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Starfish and Stingray City Fun Tour with Reef Snorkeling- 3 stops

George Town, Cayman Islands

Starfish and Stingray City Adventure with Snorkeling

3 hours 30 minutes
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

Visit three Grand Cayman attractions on this tour to Stingray City, the Coral Garden, and a location where you can snorkel with starfish. You'll have the chance to swim near stingrays in their natural environment and enjoy the clear Caribbean waters of the Cayman Islands. Snorkeling gear and transportation from the cruise terminal and hotels in George Town and the Seven Mile Beach area are provided.

Grand Cayman boat and snorkeling adventure
Visit Stingray City to swim near a community of stingrays in their natural environment
Snorkel around a coral reef, and see starfish
Necessary gear provided

What's Included

Departs from main cruise ship terminal (Royal Watler Terminal)
Hotel/port pickup and drop-off in Central George Town and Seven Mile Beach
Professional guides
Sightseeing Tour
Use of Snorkeling equipment
Sodas and Water
Restroom
Sheltered vessel

Gratuities
Souvenir photos (available to purchase)

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to your preferred meeting point, or request pickup.

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End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

IMPORTANT Travelers coming by cruise ship must provide the ship's full name. Visitors being picked up at the resort must provide the entire name of the resort. We provide FREE shuttle service from/to resorts, condos, AirBnB, and the Royal Watler Cruise Ship Terminal. We are stationed to the rear of the Royal Watler Terminal, prior to entering the public area. Cruise ship passengers are picked up at Royal Watler Terminal, while hotel/condo guests are picked up in the resort lobby on Seven Mile Beach and West Bay. If you are driving to our location, we are located at the Safe Haven Marina, second cabana on the right. Most resorts and condos on Seven Mile Beach are seven minutes away from our departure station. Please state in the location section 'Driving to location' if you plan to drive to us.

What To Expect

Your boat tour takes you to three locations around Grand Cayman, the highlight of which is Stingray City, a section of water (no more than 5 feet / 1.5 meters deep) and sandbars home to a population of southern stingrays.

When you arrive, learn about the proper behavior when you're in the water from the boat crew, and then hop in with a provided snorkel and mask to swim near the stingrays. Next, head to the Coral Garden, a nearby location when you can swim among some of the Cayman Islands' most colorful reefs.

Your third stop is snorkeling with starfish, where you can relax in shallow water and look at different species of starfish. This is an especially popular activity for young kids.

Your tour ends with return to the starting point.

Stingray City

Admission Ticket Included

Starfish Point

Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate

Please book the earliest tour to your arrival time to ensure you are returned to your ship prior to boarding time.
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This tour/activity will have a maximum of 50 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Educational, exhilirating, fantastic

Rodney_G, May 2024

The excursion was everything and more, we learned so much about StingRay's, Starfish and the crew was super fun. The locations we went to were just immaculate. Zach & his crew were the best.

A must do if visiting Cayman

Mayra_B, Apr 2024

Great experience! The guides were awesome, fun and go out of their way to ensure everyone has a great time. Definitely a top highlight during my time in Cayman.

Unforgettable experience

Christopher_A, Apr 2024

From transportation, crew/staff, & spending the day in the crystal clear blue waters… what an experience it was! The sting rays, snorkeling & starfish point were all well worth the price. The crew was fun & attentive also providing beverages. Loved everything about this tour A+!

Great tour, friendly staff

Marcus_M, Apr 2024

Holding the stingrays, snorkeling at the three different points/stops. Staff was friendly and ensured your safety.

We found the trip and...

Donald_B, Apr 2024

We found the trip and experience very enjoyable. Jake and Wally were very knowledgeable and fun to have as tour guides.

Fun filled day

Christina_H, Apr 2024

I recommend this excursion to anyone that wants a detailed explanation of what is going to go on from a very knowledgeable crew. I thoroughly enjoyed my time snorkeling, handling the sting rays, and starfish. It was a great day the day my family and I went.

Great trip!!

Chris_A, Apr 2024

Good value. Experience was great! Snorkel site was better than some other areas. At each site the crew made sure that everyone had a chance to enjoy the experience.

Crowded

Nathan_T, Apr 2024

Way too crowded. Too Many People to get a good experience. Got a few photos and had an interaction but it was super crowded

Just do it

Adam_K, Apr 2024

Great experience, terrific crew and pretty well organized. Boat ride was great and the stingray sand bar didn’t disappoint. Very good snorkeling for the time we had.

process to check in meds improvement or more help

Kathleen_M, Apr 2024

the check in process at port very crowded and disorganized , long lines and no one directing people stingray city was nice , thought there would be more stingrays and more starfish to view

great family fun

william_f, Apr 2024

Great staff friendly captain very experienced and knowledgeable about the area and waters. Always felt comfortable and safe knowing he was in charge of the excursion bring us all to great places to snorkel and play with the sting rays.

