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Curacao: Swimming with Sea Turtles and Grote Knip Beach Tour PICTURES FOR FREE!
4.9
913 Ratings
Willemstad
Embark on a thrilling adventure with Turtle Beach! Swim with sea turtles, visit Grote Knip, Curacao’s most beautiful beach, and spot flamingos. Free pictures, a private terrace, and a relaxing trip await!
Embark on a thrilling adventure with Turtle Beach! Swim with sea turtles, visit Grote Knip, Curacao’s most beautiful beach, and spot flamingos. Free pictures, a private terrace, and a relaxing trip await!
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Curacao Dreams Travel & Tours - Pick up Pier/Hotel-Distance to the turtles 40 minutes
- Playa Piskado/Playa Grandi - Sea turtles in the crystal clear flat/low water, without a boat. 1 hour snorkel time.
- Grote Knip - One of the most beautiful beach in the Caribbean. Swimming or snorkeling? What you like! 45 minutes beach time.
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- Curacao Dreams Travel & Tours - Pick up Pier/Hotel-Distance to the turtles 40 minutes
- Playa Piskado/Playa Grandi - Sea turtles in the crystal clear flat/low water, without a boat. 1 hour snorkel time.
- Grote Knip - One of the most beautiful beach in the Caribbean. Swimming or snorkeling? What you like! 45 minutes beach time.
- Landhuis Jan Kok - Flamingo Area Jan Kok. Photo stop by the free living Flamingos. 10 minutes by the Flamingos.
What's Included
- Carbonated beverages
- Professional guide
- Bottled water
- Free pictures (GoPro 12) Airdrop, Facebook, WhatsApp
- Round-trip private transfer
- Driver/guide
- Use of snorkeling equipment
- Professional photographer guide
- Carbonated beverages
- Professional guide
- Bottled water
- Free pictures (GoPro 12) Airdrop, Facebook, WhatsApp
- Round-trip private transfer
- Driver/guide
- Use of snorkeling equipment
- Professional photographer guide
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Lunch
Additional Information
Triadvisor Experience Award Winner 2023 & 2024. We provide our guests with a delightful and relaxing journey. Enjoy swimming with sea turtles responsibly, without touching or feeding them. At Turtle Beach, we offer an exclusive rooftop area just for our guests. Spend an hour swimming with sea turtles alongside your guide, Patrick. More time in the water…
Triadvisor Experience Award Winner 2023 & 2024. We provide our guests with a delightful and relaxing journey. Enjoy swimming with sea turtles responsibly, without touching or feeding them. At Turtle Beach, we offer an exclusive rooftop area just for our guests. Spend an hour swimming with sea turtles alongside your guide, Patrick. More time in the water means more fun!
Our journey to the turtles takes 45 minutes in an air-conditioned bus.
- Stop: Swim with sea turtles and Patrick. Patrick will be your guide in the water for this incredible experience! He will be in the water with you, capturing beautiful photos of the sea turtles. The turtles naturally visit this beach, offering the best underwater experience for all ages. We stay in shallow waters to observe the sea turtles.
On the return trip to the ship or hotel, Patrick will send the photos directly to your phone.
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Stop: Grote Knip - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BEACH IN CURACAO
Enjoy a 1-hour beach stop.
- At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
Location
Curacao Dreams Travel & Tours
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(913 Ratings)
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Lynn30043
Mar 31, 2025
Turtle experience - Guides were great. Enjoyed the history and knowledge of Curacao. Guides were also fun. Beaches were beautiful and turtles were awesome.
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Lynn_r
Mar 31, 2025
Had a great time - Guide of Patrick and Sexy Eddie made the trip great. Had a wonderful time. Beautiful beaches and adorable turtles.
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Rinkita2025
Mar 30, 2025
What an experience!!!! - Great from start to finish. Your guide was on time and great. Never a dull moment as Patrick and sexy Eddie were phenomenal. Worth every penny!!!!
