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.

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.

No running water in bathrooms. - The women’s bathrooms did not have running water no way to flush the toilets or wash your hands. When we told a worker they said it’s ok. No hand sanitizers provided. Lunch was questionable at best only rice, chicken legs, fish strips, and steamed veggies. No place to purchase water or anything of the sort 2 large water jugs available at lunch but one of the jugs had orange stuff floating in the cups. The walk to the boat was pretty far. They drop you off at the straw market so it’s a longer walk back to your ship. We had a late visit to the pig island so we stayed on pearl island for most of the day. Very run down island rusty lounge chairs the pool was murky. A worker male worker came into the women’s bathroom without saying anything. There was almost no shade at all and no sunblock for sale. Boat ride over was very uncomfortable the bench on the transport boat was very wobbly and swayed with each wave. Once we got to the pig island we only had an hour with the pigs. And one small cup of food half full. For the price it is not worth it.

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.

Your company left 5 minutes early without us - Definitely swim with the pigs, just not with this company. We purchased online and received the tickets and a meeting point with a time of 1030am. We arrived at 10:25am to the boat pulling away. We ran to the end of the dock but it was too far by that point. These guys have NO PATIENCE and no care for the high price they charge. Chargeback coming for services not rendered. If you do decide to use this company, arrive at your meeting point at least 30 min ahead of time because they will absolutely leave you and they will leave early with no notice. They do not care at all.

Non responsive company that left early before scheduled meeting time - By all means, find a company to do this experience, just not this one. We booked on line and received the tickets and meeting info. The tickets say MEET AT 1030AM. We pulled up to the ferry terminal at 10:25am as the boat was pulling away! If the ticket says 1030am, they should wait until 1030am, at the very least. The phone number listed on their ticket is invalid so you can't call them, and they don't respond to messages. We tried coordinating with them the night before so we wouldn't have any problems. They never answered. Absolutely no patience or care for the amount of money they charge. We ultimately were able to join another excursion but rest assured, a chargeback will be filed for failure to render services if a refund is not voluntarily provided. Absolutely do not recommend this company. They do not care. If you ARE going to use them, be there 30 min early because they WILL leave early and they WILL leave without you without a moments hesitation.