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Aruba Quality Apartments 2 large supermarkets, car
& Suites has been provid- rentals, IMAX cinema and
ing quality service in Aruba a golf course.
since 1995. On the prem-
ises are a total of 73 apart- So please, for your next trip
ments (46 Studio, 22 loft to Aruba book directly with
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Fun facts about cacti hedges “Trankera”

(Oranjestad) – When off- maintained. On the sur-
roading in inland Aruba, face this seems like a bad
you may notice some cacti development, however
hedges around various this proved to be benefi-
properties or lined up by cial for our flora and fauna.
certain pathways. These Naturally developed flora
man-made hedges are around the hedges offers
called “trankera” and play more shelter for fauna. An-
an important role in main- other aspect is the propa-
taining our flora and fauna. gation process. When
pruning hedges, flowers
The trankera dates to co- and seeds were removed,
lonialism, where settlers es- which limits propagation to
tablished several ‘cunucu’ a minimum.
(farm) on the island. Peo- So, though trankeras don’t
ple either used stone walls play that big of a role in
or trankera as a fence to Aruba’s agriculture any-
ward off strangers and wild more, our environment still
animals that can feed on reaps the benefits of these
the cunucu vegetation or long-standing natural struc-
cattle. Nowadays, trankeras are less common, and those that still stand are often not tures.