Island Adventures

Caribbean Adventures on the island of Aruba reflect Aruba's amazing and diverse landscape. Touring and exploring Aruba's unique terrain is both fascinating and fun. This small desert island contains vast contrasts including a leeward coast of marshmallow-soft beaches lapped by calm Caribbean waters, a rugged brush-covered desert interior, and a northeast wind-whipped coastline punctuated by inlets and cliffs and beaten by angry surf.

South of the airport on the way to San Nicolas are the beaches of Savaneta and Mangel Halto where shallow and calm mangrove-covered lagoons front narrow sandy stretches. Mangel Halto is a small beach among the mangroves of Pos Chikito and its nearby canals and small bridges.

Passing through San Nicolas on the way to Seroe Colorado is a landmark coral-colored anchor. Turn right and you enter what was once a gated colony during the bustling half-century of the Lago Refinery. Baby Beach is a half-moon sandy expanse in a calm shallow lagoon. Where the bay opens out to the sea, snorkelers will behold a colorful kaleidoscope of coral and tropical fish but should watch out for strong currents. From the narrow powdery white strip of Rodgers Beach, you can sometimes see the coast of Venezuela; fishermen anchor their boats here, protected by the bay.