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Experience574052
Mar 28, 2025
Fantastic Tour! - The tour guide - Patrick and bus driver - Eddie- were both funny and knowledgeable. The entire way there and back on the bus, they told stories and gave a history of the island. Even if we hadn’t seen the beautiful flamingos, gorgeous clear blue water beach, unusually friendly turtle, and received incredible pictures and videos of the turtle swim, direct to our phones, the trip would have been worth it just for that.
A few things to note - 1- bring some cash. You need to pay to use the bathroom at the beach (I think it’s just a dollar, but you have to find some man to open it). Also at the beach, the chairs and umbrella cost $15, and we didn’t see any sign or know that until two men came to collect. 2- Something bit a couple of people in the group, which was a bit concerning, though they seemed fine afterward - Someone said it was plankton from jelly fish or something. 4-They provide plenty of water on the bus for anyone who wants, and there are a few concession stands for food/drink. 5-Bring towels, sunscreen, and water shoes if possible. 6-There is a small changing area on the roof if you want to change before or after swimming with the turtles.
All in all, a great day
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Jsl63
Mar 26, 2025
Enjoy! - Fun Excursion!
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Great driver, lots of information. Swimming with the turtles was amazing, and the photos so much fun to have! The beach stop was great, the water so many shades of blue and the beach so white. Only thing to watch, try for a weekday. Weekends at the beaches are packed. Fun excursion!
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Keithc101197
Mar 24, 2025
Turtle Swim for the Win! - We had Patrick and Sexy Eddie. Both shared a wealth of information about the Island and it's history all throughout the tour. Having the in water pictures of swimming with the turtles, for us, is the big highlight of this experience.
At Grote Knip a lounger is $5 and if you'd like to use the restroom facilities or rinse off each will cost $1. We were mostly in the water so in hindsight probably shouldn't have rented $15 in loungers that we sat in for a matter of minutes.
There's no place that we saw to change after the turtle swim so bring along a sweatshirt or something similar to keep you comfortable on the bus ride back with the AC on. Strongly recommend water shoes as well as the entrance at both beaches is initially very rocky. Water and soda are provided on the bus. Both stops had some vendors and concessions.
Didn't feel like the 10 minute viewing of the flamingos from afar was necessary; having more time at each beach would've been preferred.
Lastly, pictures lead us to believe there are turtles galore but in reality Patrick was able to entice one to hang with our group and a second just occasionally came around. In the entire area there doesn't seem to be more than a half dozen of them at the moment.
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Carsun40
Mar 19, 2025
The Best! - Best way to visit Curacao. Patrick and Sexy Eddie were full of information, kindness and consideration. Such a joy to experience the beaches and swim with the turtles and bet such fabulous pictures directly to our phones.
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Michaelfs5024eu
Mar 18, 2025
Was fantastic - We picked up on time at the meeting point. It was a wonderful day. Patrick and sexy Eddie was great. Thanks for the free pictures.
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Mia_h
Mar 22, 2025
Snorkeling with the... - Snorkeling with the turtles was a little stressful. People were not instructed to keep their legs still and it was very crowded. We felt bad for the turtles. Snorkeling on our own at Grote Knip was the best. We saw cuddle fish and live corals. Vehicle was very nice.
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M3394ecstephaniec
Mar 23, 2025
Don’t support this practice - Patrick actually left our tour for over an hour to go do another private photo shoot of another group. Wildly unprofessional and robbing us his time we were paying for. We had Eddie, but I think they changed the order of the usual tour to accommodate his private booking. Because of this, we spent more time at Grote Knip and less time at the turtle beach.
That was actually a benefit, though: Grote Knip was gorgeous and the turtle beach was teeming with Jellyfish. We got out of the water after 2 minutes because we kept getting stung.
Finally- Patrick continuously feeds the turtles to keep them around. This is a terrible practice and should be banned; he’s ruining their natural instincts. Wish we wouldn’t have gone on this trip and supported that.
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