Not great but still a good experience that I can recommend.

Leif_E, Apr 2024

Pick up was 15 min late, bus was very old and boat as well. Nevertheless; the guides were great and the sights are worth visiting. They provided plenty of water and soda on board. We felt a little rushed, especially at the starfish beach. Overall not a great experience but it was a good one and I would recommend it.

Great value, really fun.and👍👍👍👍👍👍🩷🩷🩷

LINDA_B, Apr 2024

Holding the sting ray and see g a barracuda on the snorkeling trip. Boat ride was fun and comfortable. Great captain and crew

Stingray and starfish

Aliona_S, Apr 2024

It was a great tour. We really enjoyed it. The company really trustfull and looking about your safety. The wind was stronger then usual and we got even advise from organisers not to go just to be safe. But we still decided to go and it wasn’t so bad. We were glad that we made that decision. I would really recommend for everyone and this company and this tour. And there was even photographer onboard.The only advice we want to leave to announce about pictures before leaving the ship. It’s very important, because we forgot about them😉

Amazing experience

Avanti_d, Apr 2024

We loved the snorkel experience the most!! It felt like an aquarium choc full of different varieties of colorful fish big and small.

Great time for all

Toni_V, Apr 2024

We had a great time! We took longer getting off the ship than expected so I called to let them know we were on the way. They waited for us to get there and made sure we got on the bus. The man who captained the boat was fantastic! He let the little ones take turns steering the boat. I recommend this tour!

Manage your expectations

Michael_J, Apr 2024

It would appear at first as a snorkeling tour. Its not! First stop was Starfish Point where you might expect to see a coral bed filled with starfish. What we saw was small beach front with a sandy floor and one star fish. Oddly enough every other tour boat with 20-30 tourists were also there making it a crowd of 150 people to walk in knee deep water and one guy holding a star fish out of the water so his kids could see it. (which you are never suppose to do). As an avid SCUBA Diver I was appalled at the disrespect for the sea and 150 people expecting something amazing. Our second stop was "Sting Ray City" however the same group of boats and people were now in waist deep water over a small sand bar off the coast which did have an abundance of smaller juvenile sting rays. Again just sand, no snorkeling with local guides holding the sting rays for family pictures, petting and kissing the rays! Disappointed with the 20 minute stops with these two spots I re-boarded the boat for a trip to our third spot hoping for a nice swim and snorkel in an undamaged reef. As the tour started at a meeting place around 11:30am, by now it was approaching 2:30pm I asked if there were any snacks for the kids. My grandson was starved as lunch did not occur before our departure time. No food or snacks were provided, but bottled water was provided. I was however provided with a funny look from staff as if my question was in a language from another planet. Arriving at our last stop water was over ten feet deep and pleasant calm waters for 20 minutes of snorkeling. As a member of PADI Project AWARE I did take the time to pull as much trash from the sea as I could carry. Disappointed we headed back to shore, a 25 minute journey to the Harbor and a 15 minute Bus ride where I had to sit on the floor of the van as there weren't enough seats for all the passengers, some kids sat in parents laps. As I wish to convey ...manage your expectations for snorkeling, bring your own food, don't expect much time in the water and take care to observe the price of the photo package at the end of the journey. Not likely I will return to Grand Cayman any time soon, but for others I would look for something else to entertain yourself.

Great experience

amandeep_b, Mar 2024

This excursion was excellent - it had three stops including: snorkeling in the coral gardens, stingray city, and starfish point. This excursion is conveniently on the cruise port in which makes it easily accessible.

Way too crowded

Loretta_H, Mar 2024

Check in from the cruise port was hectic and the one guy was (unsurprisingly) very frustrated, yet that didn't help set us off on the right foot. They crammed us only these old buses and my 7 yr old and I were the last on one bus and there were no seats, and the lady barked at us that there were fold down jump seats that were unsafe and wildly uncomfortable. Then onto another crowded boat, which was half filled with obnoxious teens who were picking up live conchs and the staff didn't tell them to stop. The two boat staff were really catering to this group to the detriment of the rest of the passengers. They spent more than half the time at Stingray city taking photos of this one group. This part is no fault of the tour, but Stingray city itself is so overcrowded, it just was very disappointing.

Stingrays and all

Vanessa_M, Mar 2024

We loved the stingray portion of the excursion! I didn’t think we would be able to hold and touch a sting ray. Very fun group- great photos provided by the photographer.

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