
Do you fancy
doing something different on your next holiday? How about going on a trip to an
island paradise in the Bahamas and, er, going swimming with pigs?
I did say ‘different’!
Contrary to
tradition, it is not simply Hollywood’s elite that lives in luxury in the
Bahamas. There is a gang of extremely lucky pigs that also call the island
paradise ‘home’.
A group of around
20 wild pigs live on Big Major Cay in the Exumas and welcome visitors. They are
accustomed to guests and food coming hand in hand, so as soon as they hear the
sound of visitors in the shallows the pigs come trotting out of the scrub and
onto the beach.
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Swimming Pig on Pig Cay, Bahamas welcomes visitors |
Whether you are
swimming, or perhaps don’t want to disembark your boat, the pigs are unfazed
and will simply charge into the water and swim to you. They are inquisitive and
splash right up to check you out and, of course, graciously accept any food
scraps you have to offer.
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You can feed the Swimming Pigs at Pig Cay, Bahamas |
According to some
people the pigs were left on the island by sailors who planned to eat them but
never came back. I prefer another, more adventurous, story which claims they
were on a boat that was shipwrecked and they swam to shore.
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Swimming Pig, Pig Cay, Bahamas |
Big Major Cay, or
‘Pig Cay’ as it is also known, is next to Staniel Cay in the Exumas. You can
visit with your own boat or on a daytrip from Nassau, New Providence Island.
Photo Credit: RoyalCaribbean