drinks

What to Bring

• A beach towel
• Reef-safe sunscreen
• Insect repellent
• Comfortable shoes for the deck

Good to Know & Caveats

• Eat breakfast before you go — lunch is light and comes late in the itinerary.
• Alcohol is not included, unlike several catamaran tours at a similar price.
• The tour can be postponed if too few people book, in which case you get a full refund.
• Weather can change or cancel the itinerary.
• Oversized luggage, strollers, coolers and electric wheelchairs cannot be carried.

Meeting Point

Paradise Island Ferry Terminal, Paradise Beach Drive