cdnwndrwmn Posted August 5, 2012 #1 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Hi - My husband, 2 kids (13 and 9) and I are visiting Grand Cayman soon. The kids are very much against going to see the Stingrays. The turtle farm just looks ok - thinking my oldest wouldn't be interested. Any suggested tours or excursions that are not stingray related? Thoughts on renting a car and going to hell and back (couldn't resist :D) and stopping at the beach? Any beach excursions that include lunch that you could recommend? Thanks - I appreciate any suggestions/recommendations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookbabe Posted August 6, 2012 #2 Share Posted August 6, 2012 If you're just going to Seven Mile Beach (the closest beach) and Hell, a taxi or bus is going to be easier than renting a car. Your kids are likely to be bored at Hell. It's just a cheesy photo op and post office. If your kids skateboard, there's a world class park just on the outskirts of town in the opposite direction from Hell. http://www.blackpearl.ky/ There are also many other water activities like jet ski, kayak, glass-bottomed boat tours, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnwndrwmn Posted August 6, 2012 Author #3 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Thanks for the advice! I also saw a"floating playground" at Public Beach. Do you know how far that is from the port and how much it costs roughly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ep1080 Posted August 7, 2012 #4 Share Posted August 7, 2012 The above forums mentioned jet ski, kayak, can you suggest where we would be a good place for that because that is what my kids like Thanks for any input Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookbabe Posted August 7, 2012 #5 Share Posted August 7, 2012 The above forums mentioned jet ski, kayak, can you suggest where we would be a good place for that because that is what my kids like Thanks for any input Jet ski rentals are all up and down Seven Mile Beach at most of the watersports rental locations. A number of excursions also use jet skis to get to Stingray City. I'm not sure if those same rental places also rent kayaks, but there's a few private excursion companies that do kayak tours: http://www.caymankayaks.com/ http://www.grandcaymancruiseexcursions.com/GrandCaymanKayakTour.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ep1080 Posted August 8, 2012 #6 Share Posted August 8, 2012 HI, thanks for your suggestion. do you have any suggestion for a jet ski or waverunner excursion from around cruise termianl to Sting Ray City. We have a family memer that gets sick on catamaran, but for some reason can go on jet ski with no problem. Most of the Sting Ray tours I saw involve catamaran thanks so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookbabe Posted August 8, 2012 #7 Share Posted August 8, 2012 The most I can suggest is to check out some of the other threads in this forum, check out review sites like TripAdvisor, look at the excursions offered via your cruise ship, etc. We have our own boat, so we don't use tour operators while in Cayman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsfuzzmo Posted August 8, 2012 #8 Share Posted August 8, 2012 There's a semi-sub, regular sub, Pirate ship cruise, beach snorkeling, Rum Point, Botanical gardens with blue iguanas, day sails, plenty of beaches. Lot's to do other than stingrays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billnlisa Posted August 9, 2012 #9 Share Posted August 9, 2012 We were there on carnival in feb. we did the Kittiwake shipwreck snorkel. Lots of familys and plenty of room on the boat. we all Loved it ! And had time to take a shuttle to 7 mile beach . we had a wonderful day and it was inexpencive.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcruisin15 Posted September 23, 2012 #10 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Try EBanks Watersports in Grand Cayman. We were on a cruise this past June and did a waverunner tour with them. It was awesome. We did not want to do any Stingray tour and this one was perfect. My husband and I both had our own jetski (we could have used just one if we wanted to save some money) and we went to two different snorkel sites. We had a blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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