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Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park

Address: 367 Botanic Rd., off Frank Sound, Grand Cayman, KY1-1701
Mailing: Box 203, Grand Cayman, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Phone: 345/947-9462
www.botanic-park.ky

Category: Nature Preserves
Location: Grand Cayman

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Fodor's Review:

This 65-acre wilderness preserve showcases a wide range of indigenous and nonindigenous tropical vegetation, approximately 2,000 species in total, with such splendid sections as a Heritage Garden that depicts Caymanian life a century ago and the nearly mile-long Woodland Trail, encompassing every Cayman ecosystem from wetland to cactus thicket. You'll encounter birds, lizards, turtles, agoutis, and more, but the park's star residents are the protected endemic blue iguanas, found only in Grand Cayman. The world's most endangered iguana, they're the focus of the National Trust's Blue Iguana Recovery Program, a captive breeding and reintroduction facility. This section of the park is usually closed to the general public, though released "blue dragons" hang out in the vicinity. The Trust conducts 90-minute behind-the-scenes safaris Monday—Saturday at 11 AM for $30.

Cost: $10, children 12 and under free
Open: Apr.-Sept., daily 9-6:30; Oct.-Mar., daily 9-5:30; last admission 1 hr prior to closing

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