UTV @ Aruba (3)

One of my favorite experiences at Aruba is riding UTV in the desert. Riding a UTV makes you feel like a superhero in the movie. It is loud, rough, rumbling and feels powerful when it run over big rocks or go up hills in seconds. There are some wonderful sites in Aruba which are only accessible by all terrain vehicles. You can go with some sort of truck, but I selected to ride UTV/ATV by myself. UTV/ATV are all terrain vehicles. ATV is one-person like driving a motorcycle, you will need a helmet. I drove UTV which can take a passenger and does not need a helmet. Below is the one I drove.

There are many tourist groups that can take you out for the UTV/ATV ride. I went with Kini Kini. I am super happy with them. They were very accommodating, and communicated fast on phones and emails. Our tour guide is super funny and such a character. He said “Aruba, we are a happy island. We have many return customers. Bora Bora is overrated :D” Below is him 🙂

The tour first drove through the city and then arrived a historical church, which is the first chapel of Aruba.

I heard that people here feed street dogs

There is some coconut stand nearby and selling cock tails :D. In Aruba, you can drive after drinking, just don’t get drunk. You can even use US dollars and of course, your credit card can work too.

What to bring? Special kind of Sun glasses that can block sands. I see that some people also take scarfs around their necks to prevent the sand from entering the clothes. But it is fine without it too.

Besides driving around in the bumpy desert, UTV takes you to three exciting stops: (1) natural bridge (2) natural diving pool and (3) a gold-mining ruin. The best outfit for the day should be the swimming clothes under and a long-sleeve UV protection on the top. It is also good to bring a towel to dry off after your diving, and also bring slippers (for playing in the pool) and sneakers (for hiking around the ruins). The guides will bring some water bottles for you.

it looks like on Mars when you are on top of the bridge

Ruins are like natural rock climbing gym, and I also love to take good pictures in ruins (but I have no luck to find a good boy friend who can take good pictures for me :))

The view from the ruin, feel the happy atmosphere
The view of the ruin from the top

It was a great day and have 0 complaints :).

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