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Swings wide many times daily to allow access to one of the busiest ports in the world. It also separates the two halves of the city.

The beach here is excellent, with fine, white powder sand and clear water.

Kickstart your Caribbean vacation at Mambo Beach—the water breakers create a tropical lagoon with calm, clear waters perfect for young children. Snorkel out by the rocks, and you’ll spot colorful coral and a sea turtle if you’re lucky. Lounge on the pearly white sands with a pina colada in hand, and grab lunch from the bar or one of the many eateries at the adjacent open-air mall. Curacao Sea Aquarium is next door, making this an excellent destination for families. Entrance fees apply for Mambo Beach, with beach chairs and umbrellas available to rent and lockers for your valuables. – Tripadvisor

Fall in love with the historic neighborhood Punda. Streets that are full of life and colors; fantastic murals and colorful building all over the town. Punda is the location of the world famous Handelskade: the waterfront collection of multi-colored buildings that has become Curaçao’s most characteristic image. But there is so much more to discover!

The Curaçao Sea Aquarium belongs to one of the most unique aquaria in the world. The reason being that, from the very beginning of the aquarium in 1984, the Sea Aquarium managed to create natural habitats for all its marine creatures without using sophisticated technical equipment. Due to an open-watersystem all the aquaria are in immediate contact with the open sea. It is this advanced pump system that continuously pumps fresh seawater directly in all the aquaria. Openings in the roof allow natural sunlight to fall directly on the aquaria, so there is no need to use artificial light sources. The combination of the open-watersystem and the natural sunlight create the natural circumstances that are needed to replicate the underwater world outside the aquarium. Everything in the aquaria, from the fish and corals to the sand on the bottom of the exhibition tanks, originates from the seas surrounding the island of Curaçao. Nothing in the displays is artificial, everything is 100% real. The same conditions apply to the lagoons in which the dolphins, sealions, sharks, rays and turtles are kept. The only thing that separates these lagoons from the open ocean are breakwaters built out of big rock boulders and an occasional fence, allowing fresh seawater to freely flow through all the lagoons. The Curaçao Sea Aquarium operates according to the principle that all animals need to be kept in circumstances that as much as possible mimic their natural living conditions. This goal is accomplished by employing all the available natural sources and resources surrounding the aquarium.

Old coral reefs exposed when the sea receded.