Curacao's irresistible call

What to do in Curacao
Take a walking tour to see more of Otrobanda, the district Kura Hulanda calls home, and get to know Punda, Curacao's shopping district. Step onto the Queen Emma Bridge and make your way over the St. Anna Bay channel where shipping vessels flock to offload their wares from international vendors.

Tour Punda's vast selection of shops and when you've worked up an appetite, stop in at the Plasa Bien for tasty local fare that's light on your wallet.

Then walk along the waterfront, lined with colourful examples of Dutch architecture. Many of these buildings served as warehouses, ready to receive shipments from visiting boats. A stroll around Punda reveals the international trade that characterizes Curacao as a port with merchandise from such countries as Japan, France, and the U.S.

ATV island tour
See more of the island's diverse landscape and satisfy the adventurer in you while buzzing about on an ATV. You can drive or hop on the back of a two-seater all-terrain vehicle with Eric's ATV Adventures Island Tours.

You'll stop at an enchanting bat-filled cave and hike to a beautiful view of Curacao's cactus-lined landscape that leads to a rocky shore and the magnificent Caribbean Sea.

Kura Hulanda Museum
Don't leave for home without a visit to the Kura Hulanda Museum, dedicated to anthropology and Curacao's cultural history.

Filled with fascinating artifacts, historical documents and bone-chilling reproductions, a visit to this museum is a sobering, significant and memorable one. You'll see fossils, skulls and bone artifacts in the Origin of Man display and in the Slave Trade and Middle Passage display, you'll get a look at what life was like for African slaves who were brought to Curacao during the transatlantic slave trade (1441- 1863).

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