Nonstop Flights to the Caribbean
To fully appreciate any Caribbean island, it helps to love water-related activities. But to truly experience the Cayman Islands, it’s pretty much a given that you love-love-love the water— because you’ll want to be in it, on it or gazing at it at all times.
With its famously soft and sparkling sand and brilliant-blue sea, this trio of islands located west of Jamaica and south of Cuba and populated by just 55,000 people is known for offering stellar diving and snorkeling as well as exhilarating interactions with local sea life, from stingrays to sea turtles. But if you prefer to simply wade into the crystalline water and float yourself into azure nirvana, that’s perfectly okay, too.
Here’s what to look for in planning your Cayman Islands vacation:
You won’t find better beaches anywhere in the world.
A public mini-bus transport system connects all districts of Grand Cayman. The buses can be identified by numbers in a colored circle. If you are renting car, driving is on the left-hand side of the road.
The islands are always warm with average temperatures in the 80s. Rainy season is from May to October and dry season is from November to April. Rainfall tends to be higher in the western parts of the island.
Rum. The Cayman Islands’ Tortuga Rum originated from the Tortuga Rum Company that was founded in 1984 by Cayman Airways Captain Robert Hamaty and Carlene Hamaty, an in-flight supervisor and his wife. Three years later, they opened the first Tortuga duty-free liquor store and later introduced Tortuga Caribbean Rum Cakes. Their cakes were named the best cruise souvenir in 2012 by Porthole Cruise Magazine, and they’re also the Cayman Islands’ No. 1 export.
