Ship in port until 10 pm, what to do?

[bup1224]

1 hour ago, CheckersMidwest said:

We will be in port from 1:30 pm until 10:30 pm. I booked a private island tour for the 3 of us through Viator. When you sign up, they email you a coupon. Saved us $36.  (3 adults). We have 4 hours to do whatever we'd like. We want to see the ostrich farm, Curacao distillery and not sure what else. I'm trying to decide if we want to snorkel with the turtles or just make this a land stop. I'd like to see blowholes, maybe the cave. We would like to shop a bit, but don't want to push the tour to start later as the ostrich farm & distillery close at 4:00 & 5:00. Hopefully there will be a few shops open after 6:00 or along the way back to the ship. We could figure that into the tour also I guess.

 

bup1224: You mentioned restaurants in the Water Arches area. If we have the tour drop us off there, is it far back to the ship? Can we walk back ? For good seafood, pastas, local dishes which is your favorite? (Perla Del Mar, Scampis, or Dal Toro). Any of those have a good view or atmosphere too?   Also....the Curcacao and Dushi signs......what does Dushi mean?

It's a 15 - 20 minute walk back to the port so you should be fine.

All those restaurants have the same view right on the water and you can see your ship too.  I like them all for different reasons lol. Perla del Mar is known for seafood,  Dal Toro and Scampi are good too. 

Dushi has several meanings, sweet, sweetheart, good, nice, tasty, babe, even sexy. It's a positive word.

[tarmom4ever]

bup1224 - Thank you for all the wonderful tips about Curacao.  We will be in port from 8 to 8 and have arranged a private tour for 6 of us that range in age from 10 to 52 years young.  We know that we want to snorkel but we also want to have time to see the island.  We are not much on museums.  They are picking us up at 8:30 AM and will last for 5-7 hours.  Where should we go?  Lunch?  Thank you for your input.

[bup1224]

2 hours ago, tarmom4ever said:

bup1224 - Thank you for all the wonderful tips about Curacao.  We will be in port from 8 to 8 and have arranged a private tour for 6 of us that range in age from 10 to 52 years young.  We know that we want to snorkel but we also want to have time to see the island.  We are not much on museums.  They are picking us up at 8:30 AM and will last for 5-7 hours.  Where should we go?  Lunch?  Thank you for your input.

Go to the West Punt area beaches,  Grote Knip is gorgeous,  Playa Piskado for the turtles, Shete Boka National park is amazing! Our island is so much more than just the beaches (depending on your tour operator) they should drive you through the more natural terrain too.

If you want local, ask the tour about Landhuis Dokterstuin for lunch.