Sailing to Grand Cayman on a cruise and wondering what to do while in port? We gathered some great suggestions below.
Shop Duty-Free
Grand Cayman is a global financial center and is rated #1 in the Caribbean for duty-free shopping, which means you won’t pay taxes on clothing, jewelry, or anything else you’re thinking of buying, including your favorite liquor from Jacques Scott Wine & Spirits.
We are well-known in Grand Cayman for our huge selection of popular international name brand and hard-to-find beers, wines and spirits at excellent prices. Visit our convenient liquor stores in George Town, Seven Mile Beach, West Bay, Savannah and East End, or order everything you need online and ask us to deliver free to your home, office, vacation villa, resort hotel, or anywhere else on Island.
Cruise passengers may also pre-order duty free beer, wine and spirits from our sister site, Jacques Scott Cruise Duty Free, where purchases will be delivered free of charge to your ship when you arrive in port.
Swim and Sunbathe
Known as “The Caribbean’s Best Beach,” Seven Mile Beach is really only 5.5 miles long, but it’s packed with most of Grand Cayman’s best hotels and condos and some of the best cuisine in the Caribbean. Try kayaking, kite surfing, jet-skiing, parasailing or paddle boarding, or simply while away the day under a Casuarina tree on the glorious white sandy beach.
Swim with Stingrays
Stingray City and its string of shallow sandbars is one of the most popular attractions in the Caribbean. Observe and interact with these “gentle giants,” hold them, feed them with squid treats, and even swim alongside them. This once-in-a-lifetime experience enables you to learn about the biology and behavior of these graceful animals while observing them in their natural habitat.
Swim with Turtles
The Cayman Turtle Farm is home to over 7,000 Green Sea Turtles, ranging in size from six ounces to 600 pounds each. It is the only facility of its kind in the world, with 23 acres, a nature trail, a free-flight bird aviary, a 1.3-million-gallon saltwater lagoon where visitors can snorkel with native fish and other local sea life, a Predator Reef which features sharks, eels and other predatory fish, and a world-class research and educational facility.
Stroll Through a Botanic Park
If you are drawn to native flora and fauna, the beautiful 65-acre Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park will treat you to all kinds of rare, beautiful flowers, such as the rare Ghost Orchid, the Banana Orchid (Cayman’s national flower) and endemic animal species, such as the Cayman Blue Iguana, which is found nowhere else on earth, the West Indian Whistling Duck, and the majestic Cayman Parrot, the national bird of the Cayman Islands.
For more tips on what other visitors love to do while on a cruise to Grand Cayman, talk to the friendly experts when you place an order at Jacques Scott Wines & Spirits. We’ll take care of the details while you maximize your enjoyment of our spectacular Island!
