Apr 16, 2025
Recommended - expertly guided! - Really fun experience, very recommended. We chose to snorkel (equipment provided), turtle swimming (not located but stumbled upon 1 by chance enroute) and beaching on Rose Island. Lauren(?) did an excellent job!
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Apr 5, 2025
Lawren was great with our tour! - Lawren was great! We enjoyed the day and he was great to customize the tour and hit all the activities we wanted. Our favorite day of the trip!
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Apr 3, 2025
We enjoyed a beautiful... - We enjoyed a beautiful boat ride on the way to visit several small islands, and got to snorkel, meet pigs and peacocks and turtles. Captain Lawren told us about the Bahamas along the way.
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Mar 29, 2025
Bahamas Land and Sea Boat Tour - Great time with Captain McKinney! Learned a lot about the Bahamas, snorkeled and saw turtles and beautiful beaches. Recommended Bahamas Land and Sea.
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Mar 27, 2025
Amazing day in the Bahamas - This day was the highlight of our trip! We had the most wonderful day on the water with Captain Ramsey. You won't be disappointed with this! It was amazing!
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Mar 25, 2025
A Perfect Excursion - This was one of the best days I’ve ever had on a vacation! Cruising around the Caribbean with music playing and sun shining. We snorkeled and saw sea turtles. Hung out at a beach and saw peacocks and the most turquoise water I’ve ever seen. We got to feed and hold and photograph pigs. The boat was comfortable and the snacks and beverages were as described. Note: if you are arriving by cruise, you will need to pay them a round trip transfer fee of over $100 to get to their actual dock. This was unclear to me in the description. So keep that in mind.
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Mar 21, 2025
Amazing is an... - Amazing is an understatement. I came with 5 other friends for the half day boat trip with Captain Robo, and Toons. Both such lovely and vibrant people, they were telling us a bit about paradise island, making sure we were comfortable and enjoying, and overall were super fun. We even got a free upgrade day of our trip to a bigger, nicer boat, super sweet!! One of our party members even left a wallet on the boat and didn't realize till our Captain reached out to us that he can drop off at our hotel, which is so incredibly generous. Such a great tour group travel group, shoutout Thunderbird Sea Adventures!
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Mar 17, 2025
Best Day Ever - We had such a great day! Captain Lauren was amazing! Went above and beyond to make sure we had all the best family photos and the best experience! Would 10/10 do it again!
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Mar 9, 2025
Private Boat Charter 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - We had a great experience. Captain Lawren handled the waters perfectly and was a lot of fun. He went above and beyond by making sure that we were well taken care of. Ms Davis was so accommodating and even allowed us to stop for a souvenir. Both offered top notch service. Would definitely recommend this excursion! The islands were beautiful!
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Apr 18, 2025
Some Great and Some Bad - but Buyer Beware - they try and get a lot more $$$$ from you. Read On… - The cost of this “Private” excursion is $875. But if it’s a private boat for 4 hours, with multiple stops, it’s worth it.
Here are some components of the experience:
The Captain - We had Captain Lawren who is a great guy and wanted to be helpful and did everything he could do make it enjoyable.
The Driver - SCAM #1 - We were staying at the Atlantis - which is a 5-10 minute drive away from from the hotel, but they don’t tell you that - they tell you that they have relationships with drivers and that the pier is hard to find, and that it will cost $135 for a round trip to and from the hotel. So I paid them separately, bringing the total to $1,010.
It turned out that the Driver WORKS FOR THE TOUR OPERATOR (“BLAST”). And it was just a way for them to make MORE money. The driver seemed to be expecting a tip for the 5-10 minute ride, but I didn’t oblige.
Pig Beach - Athol Island is the island that this tour visits for that. This is NOT the island where the “famous” swimming pigs are - this is a tourist trap Island where they charge you $30 PER PERSON for food for the pigs - which is a cup of diced cantaloupe - and after they demand tips for the people working the Island. It’s a total scam. I was with 6 people so that’s another $180.
Rose Island - it’s a beautiful uninhabited island with one abandoned house that is in disrepair. The water is clear / crystal blue and the kids had a great time there.
Snorkeling with the Turtles - there weren’t a lot of turtles - we saw 2 or 3 of them, and my family doesn’t enjoy snorkeling. The captain though was amazing and tried to maneuver to see as many turtles as possible.
The Boat was at least 30 years old and had an issue that caused the alarm to go off the whole time. At our first stop, the tour company had to switch out the boat.
All in All - I wouldn’t go with this tour provider again. I would dedicate more time to going to the actual island with the pigs and making it a more “professional” trip.
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