What it's like
Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park is a non-profit outdoor garden and wildlife facility in the North Side district of Grand Cayman. It shows a good range of the island's plant life, from orchids and palms to fruit trees, and it is home to the endangered Blue Iguana.
A visit is a walk at your own pace. The Floral Color Garden is laid out by color, from pink through red, orange, yellow, white and blue to lavender. A restored Caymanian house from around 1900 stands in the Heritage Garden, and the lake is a popular spot for watching birds.
Good to know
- Guided iguana tours and the Warden Experience need advance booking.
- The visitor's interpretive center is the starting point for the Woodland Trail and other garden grounds.
- The Wild Banana Orchid, the Cayman National Flower, is visible in the summer period.
- Behind-the-scenes iguana tours can be booked on request.
Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park
Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park is a garden park on Frank Sound Road in North Side, with roaming blue iguanas, butterflies, an orchid boardwalk and a lake full of birds.
Tours that go here
Prices are per person, booked with our partner, Shore Excursions Group.
Mastic Trail
Mastic Trail is a guided walk through old-growth forest in the interior Mastic Reserve, running through the middle of Grand Cayman. Hikers look for rare trees, birds and small reptiles.
Barkers National Park
Barkers National Park is an outdoor natural area on Grand Cayman where guided off-road tours take riders onto scenic trails. Riders see mangroves, coastal vistas and wildlife.
Stingray City
Stingray City is a set of shallow sandbars in the North Sound of Grand Cayman, where southern stingrays gather around visiting boats. Most people reach it on a boat tour from George Town.
Cemetery Beach
Cemetery Beach is a quiet public beach at the north end of Seven Mile Beach, with a reef for snorkeling just offshore. It is one of the calmer spots on the island's west side.
The same kind of day, elsewhere
Wildlife and birding
