Daphne Lejuez | VisitAruba News

A growing new hobby: Bird Watching on Aruba

An interesting new passing time enjoyed by locals and visitors alike, with around 236 registered species at the different places on the island like the reefs, beaches, mangroves and more. Visitors to our island can easily access the Bubali Plas Bird Sanctuary—with a bird-watching tower overlooking marsh areas—located adjacent to the Westin Resort & Casino, Aruba in the high-rise hotel area of Palm Beach.

Make Aqua Grill a part of your Aruba tradition

Aqua Grill's culinary team, under the supervision of an award winning chef, prepares your seafood wood-grilled, broiled, poached, steamed, or pan-fried upon request, hence it's a regular favorite to many local and visitors.

Beach Tennis Tournament Results

Queen's Day celebration week was big and one of the greatest events that took place during the weekend was The Arubianas 4th ranking tournament. Around 300 participants in all categories, levels and ages played on the prestigious Eagle Beach with a total of 14 courts.

Learn more about Aruba’s Palo di Boonchi

Aruba has a large array of plants and flowers. One of them is “Palo di Boonchi’, Aruba’s Bean Plant, known for its beautiful flowers and medical use. In this article you can find out more about this tree.

Banana Moon store opened in Aruba

Banana Moon, a well-known brand of swim and beach wear, recently opened the doors of their store in the Havenstraat in Aruba. The store is selling bikinis, bathing suits, hats, bags, tunics and flips flops. The store is a must visit if you are looking for the perfect bikini.

Synchronized swimmer Anouk Eman Wins GOLD at U.S. National Championships

Synchronized swimming requires a unique combination of overall body strength and agility, grace and beauty, split-second timing, musical interpretation, stamina and dramatic flair. Internationally in synchronized swimming three events are recognized: solo, duet and team. For Aruba's Gold medalist Anouk Eman, her swimming techniques did not disappoint.

Radisson Aruba Resort organized a beach clean up on Earth Day

Radisson Aruba Resort Casino & Spa employees got together on Earth Day to clean up the beach around the California Dunes and Lighthouse. The beach cleanup was organized as part of the resort’s responsible business policy.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House 5th Anniversary celebration with distinguished guests

On Monday May 6, Ruth’s Chris Aruba celebrated its 5^th anniversary with a sold out “Rat Pack tribute” dinner show for their distinguished guests. The audience enjoyed and sang-a-long some of the favorites like New York, New York, That's Amore, My Way and more.

Paseo Herencia welcomes the first McDonald dessert center to Aruba

Craving something sweet has just gotten better. Indulge yourself, as the new McDonald dessert center caters an all dessert menu which includes there popular desserts such as McFlurry, Sundaes, Cones and Shakes.

Sarah-Quita, Aruba’s Windsurfing Champion, received Royal Medal

Governor Refunjol got the honor to pin the medal on Sarah-Quita Offringa and to hand over the letter declaring her of “Knight in the Order of Orange Nassau”. Friends and family gathered at the Aruba House in the Netherlands to be part of this special occasion.

The annual pole sitting event kicks off on May 9th

The 19th edition of Aruba’s Pole Sitting Championship is organized once again from May 9th till May 12th 2013. The popular contest always attracts a large audience to support the participants and to enjoy all the happenings around the championship.

Westin Aruba Resort named Best Value Resort in Islands magazine

The Westin Resort and Casino Aruba was named Best Value Resort in Caribbean Travel + Life's Best of the Caribbean: Readers' Choice Awards. The results were announced in the May 2013 edition of Islands Magazine.