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New online booking centre for Stingray City, Cayman Islands

stingrayBy Tatiana Rokou From Travel Daily News

Working with various charter companies operating within the island, Stingray City Cayman Islands focuses on service enhancement and ensuring visitors are comfortable every step of the journey.

GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS – Stingray City Cayman Islands is becoming one of the island’s most visited site for booking trips to Stingray City and obtaining information regarding the park, which is located in the North Sound of Grand Cayman. The Cayman Islands is known for its banks, pristine beaches and luxury hotels. Privately owned and operated since 2014, Stingraycitycaymanislands.com offers a gateway to online booking with some of the most experience charter companies on island.

Working with various charter companies operating within the island, Stingray City Cayman Islands focuses on service enhancement and ensuring visitors are comfortable every step of the journey.

Location of Stingray City
The Cayman Islands, one of the few British Overseas Territory remaining is located 480 miles south of Miami and 170 mile west of Jamaica. Grand Cayman is the largest of the islands, with an area of about 76 square miles and is known best for some most extravagant diving in the world . Stingray City is a shallow sandbars located on the northwest corner of North Sound, just off the shores of Rum Point.

The creation of Stingray City
Stingray City was born during the 1980s when local fishermen used the area for cleaning their catch, and deposited bait and leftovers in the surrounding waters, which consequently drew stingrays who fed on the discarded scrapings. It is estimated that over 100 southern stingrays call the park home. Visitors will find that water depths in the park range four feet to eighteen feet in depth, and in usually calm year round.

Charter trips
To reach Stingray City, visitors have to take a short boat excursion not lasting more than twenty-five minutes to the tip of the North sound reef. There visitors will find crystal clear waters at temperature around 72 degrees. Majority of the boats operating charters provide snorkeling gear and free feed for the hour/two hour long trip.

Through stingraycitycaymanislands.com, visitors can also book trips with various charter companies at a discounted price online or locally within the islands. In addition, visitors can also submit images to post within the gallery by emailing [email protected].

Snorkeling safety guide
It is recommended to pay close attention when instructed by guides on charter boat regarding proper feeding techniques and distance to swim in range of vessel. Safety guides usually keep an eye on guest from sea surface and upper deck levels, but at the same time it is up to visitors to ensure they do not stray away from the group, and do not attempt handling techniques not approved by the Cayman Islands Government.

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