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ARUBA MENTIONED AMO
SIX OF THE BEST EASTERN
CARIBBEAN CRUISE PORT
A recently published article revealed that Aruba is amongst 6 The beaches are the island’s main draw, though, with white sand Three-mile guided hikes to the top are a
Palm Beach four miles from Oranjestad, and a short walk away transport from the main town, Kingstow
of the best Eastern Caribbean cruise ports along with Antigua is the Bubali Bird Sanctuary. from the cruise dock.
& Barbuda, Trinidad & Tobago, St Vincent & the Grenandines, Alternatively, visit the oldest botanical g
Guadeloupe and St Maarten. The article is stated below. Trinidad & Tobago: There is a February festival frenzy hemisphere, two miles from Kingstown, se
house for all the tropical plants of the Bri
While Barbados, St Lucia, Grenada and St Kitts are reasonably at Carnival time in these two islands, but the mix of Indian,
familiar to many British cruise passengers, the Eastern Caribbean Chinese and African heritage means there are plenty of other Guadeloupe: The setting for televisio
has many other islands worth a visit. Here are six of the best: celebrations festivals during the year, too.
Most cruise ships go to Port of Spain on Trinidad, which has vi- detective series, Guadeloupe is actually
Antigua & Barbuda: When ships arrive at Antigua’s brant streets with great shopping, an excellent National Museum Terre and Basse-Terre - joined by a road ov
and Art Gallery plus botanical garden and zoo. Centre Saint-John Perse cruise terminal
Heritage Quay in St John’s, passengers wanting to learn about few minutes› walk from the main town of
the island’s history should head for English Harbor and Nelson’s Head for the Northern Range of hills for rainforest, waterfalls and elegant French architecture, restaurants
Dockyard, an impressive collection of British naval buildings hundreds of bird species or go east for most of the best beaches. There are good beaches on Grande-Terr
including Admiral Horatio Nelson’s House Museum. St John’s You could also try the Caroni Bird Sanctuary at Caroni National the Parc National de la Guadeloupe is a
itself has good local markets, but you can also catch a ferry over Park Lagoon, a wetland area full of birds, turtles and fish. biosphere around an active volcano which
to Barbuda, a bird-watchers’ paradise thanks to its rare frigate Cul-de-Sac Marin lagoon with fish, turt
birds colony at Codrington lagoon and caves. St Vincent & the Grenadines: There are 32 islands, pelicans and kingfishers.
The Jacques Cousteau Underwater Rese
Aruba: Aruba is one of the three ABC islands, with Bonaire with the warm waters around the marine park of uninhabited boat trips over the coral in this marine co
Tobago Cays home to sea turtles, colorful fish and coral reefs.
popular with divers and Curacao famous for the UNESCO-listed These islands are far behind others in developing tourist attrac- St Martin & Sint Maarten: Th
town of Willemstad. tions, but they have natural wonders including St Vincent›s La
Dutch-owned Aruba’s colonial capital, Oranjestad, has the well- Soufriere, an active volcano covered in rainforest, banana and is divided into the duty-free haven
preserved Fort Zoutman and the town’s historic buildings include coconut plantations. of Dutch-owned
some very up market shopping.
2 LOCAL Saturday, August 8 2015 - ARUBA TRAVELLER
