What is there to do in Cayman Brac?

Cayman Brac is a beautiful island lying in the northeast of Grand Cayman of the Caribbean Sea. Brac is a Gaelic name and stands for bluff. The island gains its name from the enormous middle limestone outcrop that rises to over 43 m above the sea. This is called The Bluff. There are 1,822 people in this island.

It was Christopher Columbus who first discovered Cayman Brac Little Cayman, its sister concern in 1503. This was when his ship was taken away by a torrential flow of winds during his sojourn to Hispaniola via Panama. He gave the name Las Tortugas because of the many tortoises that revealed themselves in this island.

Sir Francis Drake actually renamed the Cayman Islands were renamed by Sir Francis Drake. He landed in this island at some point of his voyage in 1585-1586. During the zenith of piracy, pirates made use of Cayman Brac as a refuge and a place to restock their supplies.

Cayman Brac beckons the adventurers of much suasion besides diving. Caves are abundantly available about the isle. They present a much more interesting phenomenon and attract tourists from distant places. Therefore, Cayman Brac has become an interesting tourist place at present.