Traveling to Curacao

 Welcome to Tims Traveling Tips,

Today I would like to share some tips on Curacao.  A few years ago I spent a week on the Island which is located near Aruba and Bonaire.  Before I book any vacation I always do my research over the internet with Trip Advisor or just doing a google search.  Once I find where I would like to stay come the searching for the best price.  In the past we would have to have used a travel agent but today everything is available online.  For this trip I booked through CheapCaribbean. 

 

We stayed at Sunscape all-inclusive resort which turned out to be an excellent choice.  The food was excellent especially at the specialty restaurants.  The buffet was always a good choice for breakfast; my favorite was the fresh made omelets.  For lunch there is a bar close to the beach and they made the best grouper sandwiches.







I chose not to dive with the onsite dive shop and dove with Curiour2Dive which picked me up each morning and drove to different dives sites.  All the diving in Curacao is close to shore due to the drop off 100 feet from shore.  I always am looking for something I have not yet seen underwater and in Curacao I wanted to see a frogfish.  Hans Pleij is the owner and dive master on all my dives.  He did his best to find a frogfish but we came up short on this trip.  Two days after I got home Hans sent me a photo that he found a frogfish. 

Lion fish are evading the Caribbean.  They are from the South Pacific and Indian Ocean

Tiny shrimp

Sea Horse

Watched this seahorse for 20 minutes.  Great picture thanks Hans.

Tim Z. floating over the reef

 

This is the frogfish we looked for 8 dives and could not find him.  Hans found him 2 days after I left. 
 

 I recommend taking the day trip to Klein Curacao which is an hour boat ride each way to a secluded island that has an amazing beach and lunch is provided.  There is an abandoned light house in the middle of the small island.  There is also a ship wreck wash up close to shore on the far end of the island all within walking distance.  The pictures below were taken by Tim Z.