Aruba, Curacao

[Hudson]

In a week or so we will be going on a Caribbean cruise and a couple of the stops are Aruba and Curacao.
I would be grateful for any tips or things to do on either island, including best beaches for snorkeling etc.

[margyloveswdw]

We’ve just returned from a cruise from these islands (and Bonaire) and both are beautiful.

Can’t help with beaches but on Curaçao we just did a tour on one of the buses available just outside the dock area, $20 each and lasted almost 3 hours including a stop at the Curaçao distillery. Really interesting!

Enjoy the islands!

[JAF]

Have only been to Aruba once but we caught a taxi with db and wife and went to Eagle beach and spent a pleasant morning managed to get a cocktail somewhere in the vicinity before getting a taxi back and eating at an open air restaurant/cafe on the front. We enjoyed our day on the island.

Curacao - the day we were there we found a market where all the stalls we operated along a water front (think the stall holders were on boats) which was interesting and also had a tour of the island and the caves. Did not swim on this island but did buy some of the local liquor.