Nassau Cruise Port

Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.

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Swim With the Wild Exuma Pigs (Full-Day Powerboat to a Private Island)

Blast 38 nautical miles down the Exuma chain by powerboat to the only operator with its own private island, where the world-famous swimming pigs paddle out to greet you in waist-deep turquoise. The all-day trip stacks the bucket-list: hand-feed endangered rock iguanas, snorkel a reef, swim with stingrays and nurse sharks, watch a fresh conch-salad demo, then a cooked lunch and open bar. This is the single image the Bahamas is famous for, and skipping it is the one regret a first-timer with one port day will carry home.

Book it Nassau: Exuma Powerboat Day Trip $329 per person

Run by swimming pigs · 5.00 from 7 reviews

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Shark Adventure 2-Tank Feed Dive (the Hollywood Shark Outfit)

Nassau is one of the planet's premier shark-diving sites, and Stuart Cove's is the legendary direct operator that filmed sharks for James Bond and Hollywood. On the two-tank Shark Adventure you descend to the sand while a chain-mail-suited feeder draws dozens of 5-6 ft Caribbean reef sharks circling within arm's reach. It is the definitive adrenaline one-off this port is known for, and nothing the ship sells touches it.

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Swim With Dolphins in an Ocean Lagoon (Blue Lagoon Island)

A 25-minute ferry drops you on family-owned Blue Lagoon Island, where you wade into a natural ocean-fed lagoon for a real in-water dolphin swim - the signature dorsal-fin tow and the boogie-board foot-push finale that launches you across the water. Dolphin Encounters owns the island and the program, so you are booking the actual source, and the day folds in beach time, lunch and optional nurse-shark and sea-lion add-ons. It is the marquee marine-mammal experience of the port.

Book it Nassau: Private Ocean View Cabana on Pearl Island, Lunch + Drinks $180 per person

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Atlantis Aquaventure Water Park Day Pass

Atlantis is the landmark on Nassau's skyline, and Aquaventure is the marquee on-island day: the near-vertical Leap of Faith waterslide that fires you through a clear tube inside a shark-filled lagoon, a mile-long river ride, 11 pools, white-sand beach, and The Dig marine habitat with 65,000+ animals. A day pass is the only way a cruise passenger who isn't a hotel guest gets in, and it's a full day of bucket-list water rides on its own.

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Catamaran Sail & Reef Snorkel With Open Bar

The classic Bahamas-blue half-day: sail out under canvas to a living reef, drop in over coral and tropical fish, then cruise back with rum punch flowing from the open bar. It's the flagship water excursion every cruise line sells - and the boats are frequently the very same locally contracted catamarans, which is exactly why booking direct is the smart money here.

Book it Nassau: Catamaran Sail and Snorkel Tour $103 per person

Run by The Flying Cloud · 4.20 from 95 reviews

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Stuart Cove's Reef Snorkel Trip (Low-Risk Near-Port Safety Net)

If the big-ticket trips are sold out or you want a sure thing close to port, this is the dependable pick: a guided three-stop boat snorkel over a shallow coral reef and a shipwreck, finishing with an optional surface viewing where Caribbean reef sharks are drawn in below you. Run by the same world-class dive outfit, with full gear and short, reliable timing - the safe snorkel that won't blow your port clock.

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