Is a day trip to the Exumas from Nassau worth it?

Yes, a day trip to the Exumas from Nassau is worth it: full-day powerboat tours reach wild swimming pigs, Allen’s Cay iguanas, and sandbars that no resort pool deck can match. Boats leave Nassau in the early morning, cross roughly 35 miles of open water, and pack in three to five stops before returning around 5 p.m. Expect $250 to $500 per person; fly-in trips to Staniel Cay cost more. Seas can chop. Travelers choosing between Atlantis and the cays should know the difference: one is a water park, the other is the postcard. Anyone with more than a day sees far more from a crewed yacht anchored inside the chain itself: Bahamas crewed yacht charters start where the day boats turn around.