Best Cruise Tours of the Bahamas
The Bahamas offer breathtaking beaches, clear waters and fascinating historical landmarks to discover on cruise excursions – something which should appeal to every taste!
Take a scenic cruise around the Bahamas on this shore excursion that also offers time at a private beach, and visit Lucayan National Park with its mysterious caves.
1. Freeport Kayak and Nature Experience
Explore Freeport’s natural side with this six hour Bahamas cruise excursion that features kayak exploration of Lucayan National Park’s inland creeks, mangrove forests and ancient trails by kayak. Plus you’ll experience guided nature walk and visit to a natural cave!
Discover the local wildlife on this tour perfect for birders and nature enthusiasts alike. Visit Taino Beach and an idyllic former settlement before hiking along Heritage Trail Nature Walk’s paved pathways, filled with native plants that support a wide range of bird species.
Visit Nassau between November and May if you prefer lower humidity, heat and crowds. Here, you can still experience many of its highlights while experiencing more comfortable temperatures.
2. Nassau Culinary Tour
The Bahamas offer a vibrant culture that extends into their cuisine, featuring exquisite Caribbean spices and locally sourced ingredients. This Nassau tour combines cultural food and history, visiting six tasting locations such as local restaurants, unique specialty grocery stores, family-owned ethnic restaurants, artisan chefs and popular local eateries.
Visit a casual eatery serving soul-nourishing Bahamian classics, sample jams, salts, and island bush teas from a specialty spice merchant, enjoy organic truffles from an award-winning pastry chef, and discover Nassau’s historic downtown neighborhood on this truly culinary excursion.
If you enjoy rum, be sure to visit John Watling’s Distillery during your cruise vacation. Here, you’ll learn about its role in shaping the history of The Bahamas. Fort Charlotte also deserves your consideration as it contains fascinating dungeons, canons and tunnels; finally the Heritage Museum provides insight into this country’s past through exhibitions and fossils.
3. Freeport Pig Swim
The Bahamas offer no shortage of tourist attractions for visitors to enjoy, from Nassau’s pirate heritage and Freeport’s nature-rich national parks to Princess Cays and Half Moon Cay’s VIP atmosphere – not forgetting Grand Bahama Island where one can swim with pigs! But one truly special experience can only be found here — swimming with them!
Not much is known about how these pigs ended up at Big Major Cay, but it has quickly become one of the Bahamas’ most beloved shore excursions. Cruise ships frequently stop here so their passengers can wade in the shallow waters and feed apples directly to them!
Tours that visit pigs also include other stops, like visiting nurse shark habitats or sandbars and sea caves (depending on your tour). It is wise to book these tours well ahead of time in order to ensure they do not become cancelled due to adverse weather. These full-day excursions depart either Nassau or Georgetown on Great Exuma.
4. Grand Bahama Island Shopping Tour
No matter the occasion for your trip, The Bahamas provide an abundance of experiences guaranteed to leave an impressionful mark. From high end resorts and exotic drinks, to rich cultural influences like those brought over from Africa via slavery and British Loyalists – The Bahamas have it all and more.
Explore Grand Bahama Island Shopping Tour to experience an accessible version of a traditional Bahamian marketplace known as Port Lucaya Marketplace, where shoppers will find everything from duty-free crystal to unique island crafts and souvenirs for sale. Here, too, will be found family-friendly activities as well as local cuisine such as a live conch salad demonstration to show the expertise of native chefs.
