10 Reasons why you should visit Aruba

1. The endless view of palm trees and straw umbrellas

This is what paradise looks like to me! I just LOVE the view of straw umbrellas, palm trees, blue skies and turquoise water<3 And the sun is shining almost all the time as well. Aruba has it all!

2. Explore the colorful Orjanestad

The capital city of Aruba is a lot of fun with all it's colorful buildings. You can easily see it's influenced by the Dutch and Dutch is in fact the official language of the residents of Aruba.

3. White sandy beaches

You can find gorgeous beaches like this one several places on the island. This specific beach is called Baby Beach. Shallow, turquoise water and white sand as long as your eyes can see. Here you can also see a Fofoti tree. These trees are iconic to Aruba (along with the Divi Divi tree, that looks the same but grows other places than on the beach) and always points in the same direction, southwest!

4. Get friendly with the lizards

There are a bunch of different lizards on Aruba and they are not very afraid of people. I got a new friend by the hotel pool, sunbathing next to me and eating my leftover salad ;)

5. Soak up the sun

Surroundings like this are perfect for sunbathing and swimming. Aruba is also great for sailing, snorkeling, wind surfing, kitesurfing, wakeboarding etc. so you won't get bored if you're the active type.

6. Rent a Jeep and go off-road driving in Arikok National Park

Aruba has a beautiful National Park, Arikok, that you can explore if you rent an off-road vehicle. There are cactuses, goats, dusty roads and beautiful views along the way. This is also the only way to reach the "natural pool", which is a circle of rocks in the ocean making the shape of a circular pool. Really cool :)

7. See the Pelicans

Aruba is famous for their Pelicans and it is quite fascinating to watch them dive into the water for their catch of the day. Sometimes they'll even come visit you at your dining table, especially if you're having dinner at the Pelican Pier :)

8. The smoothie bowls at Eduardo's beach shack

This is by itself a reason to go to Aruba. Smoothie bowls are one of my favorite things to have for breakfast or lunch, sooo delicious! And the ones at Eduardo's... YUM<3 You should try them!

9. Try SUP-yoga

One of the reasons I wanted to visit Aruba in the first place was actually that I had read the book Yogagirl by Rachel Brathen (with lots of beautiful pictures of Aruba) and heard about the company Island Yoga that she founded. They offer classes in SUP-yoga, something I really wanted to try. So we did :) And it was a lot of fun. Definitely would need some more practice to get good at it, as it is quite difficult to balance out on the water. But it was such a nice experience to do yoga out on the turquoise water<3