Klein Curaçao Super Yacht with Beach House
- 8h
- Yacht
- Strandhuis
- Ontbijt
- Gezinsvriendelijk
vanaf € 138/pp
Waar eilandbewoners hun bezoekers naartoe sturen
Klein Curaçao is het dagtripje waar locals elke bezoeker naartoe sturen: hagelwit zand, kalm turquoise water en snorkelen boven scheepswrakken en zeeschildpadden. Boten raken weken van tevoren volgeboekt, dus reserveer op tijd.
Heading out, you sail straight into the trade winds, so the front of the boat takes the chop. Sit at the back, ideally back-centre, keep your eyes on the horizon, and most stomachs settle fast.
There are enough beach beds and palapas for everyone, so take your time getting off the boat. The only perk of the first dinghy is first pick of your spot for the day.
The sun out here is fierce and bounces off the water and white sand, so reapply often. Go reef-safe: the reef is protected, and ordinary sunscreen harms the coral.
Signal is weak and patchy. You'll catch a bit out on the pier or up in the watchtower, but mostly you're off the grid, so tell people at home before you sail and enjoy a full day unplugged.
This isn't the usual "limited availability" line: boats to Klein Curaçao genuinely sell out three to four weeks ahead, year-round. If your dates are fixed, lock it in early.
You can climb to the top for a view over the whole island, but the stairs are weathered and unmaintained. Take them slowly, watch your footing, and hold on.
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Onze eerlijke keuzes, geen betaalde plaatsingen. Alle tours bekijken
Alle zes de boten varen naar Klein Curaçao. Frisdrank en een BBQ-lunch inbegrepen. Dit is wat er anders is zodra je er bent.
A 1.7 km² flat, uninhabited island 10km off the southeast coast of Curaçao. No shops, no signal, just sand, reef, and history.
Klein Curaçao has one of the longest white-sand beaches in the Caribbean: over a kilometre of fine, powdery sand along the calm, reef-protected south shore. The water runs in bands of turquoise to deep blue, shallow and clear right off the sand. It's the reason most people make the trip, a full day on an undeveloped beach with nothing built on it and no crowds beyond the day boats. The north shore is the opposite: rough, windswept, and where the wrecks lie.
In 1871, British mining engineer John Godden found phosphate on Klein Curaçao, left by centuries of nesting birds. Within fifteen years, they had dug out around 90,000 tons for fertiliser and cattle feed, leaving the island around 3 metres lower and stripped bare, which is why it's flat and treeless today. In the 1700s and 1800s, the West India Company used it as a quarantine station.
Klein Curaçao is a protected nesting ground for three sea turtle species: Hawksbill, Loggerhead, and Green sea turtles. The whole island is a protected Ramsar wetland and a designated Important Bird Area. Those hatched here return year after year to the same beach to nest. While snorkeling you'll very likely see them grazing in the shallows, with the best chance during nesting season, March to October. Watch and swim alongside them, but never touch.
Klein Curaçao's eastern reef is one of the healthiest untouched coral systems left in the Caribbean, rare in a region where bleaching has hit most reefs hard. With visibility up to 30 metres, you take in coral formations, underwater caves, and dense fish life: a real dive site, not just a snorkel stop. One operator runs the island's only dive school, and snorkel gear comes standard.
Klein Curaçao's pink lighthouse, officially the Prins Hendrik tower, stands 20 metres tall in the middle of the island as its standout landmark. First built in 1850, it was destroyed by a hurricane in 1877, rebuilt in 1879, and first lit in 1913. Stairs added in 2017 let you climb to the top for a view over the whole island, though they're weathered and unmaintained now.
Klein Curaçao's north shore holds three shipwrecks. Low and hard to spot, with strong currents, the island has caught out passing boats for centuries. The most visible is the Maria Bianca Guidesman, an oil tanker stranded in 1988. Two French sailing yachts lie nearby. Wind, salt, and sand are slowly reclaiming all three. The north-shore walk takes you right past them.
Ja. Klein Curaçao is het dagtripje dat eilandbewoners als eerste aanraden: ongerept zand, kalm turquoise water en snorkelen direct vanaf het strand. Het is een volle dag, en bijna niemand heeft er spijt van.