We traveled with friends who have been to Aruba beforehand, so we just took a short walk from the ship to a super cool beach bar. We were able to rent lounge chairs and umbrellas, have drinks and lunch and it was still only $30 per person. Food, drinks, and rentals!! The beach was beautiful! ...
Bought a day bus pass and went to Eagle Beach. The beach was beautiful. Water was very clear. Walked around some, found a Cafe' inside the supermarket and had lunch. Food was delicious and very reasonable. Turned out to be a relaxing day. Just what I was looking for that day. ...
We caught a bus to the butterfly farm, which was really interesting. The 15 USD (plus tax) entry included an informative tour. The beaches en route looked good but there is not much more to do in Aruba. ...
We were lucky enough to have a personal connection with a bicycle shop on the island and had an awesome tour of Aruba with the owners of Tri-Bike Aruba. Super nice folks. It was definitely hot for someone coming from Colorado, but beautiful desert environment with great terrain for mountain biking. The only annoyance was the ATVs racing close to shore. ...
Rented a car, drove around the island, went to the Arikok park, sand dunes, caves, gold mine, fantastic! Ended up at Baby Beach, great food and beach time. ...