Grand Cayman Travel Forum

We are traveling there via cruise ship in June and we are bringing the kids this trip, we wanted to know if the 7 mile beach is within walking distance from the ship port? And if not where is a good but not absolutely crowded beach for 3 kids? Thanks

It's not within walking distance but there is a bus you can get on to go there. You can catch it right on the first street you see when coming off the wharf. It's been a couple of years since I was there and I don't remember the price, but it was reasonable and takes about 10-15 minutes to get to the beach, which is really nice, by the way. The other very enjoyable experience and unique to the island is seeing the sting rays. If you go don't book it through the ship. Wait till you get to shore, there are smaller operators waiting to offer the same experience for less money.

No beach at the old turtle farm, which is no more. Looked like it got trashed by Ivan. Have dived it many times - it's all rock. Awesome diving though! Now there is Boatswain’s Beach across the street on the inland side. They're billing it as an adventure park and there's a new turtle farm inside. The price is kinda steep. $55 for the whole park but only $18 for the turtle farm. Looks like they've got a man made lagoon for swimming. We were too cheap to check it out and were too busy diving anyway! :>D