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            Enjoy one of the best views on Aruba at the top of the Hooiberg Hill


                                                                      The staircase that run on the  be a work out to get on top.
                                                                      side of the hill was first built  In  addition,  there  is  now  a
                                                                      in 1951, when Mr. Eduardo  gazebo placed halfway up
                                                                      Tromp constructed it. At that  the stair for a little rest. The
                                                                      time, the staircase consisted  view at this resting stop is also
                                                                      of 900 steps. Over time, as  a sight to see.
                                                                      the  steps  faced  erosion,  The best time to climb the hill
                                                                      the  government  decided  would be early in the morn-
                                                                      to  renovate  these  stairs  in  ing or right before sunset, as it
                                                                      1991.  This  new  project  de-  may not be as hot. However,
                                                                      livered the newer staircase  the hill is of course open all
                                                                      with only 587 steps. However,  day, every day.q
                                                                      don’t be fooled—it may still
            (Oranjestad)—If  you  are  a  in Venezuela, providing one
            regular hiker, or maybe want  of the best views you can get
            to  spice  up  your  morning  on Aruba.
            work out session, then you
            might enjoy one of the most  located at the center district
            popular climbing sites on the  of the island, Santa Cruz, the
            island: The Hooiberg Hill. Ac-  Hooiberg Hill is the second
            companied with a 600-step  highest point on the island at
            staircase, this hill overlooks  165 meters above sea level
            a  great  part  of  the  island,  (or  about  540  feet  above
            the  Caribbean  sea,  and  sea level). The highest point
            sometimes even the Santa  is Jamanota Hill at 189 me-
            Anna  mountain  located  in  ters (620 feet), located in the
            the coastal state of  Falcon  Arikok National Park.

            How Aruban beaches came to be!



            (Oranjestad)—We’ve  talk-    reefs  over  time,  resulting  stream.  However,  in  areas
            ed about the best beaches  in  its  gradual  breakdown.  where  it’s  shallow  and  the
            to visit on the island before,  Fish  that  feed  off  corals  stream is weaker, the sand
            but  have  you  ever  won-   also contribute to this, one  tends  to  sick  to  the  bot-
            dered  how  Aruba  got  its  small  bite  at  a  time.  Over  tom  faster.  This  is  why  the
            white, sandy beaches, and  the  course  of  thousands  beaches  in  the  south—the
            why  there’s  a  clear  differ-  of  years,  as  waves  contin-  areas  with  weaker  stream
            ence between the northern  ue  to  crash  and  fish  con-  and   shallower    ocean
            and southern shores? Here  tinue to eat off the corals,  floors—has     sand     that
            are  some  fun  facts  about  sand  starts  to  accumulate  stretches  for  miles.  In  con-
            the  development  of  Aru-   around  the  area.    Howev-  trast,  the  northern  area,
            ban beaches.                 er, whether the sand  stays  where  the  stream  is  much
                                         there  is  another  question  stronger  and  the  ocean
               How did Aruba get its     to be answered, and this is  floor is much deeper, there
              white, sandy beaches?      where we highlight the big-  is  no  sand  present—they  Aruba  is  a  continental  ally  deeper  in  the  south,
            Aruba’s beaches have de-     gest  difference  between  were swept away with the  island.  The  island  actu-       whereas the ocean floor in
            veloped  over  the  span  of  the  northern  and  southern  current!                   ally  forms  part  of  South  the north runs steeply to the
            thousands of years. Waves  coast of the island.                                        America,  and  the  space  bottom.
            crashing  on  the  rocky  for-                             Why north deep, but south   between  Aruba  and  the
            mations  along  our  coast  The sand that accumulates              shallow?            South  American  continent  Source: archival document
            line  (which  consists  mainly  around  a  torn  coral  reef  Ah!  Good  question…and  is simply referred to as land  provided  by  the  National
            of  coral  reefs)  have  start-  is  swept  away  along  with  interesting phrasing.   that runs under the ocean.  Archive of Aruba (ANA).q
            ed  to  wear  and  tear  the  the  debris  by  the  ocean                              This  is  why  it  gets  gradu-
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