Hotels in: Grand Cayman

Stingray City is a natural wonder and the Cayman Islands' most popular tourist attraction. Out to sea in North Sound is a natural shallow channel of water where stingrays come to feed. Although they have a vicious sting in their tail (literally) the fish are non-aggressive and friendly to humans. Stingray City is the only place in the world where you can swim with them in a totally natural environment.

This superb 65-acre botanical garden on Grand Cayman Island is well worth a trip inland away from the beach. Opened in 1994 by Queen Elizabeth herself, it boasts a floral garden, a heritage garden, a state-of-the-art visitors' centre and a specially-created lake.

The Cayman Turtle Farm at North West Point is a matter of national pride. The farm has saved a beautiful species from extinction, releasing thousands of carefully-reared turtles back to the wild since 1980 and so replenishing the area's stocks. They haven't quite got back to the levels they were when Columbus first saw them, when the islands were so covered in turtles that he thought they were rocks!

The Cayman Islands' flagship tourist attraction of recent years, the Pedro St James "Castle" in Savannah is a restored and reconstructed 19th-century plantation house. Touted as the "birthplace of democracy" on account of a meeting that took place there between residents in 1831 where the operation of local laws was discussed, it is the main focus of historic interest on the islands.

This lovely butterfly farm near George Town on Grand Cayman is one of a few in the Caribbean, which attract high numbers of visitors eager to have a break from the sun, sea, sand and shopping recipe of the standard Caribbean holiday. Visitors can see hundreds of exotic butterflies from across the globe flitting across their large, comfortable cages, complete with vegetation and flowers.

May 2009 (annual)
George Town

Nov 2008 (annual)
George Town