Cayman Islands, Caribbean

Nestled in calm, turquoise waters in the western Caribbean, just 480 miles south of Miami, lies the peaceful British Overseas Territory known as the Cayman Islands. Consisting of three islands; Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman. This is one of the world's top dive destinations, with more than 200 dive sites marked with moorings, warm, calm waters, 100 ft. plus visibility and breath-taking variety of marine life for divers of all levels from novice to Nitrox and Tec diving. It's all here, from world class legendary dives on Bloody Bay Wall to the unique Stingray City; sheer walls adorned with sponges and corals in a stunning array of colours, shallow reefs filled with schooling and solitary fish and small invertebrates, wrecks featuring photogenic structures and curious marine residents. With over 9 snorkelling sites, over 40 wall dives, 26 reef dives & 6 wreck dives (including the newly sunk WW2 USS Kittiwake on Grand Cayman alone offers more than enough diving choices.

The island offers a variety of activities and places to visit from the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park, nature trails through mangroves & the Blue Iguana sanctuary. A variety of watersports are on offer including snorkelling & glass bottom boat trips, waterskiing, sailing, windsurfing and kitesurfing plus waterparks. Year round deep sea game fishing is big business here and guided fly fishing trips can also be organised. Baby turtles are released in the wild at the end of October and Christmas in the Cayman islands offers a host of special events. A prosperous island and tax haven there is wide number of retail and restaurant outlets and duty free shopping on offer.

A full festival programme is on offer with Pirates Week (last week October) with regattas, parades, fishing tournaments, historic and cultural events. Batabano (end April/beg May) is Grand Cayman's costume carnival week and Brachanal (June) on Cayman Brac invites you to dress up and join the carnival parade. Cayfest (April) is an arts festival and other events include an 8 day International Fishing Tournament (end April), International Aviation Week (mid June) and Taste of Cayman (beg July) the islands annual food festival.