Your online guide to Caribbean family vacations
from the authors of Caribbean with Kids.
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Jeep Tours
DePalm Tours also operates open air jeep tours of the island’s rugged countryside. The open-air, yellow jeeps bounce along the desert terrain for the best view of this unique island. We’ve done this with our daughter and the ride is an exhilarating one, especially for teens (reconsider it for young children.) Pack old clothes for this one; you’ll be covered in dust. DePalm also rents
ATVs, a very popular (and sometimes, honestly, a little too scary on busier
roads) way to get around town.
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Be sure to have a look at the whole island,
not just your very tempting beach. The biggest tour operator is DePalm
Tours, with desks in every major hotel. This firm offers an excellent
half-day tour aboard air-conditioned motor coaches with hotel pick-up.
At the conclusion of the tour, you can return to your hotel or get off
in downtown Oranjestad for an afternoon of shopping.
Island
tours reveal a terrain with a windswept family beauty that families learn
to love for its contrast of ochre colors against the turquoise sea and
for its rugged beauty. You’ll have an excellent view of the cunucu,
or countryside, atop Casibari Rock Formation. It’s a fairly
easy climb (although you’ll find yourself bent over and squeezing
between rocks a few times), but wear good shoes for this trek. It's best for families with schoolage kids and older.