City: Noord
Top Things to do in Noord
Top 10 Things to do in Noord, Aruba
Noord (Dutch pronunciation: [noːrt]) is a town in Aruba (a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands). It is part of the Noord/Tanki Leendert administrative unit of Aruba, which has a population of 16,944 as of 2000. By now, it is the town with the greatest population. This town is known for its low rise and high rise hotels, restaurants, beaches, malls, the California Lighthouse, and other places of attraction.
Restaurants in Noord
1. Aruba Active Vacations
Overall Ratings
5 based on 257 reviews
Aruba Active Vacations offers: kitesurfing / kiteboarding, windsurfing, mountainbike rental and tours, landsailing and snorkels. We have friendly and professional instructors, to make sure your activity is fun and informative.
Reviewed By Евгений А
We took several windsurfing lessons during our vacation in March 2018. Our teacher Irene has explained us the key things for windsurfing, so we could start Surfing straight away, and had a great time Surfing. Even though we were very begginers at Surfing. So great teacher, great company, great place!
2. Druif Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 124 reviews
A section of a seven-mile-stretch of beach that offers excellent swimming conditions due to calm water.
Reviewed By Easylivingtravel - Tampa, Florida
This beach seemed private although it was open to public. It is used by the DIVI resort. In fact all the chairs and umbrellas belong to the resort. However it is a nice place for a beach walk and it wasn't hard to park during low season. Perhaps next time I'm in Aruba I'll stay at the DIVI resort just to have unlimited access to this beautiful beach.
3. Aruba Go Cherry ATV Tours & More
Overall Ratings
5 based on 119 reviews
Reviewed By foodBlogette - Toronto, Canada
Highlight of our vacation was a day exploring the island on UTV! All thanks to the owner of Aruba Go Cherry (Isaac)! We were emailing different companies for ATV/ UTV rentals but many places were booking up quite quickly or were quite expensive. We met with Isaac who was able to rent us a UTV at a reasonable price. He didn't have a UTV the day we wanted it but was able to make other arrangement for us. He was able to coordinate a rental with one of his friends at the Seabob store at Arashi beach. We had already explored most of the island by car and wanted to go to Arikok National Park. He gave us tips and advice on what we could see and do to make our trip smoother.
We went off- roading most of the way which ended up being very enjoyable! The path starts behind the California Light house and makes it way around to Alto Vista Lighthouse. From there you could continue to take a backroad towards the Natural Bridge or take the main road (which faster). The journey itself to Arikok National park took about 30- 40 minutes depending on how fast you drive. We were out for about 8 hours and we did see a good majority of places but could have stayed out even longer with all of the fun we were having!
4. Boca Catalina
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 715 reviews
Reviewed By scubaDave52 - Lansing, Michigan
Any time you sit on a beach and look at the ocean the rating should be 4+. We hit a lot of Beaches. All pretty nice. This one is fine, and you can reach it by rental car or public bus. You can swim here but there are better places for swimming just to the north and south with less rocks.
We came to snorkel. The first time we got started mid morning and stayed inside the buoys. It was pretty good with lots of fish (actually more than I saw the previous day scuba diving). As we got out of the ocean 5 large excursion boats pulled up one by one and disgorged snorkelers with their bright colored vests. I think it was mostly cruise ship patrons on expensive outings. (Hint to cruisers, you can get here on the Arubus.) Now my wife had said there must be a reason for the buoys and she didn't want to go out any deeper. What we figured out was the buoys were to keep the large groups of snorkelers from going closer to shore.
So we snorkeled Boca Catalina again another day, making sure we arrived before the hordes from the cruise ships. And we went outside the buoys! Pretty wild, hey!. We saw more fish and the highlights were 2 octopi which I don't know how to spell, so 2 octopusses which is probably also spelled wrongly. One octopus was the largest I have seen and was out in the open and easy to watch. In addition there was a small squadron of squid all lined up and just hanging out. Great day of snorkeling!
5. Eagle Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 7 reviews
This popular resort beach features the white sand and turquoise waters of an ideal Caribbean beach.
Reviewed By Teach_Travel_REC - Staten Island, New York
A lovely beach of white sand transitioning into beautiful turquoise water.
Eagle Beach is in the low-rise hotel area where the hotels are across the street and not right on top of it like in the high-rise hotel area.
No lounges or chairs are provided,and very few shaded areas so slather on that sun block and be prepared to sit/lay back on your beach towel.
6. Rancho la Ponderosa Day Horseback Riding Tours
Overall Ratings
5 based on 407 reviews
Reviewed By Karen B
The horses at this ranch are very nice and the guides were great. During the 2 hour ride through the hills and along the beach, we were able to gait the horses quite a bit and also got to canter a few times. My horse was very responsive and it was a great ride.
7. Natural Pool
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2 reviews
A "conchi" or swimmable pool nestled amidst massive rocks on the northeast coast of Aruba.
Reviewed By Marie K - Indiana, United States
You can only visit this unique spot with a tour, and it is well-worth the trip! Our family enjoyed swimming, climbing the rocks, jumping off formations, snorkeling, and the incredible beauty of the area. Our tour guides were very helpful at making sure we were safe and happy. It was the highlight of our week!
8. Manchebo Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 448 reviews
An impressive strand of white powder, this quiet spot on the southwestern tip of Aruba is ideal for a leisure day at the beach.
Reviewed By Steve1362 - Avon, Ohio
Located just south of Eagle Beach, Manchebo Beach is a beautiful, relaxing white sand beach with shimmering blue water. Unlike Eagle Beach, low-rise hotels and resorts are located directly on the beach but, unlike Palm Beach, there is a lot of room between the hotel facilities and the water and never felt crowded as most of Manchebo Beach is very wide.
Water sports can be arranged at Coco Loco Aruba at the very northern end of the beach and while the very southern end of the beach, where it transitions into Divi Beach, gets narrow and a bit rocky, it provides an area for birds, crabs and other bits of nature and can be very photogenic. Sunsets here are spectacular and there is often an increase in activity around sunset with people coming to witness the daily spectacle.
9. Palm Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 6 reviews
Located on the west side of the island, Palm Beach offers white sands and calm waters for excellent swimming conditions.
Reviewed By MIDWESTROBIN - Kansas City, MO
Palm Beach is super calm and has beautiful turquoise waters. Great from just hanging out in or rafting. Not the clearest we have seen. Bitter sweet: Lot's of activities like tubing, jet packing, parasailing, jet ski's, etc. These things are fun when YOU are doing them but are annoying when you just want to have a relaxing time on the beach.
10. Philip's Animal Garden
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1 reviews
Philips animal garden is a nonprofit organization. We do not rely on governmental support and get our resources entirely out of tours, theme-days and donations. The funds acquired will be solely and fully used to guarantee the wellbeing of the animals in several ways, such as: The safety and cleanness of the environment (habitat). All the required and necessary (expensive) vaccines that differ per animal. To provide for the specific maintenance and specific diets which are required to guarantee health and longevity of the species. Veterinarian care.
Reviewed By sunlover6588 - The Pas, Canada
I so enjoyed finding this gem. We rented a car and drove ourselves, was so worth it! They gave us a bag of food with our $10 admission. Loved the saucy ostriches, the goofy goats, donkeys, camels and that great Alpaca! All of the other...Moresunlover6588, I have the same experience every time I spend time roaming around Philips Animal Garden, just can't seem to stop smiling!!! Thank for joining us and spending time with our rescued residents and for your review of your time with us.
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