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Aruba Travel Guide - Top Things To See

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• See the pastel-coloured gabled buildings of Oranjestad, where the Dutch heritage of Aruba is obvious; also here is Fort Zoutman, the oldest building on Aruba (1796), and home to the Aruba Historical Museum.

• Find paradise on white-sand beaches: Hadicurari Beach is renowned for excellent snorkelling, Baby Beach's shallow waters are ideal for children and Palm Beach is right in front of the main hotel strip.

• See yellow at the Chapel of Alto Vista on the north coast, which boasts a 100-year-old hand-carved oak altar behind the bright yellow exterior.

• Find the local iguana community in Seroe Colorado, notable also for its fine beaches.

• Spot Aruba's unofficial trademark – the distinctive shape of the divi-divi trees (also known as watapanas), windblown and windswept, stretched out at alarming angles in a land of cactus in the Cunucu.

• See cave drawings amongst Aruba's several systems of caves: Fontein was once used by the Arawak Indians, the original inhabitants of the island; the caves at Guadirikiri are a haven for bats; and Huliba Cave is nicknamed the 'tunnel of love'.

Hooiberg (Mount Haystack) looms out of the flat landscape of the interior to the northwest of Santa Cruz: walk up a series of several hundred steps to see across to Venezuela at the 165m (541ft) peak.

• Pass spectacular boulders, the result of an unexplained geological catastrophe, north from Santa Cruz on the road to Casibari and Ayo.

• Stare at the eerie salt pans along the southern coast.

• Be surrounded by flamingos in Arikok National Park: the park covers one-fifth of the island's landmass and contains a multitude of plants and animals; guided tours with park rangers are available.

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