For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Travel Guide has been your connection to Grand Cayman's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
Grand Cayman Island Activities & Attractions
Considered to have some of the greatest underwater diversity in the world, Grand Cayman Island offers scuba divers outstanding opportunities to explore the sea. With over 250 dive sites, shallow reefs alive with schooling fish, a variety of sunken ship wrecks to explore and the world’s best 12-foot dive Sting Ray City in the North Sound of Grand Cayman Island there is so much to see underwater and with outstandingly warm water and visibility often greater than 100 feet, you won’t soon forget the magical, mysterious Caribbean Ocean off Grand Cayman Island. The luxurious comforts of your bed and breakfast will soothe and relax you after a day scuba diving the sparkling azure seas.
After a day underwater or if activities on land are more your style, Grand Cayman Island delights bed and breakfast visitors with a myriad of opportunities to explore the island. From horseback riding off the beaten path and the Cayman Islands National Museum with a great introduction to the islands’ natural and cultural history to a hike along the Mastic Trail sneaking through virgin woodlands and Cayman’s 65-acre Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park, there is something for everyone in Grand Cayman. Turtle Farm at Botswain’s Beach is one of the Cayman Islands’ greatest attractions, a salt water lagoon holding more than 11,000 green sea turtles. In the well-loved Touch Tanks you can hold the yearlings and gently rub their necks – a soothing touch they love! The Predator Reef lets you put your face up to the glass and get a close look at sharks, groupers, and eels, and definitely don’t miss feeding time. Your afternoon exploring Grand Cayman on foot will leave you looking forward to cat nap at your bed and breakfast or perhaps an early cocktail on the porch overlooking the sandy shores and crashing waves.
Often called the unofficial “national sport” of the Cayman Islands, fishing for blue marlin, tuna, wahoo, and mahi mahi is a year-round adventure. Caymanian captains and guides on sportfishing charters delight in helping visiting fishermen, so don’t be intimidated by the Caribbean! Anglers can choose the style that suits them best; shore fishing, bottom and reef fishing, light tackle, and fly fishing. The Cayman Islands International Fishing Tournament is held annually in late April, an event you won’t want to miss if sportfishing is your game.
