A southern stingray gliding over white sand in shallow turquoise water

The North Sound sandbar, and the boat that gets you there

Waist-deep on the sandbar, surrounded by stingrays. Start there.

Which boat reaches Stingray City before the cruise tenders do. What a three-stop morning costs. Whether Starfish Point earns the extra hour. Reviews of every tour you can book in the Cayman Islands.

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119tours to book

$24cheapest ticket

21days out under $75

01The sandbarStingray City Experience Plus Two Snorkeling Stops on Grand Cayman★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 1,477 reviews · from $80Stingray City plus two snorkel stops, and the trip more travellers here take than any other.
02Under the islandCayman Crystal Caves Tour in Grand Cayman★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 376 reviews · from $143A collapsed cave system in North Side, walked on boardwalks between the stalactites. The one morning that has nothing to do with saltwater.
03Your own hullPrivate Boat Tours: Customize Your Grand Cayman Adventure!★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 118 reviewsA private boat for the day, run to your timetable instead of the tender schedule. Split six ways it stops being a splurge.

The sandbar day

Stingray City on its own, or the three-stop morning.

Every boat in the North Sound runs a version of the same morning. What separates them is how many times the engine stops, and what that adds to the fare.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · Starfish Point, Stingray City & Coral Garden (3-STOP Adventure)

Just the sandbarTwo hours standing in waist-deep water with the rays, then back to the dock. from $63

Sandbar and Starfish PointAdd the shallows off Rum Point, where the starfish sit in a foot of water. from $60

The three-stop morningRays, starfish, then a reef stop at Coral Gardens with the fish. from $56 All 53 stingray trips →

Most booked

What travellers to Grand Cayman actually book.

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Almost all of it happens in the North Sound, inside an hour of George Town.

★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 1,477 reviews

Stingray City Experience Plus Two Snorkeling Stops on Grand Cayman

Review of Grand Cayman’s Stingray City tour with Coral Gardens and Barrier Reef snorkeling, boat logistics, value, tips, and booking advice.

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2Starfish Point, Stingray City & Coral Garden (3-STOP Adventure)★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 1,168 reviewsfrom $80
3Night Bioluminescence Snorkel Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 987 reviewsfrom $145
4Stingray City Experience Plus One Snorkeling Stop★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 577 reviewsfrom $75
5Private, luxury, custom charters to Stingray City, Snorkeling & More★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 488 reviews
6Private Half Day Stingray City, Snorkeling and Starfish Beach Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 465 reviews
7Small Group E-Bike Grand Cayman Ecological Half-Day Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 416 reviewsfrom $129
8Stingray City Sandbar, Coral Gardens Snorkeling & Star Fish Point★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 384 reviewsfrom $65

On the water

A whole day in the North Sound, on somebody else’s boat or your own.

Six-seat charters running out to the sandbar, catamarans that take the reef at sunset, reef fishing past the drop-off. Private hulls dominate this end of the island: most of these go out as a whole boat rather than a seat.

Private charters Boat trips Catamarans Reef fishing Jet skis Snorkelling

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After dark

Grand Cayman’s bio bay only works on a black night.

The North Sound holds one of the few bioluminescent bays in the Caribbean. Disturb the water after dark and it lights up around your hands and fins. It needs no moon and no cloud glow behind it, which is why these boats run to the lunar calendar rather than to yours. Book the darkest night of your trip, not the most convenient one.

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01Night Bioluminescence Snorkel Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 987 reviews · from $145
02Bioluminescent Bay Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 288 reviews · from $95
03Private: Bioluminescence Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 44 reviews

What it costs

What a day out in Grand Cayman really costs.

Every tour on the site, grouped by what one person pays. Private charters are priced by the boat rather than the head, so they sit outside this ladder.

Under $75

The standard sandbar mornings, the beach runs and the distillery pass in George Town.

$75–149

Three-stop boats, the Crystal Caves, and the bio bay after dark.

1Stingray City Experience Plus Two Snorkeling Stops on Grand Caymanfrom $80
2Starfish Point, Stingray City & Coral Garden (3-STOP Adventure)from $80
3Night Bioluminescence Snorkel Tourfrom $145

$150 and up

Whole-boat charters, the three-hour jet-ski circuit, and the long food-and-culture afternoon.

1Cayman’s Classic Food Tasting & Cultural Experiencefrom $199
23HR Full Island Life Jetski Tourfrom $395
3Private Stingray City Snorkeling and BioBay Charter for 6 Guestsfrom $2,000

Off the boat

Grand Cayman above the waterline.

The island is flat, dry and small enough to drive end to end in an hour. What sits on it: a collapsed cave system in North Side, six and a bit miles of west-facing sand, and a capital that empties the moment the ships pull up their tenders.

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★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · Cayman Crystal Caves Tour in Grand Cayman