aruba in a day??

[juliang]

Princess dec 4 from ft laud. last port day is aruba.Thinking about palm beach and snorkel excursion which is $44. Is this the same as arashi beach , which people rave about? is there snorkeling off palm beach?

cruise gets in at 8 am. excursion is 4 hrs. would like to see downtown orenstad shops also . is there enough time ..ship leaves at 5pm....if decided to leave beach early and take a cab from palm beach to downtown orenstad, about how much for 2 people?

 

tx

[Arubalisa]

Arashi Beach and Palm Beach are ENTIRELY different beaches.

There is some snorkeling at the very southern end of Arashi, the rest is white sand beach, used by a lot of locals and tourists not staying at major resorts. Some, but not a lot of shade.

Palm Beach is a long stretch of white sand beach with about a dozen high rise resort hotels. There is no snorkeling here. Nothing to see but a white sand bottom.