City overview
Aruba sits 15 miles off the coast of Venezuela, outside the hurricane belt, with reliable sunshine, constant trade winds and some of the widest white-sand beaches in the Caribbean. The island is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Dutch order meets Caribbean warmth in a place small enough to cross by car in under an hour — resort strips along Palm and Eagle Beach on the west coast, a rugged cactus desert and wind-battered north shore behind them. Jewish life is concentrated in Noord, where Chabad Aruba has grown since 2013 into a community of roughly 150 people, and the island now supports year-round kosher dining for the first time.
Baby Beach
Aruba · Free
A shallow, calm horseshoe lagoon at Aruba's southeastern tip, popular for wading, families and easy snorkelling.
Time needed
3–4 hours
Tips
It is about 45 minutes from the Palm Beach hotels, so treat it as a half-day trip; there are restrooms, shade huts and food stands on site.
Neighborhood
San Nicolas
Activity providers
Kosher map of Aruba
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.