Nassau: Swimming Pigs of Rose Island Water Taxi

About This Experience

At $67 this is the price floor for meeting the pigs from Nassau, and the reason it is cheap is that it does exactly one thing. A water taxi leaves the downtown waterfront, crosses to Rose Island in about thirty minutes, and leaves you there for three hours. There is no reef snorkel, no turtle flat and no lunch service.

For a certain kind of visitor that is the right trade. Three hours is more time with the pigs than the $145 catamaran gives you, the departure point is walking distance from the cruise terminal, and there are two sailings a day so it fits around a ship's schedule or a late morning.

The detail that matters most at this price is in the inclusions: the pig beach entry fee is part of the ticket. Several tours here sell the boat and charge separately for the pig interaction, so a $67 fare with the fee inside it compares more favourably than the headline number suggests.

Highlights

• The cheapest way to meet the swimming pigs from Nassau, at $67
• The pig-beach entry fee is in the ticket, not charged again on the island
• Three hours on Rose Island — longer with the pigs than tours costing twice as much
• A thirty-minute ferry each way from the downtown waterfront, walkable from the cruise port
• Two departures a day, at 9:30am and 11:30am, so it fits either half of a port call
• A guide travels with the group rather than leaving you at a dock

What's Included

• ✓ Return water-taxi transfer from downtown Nassau to Rose Island, thirty minutes each way
• ✓ Pig beach entry fee
• ✓ Three hours on Rose Island with the swimming pigs
• ✓ A guide with the group throughout
• ✓ Beach access at the Sand Dollar resort site
• ✓ A choice of the 9:30am or the 11:30am departure

Not Included

• Food and drink
• Hotel pickup and drop-off
• Towels
• Snorkelling equipment

What to Bring

• Swimwear
• A beach towel
• Reef-safe sunscreen
• Cash or a card for food on the island

Good to Know & Caveats

• Check-in is thirty minutes before departure: 9:00am for the 9:30, 11:00am for the 11:30. The operator asks you to be punctual.
• Check in at the booths OUTSIDE Señor Frog's and look for the Tour Daddy or Sand Dollar Resort representative.
• This is a water taxi, not a tour boat. There is no snorkelling stop, no reef and no turtle cay.
• Lunch is not included. Food is available on the island and paid for there.
• The pig-beach entry fee is included, which is not true of every tour in this catalogue.

Meeting Point

Señor Frog's, Woodes Rodgers Walk, downtown Nassau — check in at the booths outside, not inside the restaurant