Stingray City At Grand Cayman

One of the most famous natural attractions in Grandstingrays became conditioned over the years to the
Cayman Island is Stingray City. This is an area in thehumans and the food handouts unlike stingrays
ocean not far from the northern tip of Grandelsewhere in the Caribbean.The stingrays here are
Cayman where tourists can get up close to hundredsfriendly enough that people could touch them and
of friendly stingrays. Stingray City will be one of thelocal guides have been known to even hold them.
organized tours from cruise ships visiting GrandThe guides will warn everyone that even though
Cayman as a port of call. There will also be toursthese stingrays appear to be quite friendly, they
available from local operators in the town ofshould still be regarded as wild animals so it is never
Georgetown where the cruise ships dock and bringrecommended to touch them by their razor sharp
passengers into town via tender boats. The cruisetails or abuse them in any manner. It is possible to
organized tours will almost always be the morefeed them with the squid parts provided on site. The
expensive option.Scuba divers can book specializedmouths of the stingrays are located underneath their
dives at Stingray City through one of the many diverbodies and people are instructed to hold the food in
operators in Grand Cayman. The scuba diving attheir palms flat facing up. With their keen sense of
Stingray City is at a deeper section away from thesmell, the stingrays will hover towards and over the
tourist crowds who are usually brought to a veryfood to collect their snacks.Although Stingray City
shallow area where one could even stand in waistcan be crowded at times due to its popularity, it
deep water. Certified scuba divers and evendoes offer a very unique experience to see these
snorkellers are recommended to take the dive tripwonderful sea creatures up close. Stingrays are
option with the dive shops to experience Stingrayusually very shy animals and will swim away from
City with fewer crowds. For non-divers, the sandbarsscuba divers and snorkellers but not here at Stingray
here are high enough to offer such shallow watersCity in Grand Cayman.Clint Leung is owner of Free
and stingrays will come to these areas. It is believedSpirit Gallery , an online gallery specializing in Inuit
that many years ago, sailors visiting the area threwEskimo and Northwest Native American art including
fish remains overboard and soon noticed thecarvings, sculpture and prints.
stingrays coming for the free food. These particular