This unusual activity has put Exuma on the map in the past few years and has sparked similar experiences on other islands in the Bahamas. Wild pigs instantly appear on the beach when they hear a boat approach and swim out to meet visitors — primarily because the visitors are throwing them bread and, ironically, hot dogs.

Many island-hopping excursions out of Great Exuma include swimming with the pigs in their day’s itinerary and Island Boy Adventures is one that gets high marks.