Activities on Curaçao

Curaçao offers a great variety of sports activities, for all ages and tastes.

• Guided horse riding tours - unspoiled trails in Curaçao's beautiful countryside;
• Indoor Karting;
• Cycling & Mountain Bikes, hiking
• Jeep Safaris, Sea Kayaking, Fishing, Golfing – great course on the cliffs (you will need a mask when looking for wayward tee shots!);
• Bird Watching - more than 168 bird species - most common native birds are the Trupial and the Cuchubi, the Caribbean mocking bird;
• Boating and Sailing – charter a crewed boat, take a boat trip, or hire smaller craft yourself. The constant breeze makes sailing a real joy, Bowling, Kite Surfing, Windsurfing
• Tennis.

Curaçao has many excellent beaches too numerous to mention, all of them excellent dive/snorkeling sites: Rocky coves surrounded by cliffs or long sandy beaches, Boka St.Michiel - traditional fishing village just west of town - dive club on the pier, has a restaurant. The small beach, also known as Boka Sami, Caracasbaai - east of town, good snorkeling close to shore, Jeremi - picturesque cove steps cut into the rocks, Kas Abou - natural country setting and super beach, Playa Forti - fishing boats and a panorama of the WestPoint, Jan Thiel Beach - beautiful beach, small water playground for kids.

One of Curaçao's finest assets, a remarkable collection of marine life. This is a great place for all ages. It is not a theme park, the Sea Aquarium places the emphasis on understanding and appreciating the marine creatures that share our world. The Sea Aquarium offers: aquaria with more than 400 specimens from the waters of Curaçao, feeding shows, flamingos, stingrays, sea turtles, sharks. You can help feed and pet the sharks, touch tanks where you can 'touch' the animals, the Dolphin Academy run dolphin encounter sessions, for all ages, touching, diving, swimming. Free daily educational presentations or observe dolphins in their natural saltwater lagoon. Swimming with the dolphins is an unforgettable experience (believe me!). You can snorkel or scuba dive and hand feed stingrays, sea turtles, sharks.

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