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Beautiful areas around Aruba

going down the cliff.

Surfside Beach
This beach was very fa-
mous when we were kids
and many locals love to
swim at this beach. After
some years the locals shift-
ed to the more north-west
beaches like Eagle, Boca
Catalina and Arashi but
after the government reno-
vated the whole area it got
a new facelift and its back
as a family beach and
(Oranjestad)—In Aruba, mous one but it’s not. The weekends are just amazing
there are tons of activities why is easy, it’s way too at this area.
that to enjoy during your dangerous to go down the
visit, but sometimes you cliff to reach this beauty Natural Bridge at Black-
just want to slow down and and no tour companies will stone Beach
enjoy the view. Here are do that. Some people re- As mentioned, there are
some beautiful areas on fuse to go down due fear three natural bridges and
the island that will have you of height. To reach this this one is in the Arikok Na-
in awe. beauty you must go to San tional Park. The other two
Nicolas and drive up the Bridges you can visit by car
The hidden Natural Bridge hill till The Point Lighthouse, but for this one you must
Here in Aruba we have park your car and walk un- have a 4x4 jeep or you will
three natural bridges and til you reach the east point get stuck at the Andicuri
many see this one on think- coast and go left along the Beach.q
ing that it’s the world fa- coastline and good luck

How Aruban beaches came to be!

(Oranjestad)—We’ve talk- Aruban beaches. How did to wear and tear the reefs
ed about the best beaches Aruba get its white, sandy over time, resulting in its
to visit on the island before, beaches? gradual breakdown. Fish
but have you ever won- that feed off corals also
dered how Aruba got its Aruba’s beaches have de- contribute to this—one
white, sandy beaches, and veloped over the span of small bite at a time. Over
why there’s a clear differ- thousands of years. Waves the course of thousands
ence between the north- crashing on the rocky for- of years, as waves contin-
ern and southern shores? mations along our coast ue to crash and fish con-
Here are some fun facts line (which consists mainly tinue to eat off the corals,
about the development of of coral reefs) have started sand starts to accumulate

around the area. Howev- stronger and the ocean
er, whether the sand stays floor is much deeper, there
there is another question is no sand present—they
to be answered, and this is were swept away with the
where we highlight the big- current!
gest difference between
the northern and southern Why is the north deep, but
coast of the island. the south shallow?
Aruba is a continental
The sand that accumulates island. The island actu-
around a torn coral reef ally forms part of South
is swept away along with America, and the space
the debris by the ocean between Aruba and the
stream. However, in areas South American continent
where it’s shallow and the is simply referred to as land
stream is weaker, the sand that runs under the ocean.
tends to sick to the bot- This is why it gets gradu-
tom faster. This is why the ally deeper in the south,
beaches in the south—the whereas the ocean floor in
areas with weaker stream the north runs steeply to the
and shallower ocean bottom.q
floors—has sand that
stretches for miles. In con- Source: archival document
trast, the northern area, provided by the National Ar-
where the stream is much chive of Aruba (ANA).