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Curacao Underwater Park - 12.5 miles of Curacao's southern coastline, is
filled with gardens of soft and hard corals, tropical sea creatures and two shallow ship
wrecks visible 100 feet into the water.
Curacao Museum - Van Leeuwenhoekstraat, 599/9-6238873. More than just your typical
museum, as a former quarantine hospital for yellow fever victims, this building is typical
of Dutch architecture as well as antique furniture and paintings. Here you can visit a
Children's Museum of Science with hands-on exhibits and an island's specimen garden.Amstel
Brewery - 599/9-612944.Tour the facilities where Curacao beer is brewed from
desalinated seawater.
Hato Caves - Rooseveltweg, 599/9-680379. Tour the magnificent caves formed from
coral thousands of years ago when the island was still underwater.
Curacao Seaquarium - Bapor Kibra, 599/9-616666. Home to more than 400 species of
sealife as well as an aquarium where experienced divers can feed sharks and other animals,
the aquarium provides hours of entertainment. Or take a ride in the Seaworld Explorer, a
submarine that takes visitors for an hour-long trip into the deep.
Historic tours
- Taber Tours - Dokweg, 599/9-376637
- Daltino Tours - 599/9-614888
- Casper Tours - 599/9-653010
- Old City Tours - 599/9-613554 (walking tours)
Boating and Windsurfing
- Taber Tours - Dokweg, 599/9-376637, snorkel and barbecue trips to Port
Marie.
- Insulinde - Handelskade, 599/9-601340, day, sunset, and chartering trips.
- Coral Cliff Diving - 599/9-642822, 21-foot sailboat rentals.
- Top Waterports - 599/9-617343, Sunfish and catamarans.
- Seascape Dive & Watersports - At the Curacao Caribbean hotel -
deep-sea
- Fishing Charters - Pedal boats and Sunfish.
- Miss Ann - 599/9-671579, sunset cruises and day trips to Klein Curacao
Island.
Horseback Riding
- Ashari's Ranch - 599/9-686254
Golf
- Curacao Golf and Squash Club - Emmastad, 599/9-373590. This nine-hole
course is open to non-members in the morning.
Tennis
- Curacao Caribbean Hotel & Casino
- Princess Beach Resort & Casino
- Holiday Beach Hotel & Casino
Water Sports/Scuba Diving and Snorkeling
Most hotels offer water sports programs.
- Seascape Dive and Watersports - Curacao Caribbean Hotel - 599/9-625905.
Scuba diving and snorkeling reefs and underwater wrecks.
- Underwater Curacao - Bapor Kibra - 599/9-618131. Modern dive shop and
PADI-accredited underwater sports program.
- Peter Hughes Divers - 599/9-658991.
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