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Today Is Going To Be A Good Day Immigration Aruba:

Warning regarding fake
Here’s why: Aruba Today
collected some things to website for Aruba's online
do BEYOND the beach. Yes,
we know. Aruba, located ED card
15 miles north of Venezu-
ela in the warm waters of
the southern Caribbean, is
home to beautiful white-
sand beaches, 82-degree
days, and thus ideal for the
perfect beach day. But we
are also blessed with some
of the warmest people in
the world and our island is
19.6 miles long and 6 miles
across, with a total area of
70 square miles. Bit more
to discover than the white
stretch on the coastline we
say. Let’s mention some of
these hidden gems.

Nature Calls
The Arikok National park is Through a post on their of- The fake website is https://
worth the ride. We love the ficial Facebook page, www.embarkation-aruba.
hikes that are guided by the government of Aruba com/ and is one of the
the park’s rangers whose through Immigration Aruba first results when doing a
job is to maintain trails and (IA) wishes to alert and pro- Google Search for "Online
protect natural resources. tect against a fake website ED Card Aruba", so please
The flora and fauna are tionalpark.org owner, Philip, has built this which is currently online. be very careful!
beautiful and the histori- shelter with his own efforts; Please be aware of this Immigration Aruba wishes
cal sites tell you about the Philip's Animal Garden building all the cages from in order to avoid possible to remind everyone that
island’s indigenous roots. To stay with the animals, scratch, designing all struc- scams or identity theft. the Online ED Card from
The guided tours are even let’s hop to an amazing tures and welding them Aruba is completely free
free of charge. If you are place. Something different with his own bare hands. His Apparently this fake web- of charge and thus you
not up to walking, you can to do, an experience that goal is to upgrade the facil- site is charging for Aruba's should not have to make
drive through the park, one is to be enjoyed by peo- ities to a world-class animal online ED card. This website any payments! The correct
way or another this park is ple of all ages. Welcome shelter with veterinary care does not belong, and is not website for this is
a great place to spend an to Philip’s Animal Garden. and round-the-clock staffs. related to, the online ED https://edcardaruba.aw/
entire day. Cruising through We are not talking about With the input from the Aru- card of Immigration Aruba. q
the landscape you end up a zoo here, this is actually ban community and visitors
at some of the most stun- a sanctuary for all types they provide the best care
ning beaches like Dos Pla- of creatures, from horses for these animals. Please
ya or Daimara Beach. In to peacocks, kangaroos check out their website for and Pacific Steamship Co. beauty, but if you are into
Total the park consists of to turtles, monkeys, goats, more information: www. called ‘California’ that a more active way to enjoy
7907 acres protected na- and many, many more dif- philipsanimalgarden.com. shipwrecked in the area in the nature: take a kayak.
ture with a richness of ani- ferent species. The place 1891. Therefore they came While you are doing some
mals living in it. The Aruban was founded in 2009 and The Lighthouse up with the idea of build- workout -as it might get a
whiptail lizard (cododo), it is the only organization No, you would not think ing a lighthouse that could little windy and rough-, you
Aruban cat eye snake (san- rescuing and rehabilitat- of this as a hidden gem. indicate the island’s east- will see the island from a
tanero) and endangered ing exotic animals in Aru- The California Lighthouse ern tip to ships with its light. different perspective. You
rattle snake (cascabel) are ba, which has resulted in is actually one of the most www.arubalighthouse. can even make a stop to
just some of them, you can an amazing collection of known highlights in Aruba com will give you more in- do some snorkeling at the
also admire these close in these animals. They pro- and many repeated guests formation. reef. Its fun, it’s healthy and
the park’s Visitors’ Center. vide a suitable living envi- most probably took the ride Kayak in the Mangroves for sure something else.
For more information, visit ronment for all the rescued uphill already. But, there There are several compa-
the website www.arubana- animals. Up until now the is a significant change to Mangel Halto at Savaneta nies that offer kayak tours,
is definitely a place not to we had good experience
this tower. Since Septem- miss out on. The beauti- with The Shack Kayak Tours
ber 2016 you can climb the ful beach with the natu- Aruba, find them on Face-
top. In 2015 Stichting Mon- ral mangroves is simply a book. q
umentenfonds started the
restoration of the Califor-
nia Lighthouse. The project
finished in September 2016
and the Lighthouse is now
open for visitors to enjoy
the beautiful view from the
top. The construction of the
California Lighthouse start-
ed in 1915. The name ‘Cali-
fornia’ came from a vessel
of the West India Company