Grand Cayman excursion reviews, with the sample size printed every time
Read the number of reviews before you read the score. Seven excursions are listed on this site. One of them has 325 reviews behind its rating. The other six have 17, 4, 4, 4, 2 and 1 — thirty-two reviews between the six of them. I can read 29 written reviews in total, and one product has none at all: two people rated it and neither wrote a word. The scores themselves are below, next to the counts, because on this list the count is the more useful half.
One rating here is evidence. Six are not.
Laid out with the counts attached, in the order the platform publishes them:
| Excursion | Score | Reviews behind it | Written quotes I can read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catamaran cruise, Stingray City and snorkel (shared) | 4.7 | 325 | 10 |
| Stingray City and Cayman reefs snorkel (shared) | 4.9 | 17 | 9 |
| 4-Stop Ultimate Grand Cayman Tour (shared) | 5.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Private Stingray City and snorkelling charter | 5.0 | 4 | 2 |
| Private tour: Stingray City and Starfish visit | 5.0 | 4 | 3 |
| Private tour: Stingray City, snorkel and Starfish Point | 5.0 | 4 | 4 |
| Private luxury boat tour | 5.0 | 1 | 1 |
Sort that table by score and the product with a single review goes to the top and the product with 325 goes to the bottom. That is the whole reason this site never sorts by rating and never prints a score without its count. A 5.0 from one review is one person. A 5.0 from four is four people, three of whom, as it turns out, are describing the same captain. Only the 4.7 has enough behind it to argue with, and it is the lowest number in the column.
There is a second reason the counts matter more than usual here. Four products carry a perfect 5.0, and a perfect average is the most fragile thing on a small base: one three-star review takes a 5.0 from four reviews down to 4.6, and the page stops looking exceptional overnight. The 4.7 from 325 would not move at all.
The perfect score with nothing written underneath it
The 4-Stop Ultimate Grand Cayman Tour is published at 5.0. That comes from two ratings, and neither rater wrote a review. There is no text, no first name, no complaint and no praise. Two people tapped five stars and moved on.
So there is no review page for it on this site, because there is nothing to review. What is worth knowing about it is not the score at all: it is 4.5 hours, up to 24 aboard, and US$99 per person, which is the same price as the 2.5-hour shared trip and twice the time on the water. That comparison is on all seven tours and in what an excursion costs. Book it for the length of the day if you want it. Do not book it for the 5.0.
Where the visible quotes and the published score disagree
Two products, two different situations, and the difference is instructive.
- The catamaran is 4.7 from 325, and all ten quotes I can read are five stars. Ten five-star reviews cannot average 4.7. Somewhere in the other 315 are the ones, twos and threes that pull it down, and I cannot see them. The score is the trustworthy half here; the quotes are the flattering half.
- The stingray-and-reefs tour is 4.9 from 17, and I can read nine of the seventeen. Eight are five stars and one is a four, which averages 4.89. That rounds to the published 4.9. It is the only product on this site where the reviews I can read could plausibly produce the score that is printed.
I do not choose which reviews the platform surfaces, so what I hold is a sample of a sample, chosen by somebody whose interests are not identical to yours. On a product with 325 reviews that matters less. On a product with four it is most of the evidence.
Eight of the nine private-charter quotes name the same captain
Across the three private charters that sit at 5.0 from four reviews, I hold nine written reviews. Eight of them name a captain called David. Three separate listings, three separate review pools, one first name. I cannot tell you whether that is one boat sold three ways, one captain working for three operations, or a coincidence among a small number of charter skippers on the North Sound, because nothing published says. I can tell you the reviews read like the same day out, and I would rather print that than pretend the three listings are three different products. The working is on the private charter review.
The three review pages
Catamaran Cruise with Stingray City & Snorkel
The only settled rating on the site, and the one reviewer who wrote down how long the boat stops for.
from US$79Read the review ›
Stingray City and Cayman Reefs Snorkeling Tour
Nine of its seventeen reviews are readable, and two of the nine complain about the same thing.
from US$99Read the review ›
The four private charters, reviewed together
Three listings that barely differ, nine reviews, and one captain’s first name in eight of them.
from US$650 per boatRead the review ›The fourth private charter, the luxury one, is covered inside that third page rather than given its own: it has a single review, twenty words long, and a page built on that would be a page built on nothing.
What a five-star review is actually measuring
Reading all 29, the clearest pattern is that the star and the sentence answer different questions. People rate the crew, then use the text box to complain about the price of the photographs or the crowding at the sandbar. Two examples, both rated five stars by their own authors:
“The organization was excellent from start to finish. Unfortunately, the prices for the photos were too high.”
“Everything was wonderful! The communication was excellent (because we had to switch days). All three stops were great and an appropriate amount of time. The boat was clean and very newly painted. The only thing.. I would try to go on a day when cruise boats are not in port. Much more crowded but still good !”
“Top Very friendly crew Lack of a little freedom with the rays”
Read the stars for whether people were glad they went. Read the sentences for what the morning is like. Courtney’s is the most useful line in the whole pool for anyone arriving by ship: she is telling you the sandbar is busier on a cruise day, and she is telling you inside a five-star review. What that means for a tender day is on arriving by cruise ship.
Where these came from, and what I cannot check
Each quote was read off the product’s own page on 16 August 2026. I did not solicit any of them, I have not edited any of them beyond cutting company names, and I cannot audit who wrote them. All I can tell you is that these are the reviews the platform publishes against these seven products. I cannot show you the reviews it does not publish, which on a four-review product is most of the evidence there is.
What I do not print anywhere on this site: any claim that an operator is accredited, certified or awarded anything, because nothing I could source says so. Prices, scores and counts are live figures that move. The peg does not: CI$1 is US$1.20, and it has been since 1974. See the dollar trap, shared boat or private charter for the group-size sum, and all seven tours for the full list.
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Quotes are verbatim from each product’s own page, read on 16 August 2026, with first names and star ratings as published. Spelling and punctuation are the reviewers’. Where a reviewer named a company the sentence is cut and the cut is marked, because this site does not print operator names. Scores, review counts and prices move; check the live figures in the booking panel before you pay.
Frequently asked questions
Which Grand Cayman excursion has the most reviews?
The shared catamaran cruise with Stingray City and snorkelling: 4.7 from 325 reviews. The next-largest sample on this site is 17, and after that they run 4, 4, 4, 2 and 1. Only the first of those is a settled rating; the rest are indications.
Are the 5.0 ratings on these tours trustworthy?
They are real, and they rest on very little. Four products here are rated 5.0: three from four reviews each, one from a single review. A 5.0 from one review is one person’s opinion with a decimal point on it. One three-star review would take a 5.0 from four down to 4.6.
Is there a tour with a perfect score and no reviews?
Yes. The 4-Stop Ultimate Grand Cayman Tour is published at 5.0 from two ratings, and neither rater wrote any text. There is no review page for it here because there is nothing to read. Its useful facts are its length, 4.5 hours, and its price, US$99 per person.
Are these reviews real, and have they been edited?
They are the reviews published on each product’s own page, quoted word for word with the first name and star rating as published, spelling and complaints included. Three are shortened where the reviewer named a company, because this site does not print operator names, and the cut is marked on the page.
How many reviews is enough to trust a rating?
More than the four that three of these products rest on. On this site the counts are 325, 17, 4, 4, 4, 2 and 1. I lean on the 325 and treat everything else as an indication, which is why every score on every page here is printed with its sample size next to it.