Travel Tips for Aruba
Date posted: June 17, 2011
There is indeed a lot to know about Aruba!
They like our American dollars but leave those 50 and 100 dollar bills at home.
April is very, very windy!
Both beaches are stunning, Eagle Beach was not as calm as Palm Beach but people loved the waves.
You rarely see or hear a jet ski on Eagle Beach!
Public buses are cheap and easy transportation but it is also an easy island to drive yourself around.
Do take an island tour or jeep tour so that you get to see more of the island than just the beach. See where and how Arubans live and what the National Park is like.
We did a Natural Pool Jeep Tour and a sunset cruise with De Palm Tours, the biggest tour operator in Aruba.
Go downtown, hopefully when there are no cruise ships in port. It is fun to explore the shops and restaurants there. There is a Bon Bini Festival on Tuesdays but it was not running when we went. We discovered a great restaurant called Queen’s Restaurant where we met the owner and had some tasty Aruban food like goat stew, fried pollenta, and salt fish. YUM!
Good to know at the Aruba airport when departing:
After checking in your bags and heading through Aruban checkpoints you will enter an area of food courts, bars, and shops. If you have time to stop be sure you remember that in the next room you collect those checked bags and go through US Customs!
If you bought any liquids in those stores put them safely into your checked bags immediately, as you are not allowed to open those bags after passing through US Customs. If you need to take a sweater out or put something in those bags, you MUST do so before US Customs.
Well, it is pretty simple to fly between the islands of Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire (the ABC Islands)so let’s go! Goodbye, Aruba!
