Arikok National Park

Arikok National Park (Papiamento: Parke Nacional Arikok) is a national park accounting for about 20% of Aruba.

Understand

Park websites

• arubanationalpark.org

Visitor information centre

• 1 Arikok National Park Visitor Center, San Fuego 70, Santa Cruz, ☏ +297 585 1234. 8AM–4PM. (updated Feb 2022)

Get in

Take Route 7 east from Oranjestad.

Fees and permits

The park is open from 08:00 to 16:00.

A full up-to-date fee list can be found at the park's website. However, as of 2022, the fees as follows. For non-residents, for an adult day pass, it is US$11 and for a year pass, it's US$30. Children 17 and under can enter free.

See

Quadirikiri Cave

• Arikok Hilltop. A viewpoint from where you can see most of Aruba. (updated Feb 2022)
• Natural Pool. (updated Feb 2022)
• Jamanota Hilltop. Home to the highest point on the island at 188 metres, slightly higher than Arikok Hilltop. (updated Feb 2022)
• Fontein Cave. A limestone cave with brownish-red pictographs probably left behind by the Arawak tribe, as well as some more recent wall art made by early European settlers. (updated Feb 2022)
• 1 Quadirikiri Caves (Guadirikiri Cave), ☏ +297 585 1234. 9AM–3:30PM. Another limestone cave, home to many bats. In a couple of places there are openings in the ceiling, making these caves fairly easy to explore without too much artificial lighting. (updated Feb 2022)
• Boca Prins. A beach where many turtles nest and has a small bar/cafe. (updated Feb 2022)
• Cunucu Arikok. Home to the remains of an old farm where various plants were cultivated and there are still cactus hedges and stonewalls visible. (updated Feb 2022)

Do

• Dos Playa. Has some relatively calm seas, it is possible to surf or bodyboard here. (updated Feb 2022)

Eat

• 1 Boca Prins Bar and Restaurant, Rte 7. 10AM–6PM. (updated Feb 2022)

Sleep

Unfortunately none.