The small propeller plane touches down in the setting sun at Exuma International Airport on an island which is perhaps better known as the home of the "swimming pigs." Welcome to Exuma in the Bahamas.

If you bring your own food, it's best to eat it on the boat rather than on the island filled with wild animals. For more information on Pig Beach, visit the Bahamas tourism board website.

Located in the Exumas, Big Major Cay – commonly known as Pig Beach – is the original Bahamas island with swimming pigs. It is accessible from several islands in the Bahamas as well as Florida.

An curved arrow pointing right. Pig Island is located in the Bahamas' Exuma Cays. No one is sure exactly how the pigs got there, but Pig Beach has become a huge tourist destination. You can watch ...

Click here for more information. This fella knows how to keep cool. He's a swimming pig on Pig Island in the Bahamas.

Please don't pick up baby pigs, reads the sign on Big Mayor Island, in Exuma, the Bahamas. Simone Spohr/dpa-tmn ...