CAyman Island: Island Tour & Snorkeling with Stingrays (G19)

[scootch]

Anyone do this Cayman Island tour? Says 2 hour narrated tour with stops at Hell, Turtle Farm and Stingray City. Is the 2 hours broken up? I don't want to be stuck on a bus for 2 hours. Total time is 4.5-5hours. Thanks for any info.

 

[Barbydoll8]

Went this past Feb and didn't do this tour due to the time on the bus. We did do Sting Ray City which I highly recommend but we booked it through this company: http://www.sotoscruises.com/
They were about half the price of everyone else. It was intimate, professional and over all a great experience. High ratings on Trip Advisor is what made me book through them. I'd go w/ them again in a heart beat.

 

[scootch]

Went this past Feb and didn't do this tour due to the time on the bus. We did do Sting Ray City which I highly recommend but we booked it through this company: http://www.sotoscruises.com/
They were about half the price of everyone else. It was intimate, professional and over all a great experience. High ratings on Trip Advisor is what made me book through them. I'd go w/ them again in a heart beat.

Thanks. Yea, that bus time worries me. I wasn't sure if it was broken up since there are three stops. My girls want to do Stingray City and the Turtle Farm, so trying to find that. Will check out your link too. Thanks much

 

[anricat]

We did this and it was perfect. We really enjoyed it. We met in D Lounge at 7:15 and were heading to the tender boat by around 7:30. Then we waited at the tender area on the island for about 5-10 minutes while they organized everyone, which was nice because I was able to take my daughter to the bathroom.

We got on the bus and headed right to the turtle farm for our first stop. I don't remember how long we were on the bus, but it didn't seem crazy to me, maybe 15 minutes? We spent 45 minutes at the turtle farm, which was just the perfect amount of time in my mind.

Then back to the bus and we went to Hell. We were there maybe 20-30 minutes? It was about 10 minutes too long. We took the opportunity to make sure we were bathroomed and properly sunscreened. Then back to the bus and we went straight to the boat dock for Stingray City. It was a 30 minute boat ride to Stingray City. It was beautiful on the way there.

Then we were at Stingray City for about 45 minutes which was AMAZING. Very highly recommended. The photographer was great. Take $40 if you want the photos. We didn't have any money with us and I really regret it.

Then 30 minutes on the boat back and then the bus went straight back to the tender dock. We were back at the tenders by around 12:15-12:30, I think. We spent another 15 minutes or so shopping on the island and we were having lunch at Lumiere's by around 1 PM. Take a packaged snack off the boat to eat. I was glad to have both a water bottle and granola bars with me.

All in all, I would definitely recommend it. I think we picked the perfect thing.