Four Stingray City excursions
Tours #4 and #5 are our most popular. All four meet the stingrays on the Stingray City sandbar.
Every day, three stopsGuest favoriteTour #4:Stingray City and Two snorkeling stops to Coral Gardens and the Barrier Reef
- Stingray City sandbar
- The Barrier Reef
- The Coral Gardens
- Mask, snorkel and fins
- Life vests and snorkel vests
- Round trip transportation from the Waterfront Centre or your hotel
- Lunch
- Flotation devices for small children, bring your own
On the catamaranTour #5: Stingray City, Starfish Point and Snorkeling
- Stingray City sandbar
- Starfish Point
- The Coral Gardens or the Barrier Reef, about 40 minutes each
- Snorkel gear and vests for ages 4 and up
- Round trip transportation
- Lunch
- Flotation devices for small children, bring your own
One snorkel stop, 2.5 hoursTour #2: Stingray City and one snorkel stop to Barrier Reef OR Coral Gardens
- Stingray City sandbar
- One snorkel stop: the Barrier Reef or the Coral Gardens
- Mask, snorkel and fins
- Life vests and snorkel vests
- Round trip transportation from the Waterfront Centre or your hotel
- Lunch
- Flotation devices for small children, bring your own
Stingray City only, 2 hoursTour #6: Stingray City Sandbar Experience
- Stingray City sandbar, about 45 minutes with the rays
- Snorkel gear and vests for ages 4 and up
- Round trip transportation
- Lunch
- Snorkel stops: this tour is the sandbar only
- Flotation devices for small children, bring your own
Prices in US dollars. Children under 3 ride free. Times shift with US Daylight Time.
Our office at the Waterfront Centre
We are the only provider with an office right across the street from the cruise terminals, so you are guaranteed to find us easily. Your reservation confirmation from us will give you walking directions to our office.
- Waterfront Centre, George Town
- Staying on Seven Mile Beach? Free pickup from your hotel or condo
- Cruise passengers call 507-721-3229, 10am to 3pm EST on weekdays
- About a 15 minute drive from the office to our dock
From our office to the sandbar and back
This is how a Stingray City excursion with Captain Marvin's runs.
Check in
At our office at the Waterfront Centre in George Town, or we pick you up from your hotel or condo along Seven Mile Beach.
To the dock
We drive you to our private dock, about 15 minutes from the Waterfront Centre office.
The sandbar
The water at Stingray City is 3 to 4 feet deep. We anchor nearby in 5 to 6 feet and walk you over. Stand, feed, touch and take photos.
Snorkel stops
Tours #2 and #4 snorkel the Barrier Reef or the Coral Gardens. Tour #5 adds Starfish Point. Tour #6 is the Stingray City sandbar only.
Back in time
We keep records of every ship's last tender and never book a trip that will not work with your schedule. If your ship does not stop in Grand Cayman, you will not be charged.
Excursion questions
What guests ask before they book
We are the only provider with an office right across the street from the cruise terminals, so you are guaranteed to find us easily. Your reservation confirmation from us will give you walking directions to our office, and there is a photo of the building (Waterfront Centre) and a map on our web site.
We will not schedule you for a trip that will not work with your ship's schedule, and we have kept detailed records over the years so we know what time your ship's last tender will be.
If your ship arrives too late for your tour with us, or is not able to stop at all, you will not be charged. However, in most cases, we will have been made aware in advance that your ship will be arriving late, and we will do our best to make adjustments to the timing so that you can still take your tour with us. Please check in at our office in the Waterfront Centre as soon as you are able to get off the ship to see what we have been able to arrange for you. If you have booked through a tour agency and have paid them in advance, you will need to deal with them directly to receive a refund.
If your cruise ship cannot stop here on its scheduled day, or arrives too late for you to take our tour, you will not be charged. If you need to cancel your reservation for personal reasons, please do so at least 72 hours in advance to avoid being charged. If your ship arrives on time and you do not show up for your tour, you will be charged. If the weather is such that our captain cancels our boat trip, you will not be charged, but we do not cancel for rain only.
Our private dock is about a 4-minute drive from our main location on Seven Mile Beach, and it's about a 15-minute drive from our location across from the cruise ship terminals.
We have two-stop (2.5 to 2.75 hours), three-stop (3 hours) and beach lunch (5 hours) tours. These times are dock-to-dock; add 15-20 minutes for transportation each way.
We would be happy to drop you off at Seven Mile Beach after your tour with us. There are always local buses and taxis waiting at Bonny Moon, Jack's and Royal Palms beach clubs, some of the more popular spots on the beach, with restaurant/bar/restroom facilities. The buses from the beach back to the cruise piers cost about US$5-7/person. Public buses also run on the main road, a 1 to 3 block walk from the beach, for US$2.50/person. Prices are subject to change.
You may book online by filling out the reservation form on our web site, or you may phone our office using one of the phone numbers on our 'Contact' page.
If you book online, you will be charged upon completion of your reservation. If you book by phone or in person, you will be charged when you check in with us on the day of your tour. However, we will need a credit card to hold your reservation either way.
