Exactly what you'd expect. - Pearl island was really pretty. Water was crystal clear. Paddle boards and kayaks were available. However know if you have littles the current was just present enough that if they don't know what they're doing they could get pulled a little. Its slow so no major concern, just keep your eyess peeled. Lunch provided was really tasty. Feeding the pigs was a fun and different experience. Overall, what we expected out of the day.

Swimming pigs and beach excursion. - The swimming pig experience was everything that we expected and more. We were extremely happy with the entire excursion. The beach after seeing the pigs was beautiful. I would definitely recommend.

10/10 - Fun time, highly recommend for locals and visitors, food and atmosphere is great. Can't wait to return in the future with family and friends.

Ok - Experience different, spend the day on a beach and then separate 45 minutes to will another island interact with the pigs.

Not worth it. - Booked a Pearl Island and swimming with pigs excursion through a cruise line. The representative from Pearl Island met us outside the ship and had everyone line up to get wristbands. As he was asking everyone how many were in their groups he laughed at me when I told him just 1. Why is someone traveling alone funny to him? The trip to the island itself was ok. Once on the island, we were told to come back at 1 pm for the boat to swim with pigs. I walked around the island a bit, and checked out the “lighthouse” which was obviously just a lookout tower and was never an actual lighthouse. There was a table at the top to sit at but the table top was not attached to the base as I found out when I set my bag down on it and the table top and my bag fell to the ground. Went to the little gift shop and was told the credit card machine was down, didn’t bring enough cash with me to buy any of the overpriced souvenirs. There was no designated smoking area so people were just smoking all over the island including the dining area where they serve lunch. I swam for a little while at the small beach then found a lounge chair till it was time to go to Pig Beach. 1 pm came and everyone had also bought the same tour went to the boats but they would not let us out on the pier to get on them. We all watched as the employees from the boats went and got lunch then sat on the boat eating before they would let us on the boat to go across to Pig Beach around 1:30 pm. Once we finally got to Pig Beach we were greeted by the employees there who all had nicknames, most of which had to do with smoking drugs. We found out the pigs only swim to get the food that the participants take out to the water. When all the food is gone they all go back into the shade of trees but it was fun to feed them. They don’t really like to be petted, but they tolerate it while going from person to person looking for snacks. We had about an hour at Pig Beach before the boat came back to return us to Pearl Island. The excursion description specifically said lunch was served after the visit to Pig Beach so we only had about 25 minutes to eat lunch before the 3 pm boat back to the cruise terminal due to them being late to take us across. The boat back to the cruise terminal did leave on time. When we returned to the cruise terminal they did not drop us off on the pier next to the ship where they picked us up, we were dropped off right next to a bunch of street vendors outside the cruise terminal. The aggressive vendors were nearly getting on the boat trying to sell hair braiding and other trinkets before we could even step off the boat. It was about a half-mile walk through all the vendors back to the cruise ships.

Glad to say we did it - Pig Boss was amazing and helpful!! Let our daughters see the piglets and hold them! The workers who worked on pig beach were great. Pearl island was a charge so we did not realize their credit card system was down. We also did not bring cash… drinks were Ok but expensive and the cash only made it hard. The experience itself of the swimming pigs excision was average. The girls loved feeding the pigs but it definitely was not swimming with the pigs.

Be aware-not worth it for the $$$ - No worth it for the money, they cheated us 1 hrs and snorkeling and the Island activities were very low. Not recommending this tour.

Left behind and berated by staff - ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. Only good thing was seeing the pigs, and the “beach access”. Even that is a stretch. Waste of money. Definitely rundown, beach chairs were uncomfortable. No shade. Pool was closed down. Drinks over priced. “Lunch” was disgusting. Pigs were cute but they did not swim. All the water activities were closed due to wind which was not their fault but then proceeded to let people take kayaks anyway, and we watched people get stuck in the currents and nearly pulled out to sea if they did not grab a hold of the pier they would have been gone. Had to fight to get on a boat back to the port where cruise ship is. Literally almost missed our cruise ship. They had to notify the ship after fighting with the attitude filled attendants. Was about 35 minutes late and had to get escorted back to ship since we booked with our ship. Our ship handled the situation very well. Definitely don’t book unless you do it with your ship otherwise you’ll get left behind. Very disappointed. Would have rather have used our time doing something else while on our vacation. I may never go on another excursion again, thanks to them. Just a warning.

Terrible - The pig experience is not swimming with the pigs, it’s feeding them on the beach. You don’t receive and food or water for yourself and it was extremely hot. If you want to go back to pearl island early that is not an option you have to wait for the boat to pick you up. The pigs are aggressive. Pearl island didn’t have much to do and again for the price we couldn’t even get water. We were on a cruise but because we booked through Viator we were last to get a back to the ships. We waited over an hour in the heat with no water, to get on a boat back. Would NOT recommend this tour especially not in the summer!

Don’t waste your money - There are many other free things to do around the island that are much nicer. There was a woman lifeguard that screamed at everyone swimming. The lady who served our food was very rude, waiving plates at everyone to move. They tell you not to bring any outside food and when you get there charge you $3 for one bottle of water, except for the one lukewarm water you get with your lunch and are told multiple times by the person serving not to take more than one, you only paid for one lukewarm glass of water. The souvenirs were overpriced, $30 for a stuffed animal. The people that did the swimming with the pigs were very nice and friendly. They made sure everyone got good pictures.