Aruba, the Princess of the Caribbean...
Points of Interest...
The island is nearly 32 km long and up to 10 km wide and covers an area of 193 km². Aruba is 31 km north of Cape San Roman on the Paraguaná Peninsula of Venezuela. Little variation in temperatures occurs throughout the year and rainfall, which falls mostly in November and December, averages less than 51 centimeters a year.
The Name of Aruba has often been attributed to the Spanish phrase, "oro huba", meaning "there was gold!". However, the Spanish left the island shortly after discovering it, calling it a "useless land". What wrong they was! Passports are NOT required for citizens of the United States and Canada.
United
States visitors must have ONE of the following in their possession upon arrival: A valid US passport; (Please note: There are no plans to make passports mandatory. Passports are preferred but NOT required.) OR:US citizens born in the US must have a genuine original official State issued birth certificate with a raised seal AND a government issued (State or Federal) photo i.d. (i.e. a driver's license). They have some of the best private trips you could imagine for groups. Call us for more info...
Diving in Aruba is being famous for the spectacular shipwrecks and interesting coral formations that dominate Aruba's underwater realm.
Aruba's waters are rich in exotic marine life, including stingrays, moray eels, manta rays, barracudas and yellow tail.
The incredibly blue waters of the Caribbean are alive with neon-yellow fish, flame-bright coral reefs and the billowing rainbow-colored sails of windsurfers.
A large, shallow sand plateau surrounds Aruba making boat travel the most convenient method of reaching the off-shore reefs.
The Guadirikiri Cave
is famous for its two chambers where sunlight shines through and is the perfect backdrop
try to be very adventurous and dare to go down the 100 foot long tunnel, home of hundreds of harmless bats. Although its exact history is not known with any certainty, caves like this one are said to have been the hiding places of pirates.
There two more caves in Aruba, the Fontein Cave is the most popular of the caves as it is the only one that has the drawings of Arawak Indians on the ceilings, providing a real sense of island history to this cave and the Huliba Cave is also known as the Tunnel of Love because of the heart shaped opening at its entrance. You will need flashlights to explore the 300 foot long passage way, come and see what Aruba have for you...
