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.
Philip's Animal Garden
Aruba
A non-profit rescue and rehabilitation sanctuary for exotic animals from Aruba and the wider region, with hands-on feeding on the guided tours.
Time needed
1–1.5 hours
Hours
Open daily 8:00 AM–6:00 PM; guided tours every half hour 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Tips
Buy an animal feed cup at the entrance — the feeding is the whole point of the visit, and tours leave on the half hour.
Phone
+297 593 5363Address
Alto Vista 116, Noord, ArubaNeighborhood
Noord
Activity providers
Kosher map of Aruba
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