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Popular Off the Beaten Path | Other Off the Beaten Path Tips | All Tips (37) Along the southern coast and very near where we stayed is the beach caled Porto Marie.
It is just another pretty beach with nice sand, palapas, and a snackbar.
What sets it apart from many of the others is that just a short distance from shore is a fascinating double reef system. It is a great place to go snorkeling or diving.
The sign says that there is an entrance fee but when we asked where to pay they said no charge. Leave a Comment
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Hugging the rugged northern shore is Shete Boka, the island’s newest national park, a series of picturesque bays, beaches, rugged cliffs.
This was one of my favorite places on Curacao. I could stand on the platforms and watch the waves come in and crash against the cliffs, for hours at a time
There was a small entrance fee that went toward the preservation of the nesting sea turtles. Leave a Comment
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Drive on a poorly marked dusty trail into a rather rough and kind of boring looking countryside. At the end of this dusty trail, you will reach Boka Pistol, a quite impressive place. The high waves of the northern coast crush into Boka Pistol forming a huge water fountain or blowhole. You will get sprayed but it is well worth it. Leave a Comment
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A flock of several hundred Flamingos can be see feeding in the salt pans of Jan Kok.
They filter their food out of the water. You can see them kicking up the bottom to find snails, mosquitos and the larvae of brine flies.
If you stop try to be very quiet because they are very shy. Leave a Comment
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This little house is a typical example of how the African population lived after slavery was abolished. The houses usually consisted of two rooms, the kitchen being outside.
The Kas di Pali Maishi is a small museum where you also find tools/kitchen ware from former times displayed.
You'll find it close to the township of Barber.
Opening times: Tuesday to Friday 9am-4pm
Saturdays & Sundays 9am to 5pm
Admission is 2 US$
Driving around Curacao you'll see that some of these houses are still inhabitated. Leave a Comment
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There is also a trail in National Park Shete Boka that heads along the shore to Boka Wandomi where the water has carved out a natural bridge which is viewable by descending the stairs to the beach or by standing on the platform provided at the top. Leave a Comment
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A tour through the local herb garden, called Dinah's Botanic & Historic Garden, was a good way to get to know how the locals have used the indigenous plants throughout the years. Shastri, our guide, even dressed in the traditional garb. It's a very small place, so it takes less than an hour to wander through the gardens. The photo shows some of the examples they had set up here of people using the plants in different ways.
It was free to look, but a just a bit of cash for the guide. Shastri even gave us a ride in his modern car back to town:) Leave a Comment
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One can take a sailboat on a snorkeling and sunset cruise out of Willemstad from alongside Handelskade Street in Punda. Altough I did not take this myself as I went SCUBA diving instead, it seems like it would be a lot of fun.
The Insulinde is a 120 foot long (36 m) traditionally rigged sailboat and the Bounty is a dual-masted, five-sailed wooden schooner (shown in the photograph).
We encountered the Bounty as they were returning to port and we were leaving port. Leave a Comment
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The Gouverneur Building houses a few shops and a nice little bar. It is located very near the West Wharf cruise ship terminal, north of the free ferry pier on the Otrobanda side of the harbor.
Besides having nice architectural appeal, it serves a mean frozen margarita and strawberry daiquiri. One can either sit in the bar, on stools alongside the street or in the cobblestone plaza with an awning shaded table.
We were at the end of a day of walking around the area sightseeing and shopping and it was a very pleasant interlude before we re-boarded our cruise ship to sail back to the United States. Leave a Comment
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The photograph that is on my Curacao main page was taken from near Riffort on the Otrobanda side of the harbor. I think that this is one of my better photos and I wanted to tell you how to get one of you own just like it.
From the Queen Emma Pontoon Bridge all the way towards Rifford (going towards the harbor entrance) there is usually a tent market set up with a lot of tourists coming and going. There is usually a little clear space between the entrance to Riffort and the southerly end of the tent market. In this cleared area, before you enter Riffort shopping mall, you will find an old black canon right on the waterfront promenade pointing into the harbor.
If you stand on the Riffort side of the canon and look north out over the river, you see the gaily painted buildings of Punda crowding the far bank of the harbor with the harbor water in between. I tell you, it makes for an excellent picture.
Don’t let the hustle and bustle of the tent market make you miss a wonderful photographic opportunity such as this one is! Leave a Comment
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