We just went to Stingray City last week on the Carnival Valor. We did our shore excursion through the ship and had a GREAT experience. Our tour was called Stingray City and Turtle Swim. The best part was that our boat was the very first one out to Stingray City, so all of the stingrays were very happy to see us. They started flocking to the boat. We held male and female stingrays, and I never felt unsafe. We did not have to sign a waiver for this tour. We got great pictures and even found some conchs. We also did the swim with stingrays in Belize, but the ones in Grand Cayman seemed much more tame and more comfortable being held and touched. Although - hide your thumb when you feed them the squid. One of them caught my thumb because it thought it was another squid. I felt it for about 20 minutes. They have some serious suction power!
Are the Stingrays at Stingray City (grand Cayman) safe?
in Cayman Islands
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We just went to Stingray City last week on the Carnival Valor. We did our shore excursion through the ship and had a GREAT experience. Our tour was called Stingray City and Turtle Swim. The best part was that our boat was the very first one out to Stingray City, so all of the stingrays were very happy to see us. They started flocking to the boat. We held male and female stingrays, and I never felt unsafe. We did not have to sign a waiver for this tour. We got great pictures and even found some conchs. We also did the swim with stingrays in Belize, but the ones in Grand Cayman seemed much more tame and more comfortable being held and touched. Although - hide your thumb when you feed them the squid. One of them caught my thumb because it thought it was another squid. I felt it for about 20 minutes. They have some serious suction power!