Exuma Cays Adventure: Swimming Pigs, Iguana Island & Nurse Sharks
The pigs swim out to meet the boat before the anchor drops. That’s the moment that sticks — not just because pigs paddling through turquoise water is surreal, but because it sets the tone for an Exuma Cays day that layers one wildlife encounter on top of another. Big Major Cay’s swimming pigs are the headliner, but they share the billing with nurse sharks at Compass Cay and Bahamian rock iguanas on Allen’s Cay, all reachable in a single island-hopping tour out of Nassau or Great Exuma. The Exuma Cays string across 365 islands and cays in the Bahamas,