You can snorkel in to Thunderball Grotto (OF James Bond fame) at Staniel Cay or jump through the blow hole in to the water below. You can swim underwater to enter the caves of Rocky Dundas at Fowl Cay, to see stalactites and stalagmites and even fossilized beetles on the cave walls. These porkies live as strays on the island and swim enthusiastically out to greet visitors that bring them treats such as vegetables and fruit. The most famous attraction are the swimming pigs of Big Major Cay. The beauty of the Exuma Cays is not all about the incredible scuba diving, there are many activities to enjoy around the islands. It feels as if there is a new surprise awaiting in every cay! The entire experience is one of exploration of little touched sites as nature intended. The Exuma Bank offers more protected, calmer waters with shallower dives, whereas the Exuma Sound has more advanced, deeper dives where hammerhead sharks roam. Like all popular destinations in the Bahamas, locations for shark feeds are present, and a few wrecks have been introduced to the shallows for extra variety. Most of the diving in the Exumas is on walls starting in as little as 40 ft (12m) of water, and on shallow reefs with abundant fish life, but there are also several blue holes and underwater cave systems. The park is also home to pristine beaches, hiking trails to caves and grottos, birds and endemic iguana species, making the entire region ideal for scuba diving and adventure liveaboard cruises. Here you can explore shallow coral reefs and colorful walls, several blue holes, thriving mangroves and seagrass eco-systems, where turtles, rays and sharks and regularly sighted. Since 1958, much of the northern area (from Shroud Cay to Bell Cay) has been successfully protected by The Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, the first marine reserve in the wider Caribbean. They are bound by the aquamarine waters of Exuma Bank to the west and the deeper body of water of the Exuma Sound to the east. The Exuma Cays in the northern region are renowned for their breathtaking beauty and species biodiversity. The Exumas archipelago is a chain of more than 350 small islands/cays stretching over 125 miles (200 km) from just south of Nassau to the islands of Great and Little Exuma in the south. Exuma's diving environment: wrecks, wall dives, drifts, healthy reefs, beginner divers. Highlights: shark action, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics, great macro life/ marine diversity, non diving activities.

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