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The Best Part of Nassau Isn't in Nassau.

Most Nassau shore excursions keep you within a mile of the ship. Trade seven hours of straw market and duty free for a private island eight miles out: a Bahamian lunch, crystal clear water and a cruise excursion you can book direct. You're back on board with the best story at your table.

BOOK YOUR DAY YOUR TIMELINE
Your port day, hour by hour

Will You Make It Back in Time?

Most ships sit in Nassau from morning until evening. Here's where those hours go when you spend them with us, on ship time, with enough buffer built in.

A Cruise Day That Adds Up

Your ship gives you the day and here's what happens to those hours when you spend them eight miles out. One tip before you start: set your phone to ship time, it switches to local automatically and that's how people miss departures.

OFF THE SHIP
The last queue of the day Walk out through the port gates and the taxis are already waiting. Fixed rates, no haggling, ten minutes to the dock.
CHECK-IN · 10:45 AM
Two minutes, then you're done Show your phone, get your wristband, exhale. Our crew in yellow polos is easy to find at the East Dock behind Margaritaville. Your meeting point depends on your chosen experience, please make sure you got the right one.
THE CROSSING · 11:00 AM
When the port day becomes an island day Twenty-five minutes on a catamaran. You'll notice the exact moment the water stops looking like a harbour and starts looking like a screensaver.
THE ISLAND · 11:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Four hours in paradise Snorkel the reef, meet the pigs, eat a Bahamian lunch that guests still write reviews about and claim a stretch of sand with no cruise terminal in the frame.
BACK AT THE DOCK · 4:00 PM
Early enough to beat the bridge You cross back before the afternoon rush, not stuck inside it.
BACK ON BOARD · ~4:30 PM
With the whole evening still ahead Sailaway from the top deck, salt still in your hair and the best story at your dinner table tonight.
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Nassau’s Port Is Not the Bahamas

Six ships can tie up at Prince George Wharf on the same morning. That's over thirty thousand people funneling onto one waterfront, into the same straw market, the same duty-free stores, the same crowded stretch of sand. It's lively. It's loud. It's also not the picture that made you book this cruise.

That picture is eight miles east: a lighthouse on a private island, two beaches with more chairs than people and water so clear the pigs look like they're floating. You can be there before the pier finishes emptying and back before it fills up again.

Easy to find us

How Our Nassau Shore Excursion Works

1

Through the gates

  1. Off the gangway, out of the port and the taxis are already lined up waiting. Fixed government rates, no negotiating required.
2

Over the bridge

  1. Tell the driver "Paradise Island Ferry Terminal, behind Margaritaville." Ten minutes later, you're there. Booked the Swimming Pigs Express? Even simpler: Stroll east along Bay Street, Elizabeth on Bay Marina is 5 to 10 minutes on foot.
3

Find the yellow polos

  1. That's us. Show your confirmation on your phone, get your wristband, breathe out. Check-in closes 15 minutes before the boat leaves.
4

Cast off

  1. The catamaran needs about 25 minutes. Somewhere in the middle, downtown disappears, the water turns a color your camera won't believe, and your port day officially becomes an island day.
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Two ways this day goes wrong, both avoidable.
1. The water taxi: Charming idea, chaotic timetable, and our ferry can't wait for it. Land taxi over the bridge, always.
2. Your phone: It quietly switches to local time while your ship stays on ship time. Set it manually before you step off and all-aboard stays exactly where you left it.

Two ways aboard

Booking Direct vs Cruise Line Excursion Desk

Chances are we're already in your cruise line's excursion catalog: more than 20 lines calling at Nassau sell Pearl Island days, from Royal Caribbean and Carnival to Disney, MSC and Virgin. 

Book direct with us instead and the same island costs less, cancels free up to 24 hours and carries no booking fee. Your call, we're happy either way! See you on the island!

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The Story at Dinner Tonight? That's This.

While the table talks about the straw market, you'll have swum with pigs on a private island. Book direct, best price, back by four.

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