An independent guide to Aruba, built from the sources
A planning guide to Aruba, from Palm Beach and Eagle Beach to Arikok National Park and San Nicolas, written from official and operator sources.
How this guide began
Aruba 365 began with a simple idea: a small island with two very different hotel beaches, a national park across close to a fifth of its land, and both a dry season and a rainy season deserves a guide that helps you choose. It covers Aruba from the high-rise hotels of Palm Beach to the desert of Arikok National Park, for travelers who want more than a single resort pool.
There is a lot within a short drive. Oranjestad, the capital, has Fort Zoutman, Wilhelmina Park and the free downtown trolley. Eagle Beach has its two much-photographed fofoti trees, Baby Beach its shallow lagoon near San Nicolas, and the windward north coast the Natural Pool and Alto Vista Chapel, while Boca Catalina and Mangel Halto are the snorkeling stops. This guide is built to point beyond the cruise terminal and the high-rise hotels.
The guides here are written and edited by Alex Borshch and kept current by Iryna T., the network’s second editor. From beaches and dive sites (including the Antilla shipwreck) to the street art of San Nicolas, the Casibari and Ayo rock formations, and the local Balashi beer, we aim to help you plan a trip that fits how you actually want to travel.
Aruba 365 is one of a small group of independent island guides published by Travel Media 365. The sites share software and an editorial rulebook; the Aruba pages are researched against Aruba’s own sources, such as the Aruba Tourism Authority, the Aruba Conservation Foundation, Arubus and the national meteorological service.
A trusted companion, 365 days a year
The aim of Aruba 365 is modest: correct, current facts for planning a trip to Aruba in any month, dry season or rainy. In practice that means we try to:
- State prices, fees and opening times with the date we checked them and the body that published them, such as Arubus fares or the Arikok day pass
- Highlight quieter spots like San Nicolas and the Arikok desert alongside the headline beaches, encouraging tourism that benefits local communities
- Explain the rules that protect the island, including the ban on oxybenzone sunscreen, the vehicle restrictions in Arikok and the four marine park zones
- Pass on official safety guidance as it is written, from the emergency numbers to the US travel guidance on San Nicolas at night
- Stay useful to a first-time visitor choosing between Palm Beach and Eagle Beach and to a returning one planning a day in Arikok
We would rather say that a figure could not be confirmed than print one that only sounds precise. Where official sources disagree, as they do on how long a visitor may stay in Aruba, the page says so.
How this guide is made
Neither editor lives in Aruba, so this guide does not claim local experience. It is researched from sources we name, such as the Aruba Tourism Authority, Arubus, the Aruba Conservation Foundation and the government taxi fare table. Where we quote a price or a fee, we try to say who published it and when we checked it.
Sources first
Pages start from official and primary sources: government and tourism pages, airports, transport operators and the venues themselves.
Drafted with AI, edited by a person
AI is used for first drafts and for source checks. Alex Borshch edits the guides and decides what is published.
Checked and dated
On a checked page, AI-based reviews compare the facts with their sources, and the page shows the date of that check.
As of 30 September 2026, 124 pages of Aruba 365 have been through that check.
Want the detail on who writes this and how the checking works? Read our editorial standards and see the fact-check record.
Let's build something together
If you run a business in Aruba and a detail about it is wrong here, or you have spotted an outdated fare, fee or opening time, send it through the contact form. Messages reach the editor.