Half Day Family Fun Shelling and Beach Tour

Overview

Enjoy personal and private time shelling with your family and friends, snorkeling and visiting private beaches. Visit Sand Dollar Island, Little Water Cay, Half Moon Bay, Water Cay, Bird Cay, and Mangrove Cay, Lizard Cay, snorkel and swim in shallow waters that all ages can enjoy, explore shelling and finding treasure for your family. Explore snorkeling the Smith's Reef, Bight Beach and Grace Bay Beach.

At a glance

• Starts at Turtle Cove Marina
• Typical stops Sand Dollar Cove, Water Cay, Lizard Cay, Bird Cay, Half Moon Bay, Little Water Cay, Mangrove Cay, Grace Bay Beach, Coral Gardens, Smith's Reef
• Time 4 hours
• With Private · Up to 10 guests
• Price From $1,100 for 2 guests
• Booking Online through Peek

A typical route

Your captain can change it on the day.

1. 1

   Turtle Cove Marina

   Where the tour starts.

2. 2

   Sand Dollar Cove

   A sheltered cove near Pine Cay and Fort George Cay, a popular boat stop from Providenciales, with calm water, a white-sand beach and more depth than most spots in the cays for the larger charter boats.

3. 3

   Water Cay

   A private, uninhabited and undeveloped island two miles long in the string of cays between Providenciales and North Caicos, with a wide white-sand beach on its north coast that boat cruises visit.

4. 4

   Lizard Cay

   A cay of about an acre close to Donna Cay in the Princess Alexandra National Park, with a limestone ironshore coast and light coastal plants inside.

5. 5

   Bird Cay

   A one-acre island of limestone ironshore on the eastern side of the Princess Alexandra National Park, mostly covered in salt-resistant coastal plants, with some mangroves on its west side.

6. 6

   Half Moon Bay

   A sandbar lagoon between Little Water Cay and Water Cay, reachable only by boat.

7. 7

   Little Water Cay

   Iguana Island: a nature reserve just off Leeward where the rock iguanas walk up to the boardwalk.

   
8. 8

   Mangrove Cay

   A small uninhabited red-mangrove island close to Leeward, inside the Princess Alexandra Nature Reserve.

9. 9

   Grace Bay Beach

   The beach the island is famous for: twelve miles of white sand and water in every shade of turquoise, sheltered by the barrier reef.

   
10. 10

    Coral Gardens

    The Bight Reef: a shore snorkel straight off Grace Bay, marked by buoys, with turtles most days.

11. 11

    Smith's Reef

    The other shore snorkel, by Turtle Cove: more coral heads, more fish, a little more current.

12. 12

    Back to Turtle Cove Marina

    Where the tour ends.

What's included

• rum punch, beer, soft drinks and water
• snorkel gear
• catered wraps
• chips
• life jackets
• a sound system
• two shade canopies

Meeting point

Turtle Cove Marina

The marina on the north shore where the Grace Bay Adventures catamaran leaves from.

If you are staying on Grace Bay we pick you up from the beach in front of your resort. No need to come to the marina.