You'll never be short of things to do in The Cayman Islands. World-class scuba diving, snorkeling, and sailing are just the beginning of your Islands' adventure. The Islands' history is rich in exotic detail, as our Museums, Botanic Park and National Trust clearly demonstrate. So whether it's a trip under the sea to feed the stingrays, an excursion to the Turtle Farm for a hands-on experience of one of nature's most inspiring miracles, or a journey into the past to revisit the first landing by Christopher Columbus, a feast for the senses and sensibilities awaits you.
World Renowned Dive Sites.
Whether you opt to go in it, or just sit above it, there's something about the turquoise waters, white sand and refreshing breezes that keep visitors to the Cayman Islands coming back for more. There's no limit to the number of things you can see and do, from the thrill of going underwater without getting wet to the fun of parasailing along the beautiful Seven Miles Beach or just basking in the sun. The ideas are endless when you just add water. Watersports centers that offer a variety of ways to get wet are located in the most convenient spots in the Cayman Islands, with the main centers being located at major hotels on Island. Depending on the location, these might include ocean kayaks, windsurfing boards, hobie cats, waverunners, aqua trikes, view boards, sun searcher floats, banana boat rides, paddle cats, paddleboats, parasailing, water-skiing or small sailboats.
Many visitors have discovered the popular watersport windsurfing, skimming with the wind across the surface of the Caribbean is a thrilling experience extolled by windsurfing aficionados. Grand Cayman's East End, North Sound and west coast combine to create an ideal range of conditions for windsurfers of all levels. Avid windsurfers rate the four miles of reef-protected shallows off East End as the best location. Prevailing winds there are 15-25 miles per hour from November through March, with 6 to 10 knot southeasterly breezes in summer months.
As you can see the Cayman Islands offers watersports possibilities that are endless and ready to be enjoyed!The Cayman Islands offers much more than the gentle splendours of sun, sand and sea. Enjoy our unique heritage attractions, Boatswain’s Beach/Cayman Turtle Farm, Pedro Saint James, Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park and the National Museum. Rollick aboard a pirate cruise on the Jolly Roger or the Anne Bonnie. Revel in the festive atmosphere and delicious libations at Rum Point. Or take to the links on one of our three championship golf courses. Feeling adventurous? Plunge the depths aboard the Atlantis Deep Dive Submarine, the only excursion of its kinds anywhere on earth. Explore our natural treasures on a hike along the Mastic Trail on Grand Cayman, a stroll through Bobby Pond Nature Reserve in Little Cayman, home to the largest population of red-footed boobies in the Western Hemisphere, or a visit to the Brac Parrot Reserve, where you’ll glimpse the rare Cayman Brac parrot. Or immerse yourself in Cayman’s rich culture firsthand at the Cayman Craft Market or any of our impressive galleries, all while enjoying our greatest attraction-the warm, welcoming Caymanian people.
Pedro St. James Historic Site
Is the restored centre-piece of a national historic site overlooking the Caribbean Sea with the best view in Grand Cayman. Visitors can stroll through the edifice built along the lines of the Caribbean plantation Great Houses and containing period furniture and interesting artifacts from that long-lost time. Visit the gift shop and don’t miss the site’s multimedia show (it runs every hour); rated the best in the Caribbean, it’s an experience you will long remember.
Grand Cayman's Q. E. II Botanic Park
The Visitors Centre, Heritage Garden and Floral Garden are spectacular additions. Along the Woodland Trail lies the Blue Iguana Habitat, which is the centre for the National Trust’s Blue Iguana Recovery Program. The National Trust of the Cayman Islands began its work with these intriging creatures soon after its formation in 1987, with an ultimate repopulation goal of 1000. The Habitat has become an exceptionally popular area as the captive breeding grounds for these fascinating reptiles (Cyclura nubila lewisi) who only two decades ago were facing extinction. Frequently found freely roaming the grounds of the Park, these “blue dragons” delight both local and foreign visitors who happen upon them.
Boatswains Beach and the Turtle Farm
Cayman newsest and most spectacular new tourist attraction. See 16,000 sea turtles, some as small as 6 ounces, some as big as 600 pounds!
Stingray City
The stingrays began gathering in the area decades ago when fisherman used to clean fish on the shallow sand bars. The stingrays would forget their normally shy dispositions and feast on the guts of the cleaned fish. Soon the stingrays began to associate the sound of a boat motor with food. In the late 1980s, divers starting feeding squid to the stingrays, which is one of their favorite dishes. Imagine a completely unique once in a lifetime experience you can find nowhere else in the world. As you enter our crystal clear turquoise waters the graceful southern stingrays glide tranquilly past in there natural habitat. Enjoy this unique experience of touching and feeding a Stingray, together with snorkeling amongst magnificent coral reefs and colorful tropical fish. The Stingray City Sandbar in Grand Cayman is lots of fun and suitable for everyone. Standing in only three feet of water you will be surrounded by more than two dozen friendly Stingray's.
Cayman Craft Market
Located in central George town this market place offers locally made wood & leathering products, Thatch and straw work and Local visual arts. Find yourself immersed in a unique Caymanian atmosphere where you can purchase a real part of Cayman whilst learning about our past and one of a kind culture.
Hell
Would you like to say you’ve been to hell and back and really mean it? Well you can! Hell Grand Cayman, take pictures with the devil send postcards postmarked from hell and view the spectacular rock formations created by weathered ironshore. The Hell post office opened in 1962 to accommodate requests from tourists to send post cards home to their friends and families from “hell”. The iron shore formations have been estimated at 1.5 million years old.
Rum Point
On the north coast of Grand Cayman, lies the ever popular Rum Point. Here, flat white sands backed by shade trees lead down to the calm blue sea. Peace and quiet is just one offering you'll find at many of the Cayman Islands' beaches, and this sedate vacation style can be had at Rum Point without taking you too far away. Snorkeling in the crystalline waters is a popular activity at Rum Point, as well as, volleyball, windsurfing, and parasailing. A beach bar and grill, Wreck Bar, provides food and cold drinks, including beer.
Tennis
If you fear getting out of shape during your holiday the Cayman Islands can readily accommodate your passion for tennis with dozens of courts available at the many resports and an impressive tennis club with 9 courts.
Hiking
Hiking trails are as diverse as the islands themselves. On Grand Cayman, the Mastic Trail is a two mile stretch back in time, dating back at least 100 years, through one of the last remaining example’s of the Caribbean’s dry, subtropical forests. A hike on the Mastic Trail will delight you with glimpses of animals and plants unique to the Cayman Islands.
In Cayman Brac well-marked trails lacing the island range from easy strolls to a series of caves on the southern shoreline to 2 miles of nature trails through a reserve set aside for the rare Cayman parrot on the island’s bluff. (The reserve is also home to some 150 other bird species.) Bring a pair of sturdy hiking boots, because the limestone on the bluff is rugged – and the panoramic views of the sea from the edge of the bluff, which reaches an elevation of 140 feet, is well worth a little exercise
Orchids and parrots burst with color, doves and woodpeckers hover overhead, snakes and lizards wander the footpaths. Grand Cayman's Mastic Trail serves up all this wildlife, plus a lush forest of cedar, mahogany, and palms, along with lowlands dense with mangrove. Of course, much of the Caribbean once looked like this, but colonization and the subsequent clearing wiped out much of the native habitat. Even on Grand Cayman, which is a low, coral-formed island, nature once displayed astounding diversity. Now, through the efforts of the National Trust for the Cayman Islands, the Mastic Reserve has been established in the steamy interior of the island, featuring trails through portions of the original dry, subtropical forests.
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