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Bahamas

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Best time to go

 During Dec – April.
Peak season and the most expensive time to travel is April to June. Avoid hurricane season (during June - Nov) where some of the smaller islands close. Wet season runs from June to November with the wettest months being October and June.

 

Best supplier to book is through Major travel (ask for Ash). If booking for yourself as the agent, best to contact the hotel directly. Paradise Island is the place to go. Family friendly and lots to do and is only 30mins from the hotel.

 

• Atlantis Hotel – Family friendly

The Cove Hotel – Family friendly and they also have a separate adults pool Agent rate – 30-40% off when you book directly with the hotel for yourself.

The Wreath – these are apartments and is more the luxury hotel to book. This is also a great place to book for families of more than 4.

• The Ocean Club (where Casino Royale was filmed) and Four Seasons are the top end hotels. These are for those clients that want top top end. Four Seasons used to be call the ‘One and Only’. Watch out as people request this hotel but it is now called the Four Seasons.

 

• Bahama – this is on mainland

• Melia

• Rosewood

Most popular supplier(s) to use

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Must do activities/excursions

PIG ISLAND

This is an 8/9-hour day trip so bare this in mind when booking this activity for families with young children. The island is 85 miles out of Bahamas and there are 3 ways people tend to get to Pig Island:

1. Fly from Nassau to Staniel Cay – Flamingo Air which operates daily and is a 40mins flight. Flights leave daily at 8am and return at 4pm. The average cost is $250pp for a round trip.

From Staniel Cay you can pick up the PIG BEACH TOUR (bookable through where you can earn commission: www.viator.com

The price is approx $350 per person plus a 12%VAT charge and includes lunch, pick up and drop off from the airport.

2. Fly to the mainland and do a boat tour! There are daily lights (Bahamas Air) to George town which costs approx $200pp for a round trip. 

There is a 7 hour speedboat adventure which includes visits to the water attractions like Thunder Ball Grotto, swimming with pigs, Starfish Bay, Allans Cay Iguanas and much more which you can go through Coastline Adventure (www.coastlineadventuresexuma.com). Prices start approx $224 pp.

 

3. Speedboat from Nassau

Book a day trip with www.harboursafaris.com.

Tour length - 8-9 Hours

Departure point  - Bay Street Marina

Check - In 7.30am

Return time - 4.30pm

Prices  - $399 for adults (15+) and $359 for children 10 and above 

Price includes chilled bottled water throughout the day, food to feed the swimming pigs and lunch at a local restaurant

 

Please note all persons MUST be age 10 and up. This trip is not suitable for expectant mothers , infants or persons with any back or neck problems, heart problems or anyone effected by high speed travel.

Pig Island is extremely busy and the pigs do bite. Recommend instead of doing the pigs to reach out to the contact below who will organise a better package: James Dunnam, Instagram: eleutherabahamas_swimmingpigs

For approximately $500 for 6 hours in a boat of up to 10, he will take you wherever you would like as well as his own island with pigs. He can also take you to swim with dolphins and turtles and visit Sand Bar which is another incredible island.

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HARBOUR ISLAND 

Recommended duration: 3 nights.

With so may beautiful islands why not split your holiday and hop over to the beautiful Harbour Island for a few nights . Flights go daily from Nassau to north Elthuthra. On the island there is horse riding along the beach that has pink sand! No cars are allowed on the island. You can hire a golf buggy.

 

Places to stay:

• Pink sands

• Coral sands

• Valentines Resort – on the marina

 

2 ways to get to Harbour island:

1. Ferry from the mainland

2. Fly with Pineapple Air which is a 10 min flight

Book Harbour Island tour through: Spanish Wells Bahamas Ocean Safaris – they can be found on Facebook.

ROSE ISLAND

This is a deserted island day trip which is stunning and worth a trip! The island was home to a pineapple plantation centuries ago. The island's coast was the filming location for the crash-landing of a Vulcan Bomber in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball.

 

This can be booked through the Back Office.

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