Days 1–2: Nassau & Paradise Island → Day 3: Excursion to Eleuthera’s Pig Island → Day 4: Pink Sands Beach on Harbour Island → Day 5: Snorkeling trip or Blue Hole exploration → Day 6: Departure from Nassau. Based in Nassau, with short boat rides or small-plane transfers between islands to avoid frequent luggage hauling.
Check into a downtown hotel upon arrival: Explore Bay Street, Parliament Square, and pastel-painted colonial buildings by horse-drawn carriage or on foot → Visit the Pirates Museum to learn about the golden age of buccaneers → End the evening at Arawak Cay’s Fish Fry for conch fritters.
Cross the bridge to Paradise Island: Visit Atlantis’s water park (The Dig tunnel and Shark Attack slide) → Dolphin Cay and the aquarium → Watch the sunset at Cabbage Beach; day passes are available for non-guests.
Take a small plane or speedboat to the Exuma Islands: Stroll along the Sandbar shallows → Feed iguanas on Iguana Island → The highlight: swimming with pigs at Big Major Cay → Optional encounter with stingrays (weather permitting) on the return trip.
Arrive via ferry or speedboat (approx. 3 hours): Relax on the 5-kilometer pink-sand beach, tinted by coral, and ride horses along the shore → Visit the colonial village of Dunmore Town and the old sugar mill ruins → Return to Nassau in the evening.
Choose one: Morning dolphin encounter and snorkeling trip at Blue Lagoon Island; or fly to Andros Island to see blue holes and the third-largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere (small-plane round-trip); end the evening with cliffside dining in Nassau.
Pick up rum cakes and seashell souvenirs on Bay Street in the morning, then head to Lynden Pindling International Airport in the afternoon; U.S.-bound flights complete pre-clearance at the airport.