khartz89 Posted April 24 #1 Share Posted April 24 My wife and I are looking between 3 excursions for when this stops in Aruba. For the following excursions, which all stop at a beach for an hour to 1.5 hours, the question I have is "what beach do they stop at"?? The 3 excursions are: Best of Aruba: Island Highlights and Beach Discover Aruba, Aloe Factory and Beach Getaway Kukoo Kunuku California Lighthouse & Beach ANyone that can provide some specific beach names would be very much appreciated !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted April 25 #2 Share Posted April 25 You might go to the Ports of Call board for Aruba and ask which beach is usually used for excursions. Most cruise lines will use the same companies to arrange excursions so cruise line might not matter. EM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasa1974 Posted April 25 #3 Share Posted April 25 (edited) Do they still offer the trike excursion (3-wheel motorcycles)? It's been a few years since we did this, but it was fantastic. I don't believe it was offered through Princess. I think it was called Trike Tours Aruba. I would have to dig through some old posts. We drove all over Aruba. We also stopped at the lighthouse. There was a group of us, and we followed a tour guide. Edited April 25 by nasa1974 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WisCruiser2 Posted April 25 #4 Share Posted April 25 I would guess Palm Beach - that's the one with all the high-rise hotels. We've only done a ship tour in Aruba once (first time there) years ago and it didn't have a beach stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPs4591 Posted April 25 #5 Share Posted April 25 Following. However we have also looked at the Aruba ports of call and seems like lots of both private excursions and also easy to get around individually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccio Posted April 25 #6 Share Posted April 25 16 hours ago, nasa1974 said: Do they still offer the trike excursion (3-wheel motorcycles)? It's been a few years since we did this, but it was fantastic. I don't believe it was offered through Princess. I think it was called Trike Tours Aruba. I would have to dig through some old posts. We drove all over Aruba. We also stopped at the lighthouse. There was a group of us, and we followed a tour guide. We had a great time on that excursion in 2016. We have a similar picture. For that Christmas our son gave us t-shirts with the picture and "Born to Be Wild." They are still in business: https://trikes-aruba.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasa1974 Posted April 25 #7 Share Posted April 25 10 minutes ago, capriccio said: We had a great time on that excursion in 2016. We have a similar picture. For that Christmas our son gave us t-shirts with the picture and "Born to Be Wild." They are still in business: https://trikes-aruba.com/ We did it in 2012. Once I got use to shifting left-handed it was easy. Although I kept forgetting to take off the handbrake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDVM96 Posted April 25 #8 Share Posted April 25 On 4/25/2024 at 12:33 AM, khartz89 said: For the following excursions, which all stop at a beach for an hour to 1.5 hours, the question I have is "what beach do they stop at"?? The 3 excursions are: Best of Aruba: Island Highlights and Beach Discover Aruba, Aloe Factory and Beach Getaway Kukoo Kunuku California Lighthouse & Beach ANyone that can provide some specific beach names would be very much appreciated !! The Princess tour description (under excursion details) sais: "Drive from California Lighthouse to the beach" Travel time: 00:20 and "Drive from beach back to Cruise Ship" Travel time: 00:20 So it must be a west coast beach half way between the lighthouse in the north and the cruise pier. So my guess is Palm Beach (where Hyatt Regency, Marriott and Ritz are located). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDVM96 Posted April 27 #9 Share Posted April 27 (edited) On 4/26/2024 at 1:33 AM, EDVM96 said: So my guess is Palm Beach (where Hyatt Regency, Marriott and Ritz are located). Addition: In January 2022, the Princess Shore Excurison "AUA100A - Best Of Aruba: Island Highlights & Beach" dropped people off at Coco Loco Beach Bar, Eagle Beach (where the Captain Morgan statue is located). https://maps.app.goo.gl/8WZsdmQYxB6gT4US8 Edited April 27 by EDVM96 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khartz89 Posted May 10 Author #10 Share Posted May 10 On 4/24/2024 at 7:18 PM, Essiesmom said: You might go to the Ports of Call board for Aruba and ask which beach is usually used for excursions. Most cruise lines will use the same companies to arrange excursions so cruise line might not matter. EM Can you provide a link .. I'm having trouble finding anything on this web site that has Aruba ports of call .... thanks !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccio Posted May 10 #11 Share Posted May 10 6 hours ago, khartz89 said: Can you provide a link .. I'm having trouble finding anything on this web site that has Aruba ports of call .... thanks !!! It is in the Caribbean Ports of Call section: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/101-aruba/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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