{"id":146554,"date":"2020-11-02T12:08:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T10:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/highlights\/curacao"},"modified":"2021-10-22T13:59:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T11:59:09","slug":"curacao","status":"publish","type":"highlights","link":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/caribbean\/netherlands-antilles\/curacao","title":{"rendered":"Cura\u00e7ao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Old Dutch street names and colourful fa\u00e7ades of old warehouses on the waterfront of St. Annabaai, the Dutch-tinged <strong>Willemstad,<\/strong>intimate bays and the lively Mambo Beach. <strong>Cura\u00e7ao <\/strong>is a special island in the <a href=\"\/?continent_category=nederlandse-antillen\">Netherlands Antilles.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>NATURE AND ADVENTURE<\/h3>\n<p>Christopher Park is the largest national park on the island. With its huge variety of fauna and flora, nature lovers can enjoy themselves here. Spot local birds and plants such as wild orchids, the rare barn owl Palabrua or a white street deer.<\/p>\n<p>Bring your snorkeling gear or take to the water by stand-up paddle board on the west coast. At <strong>Playa Piskado<\/strong> or <strong>Playa Grandi,<\/strong>a small fishing beach you can snorkel or dive. Head to Shete Boka National Park, where you&#8217;ll find dozens of stunning coves that are the breeding ground of three species of turtles. Start at the beautiful Boka Table, where large and unpredictable waves crash against an underground cave. Then hike up on the limestone terrace for great views of the coast.<\/p>\n<p>Fancy some adventure? Discover Cura\u00e7ao&#8217;s natural beauty by ATV, so you will come on beautiful paths that you will never experience otherwise. Take a mountain bike tour along the rugged coast. Absolute adrenaline you will find during a crazy skydive, from the air you can see the beauty of the island.<\/p>\n<h3>BOUNTY BEACHES<\/h3>\n<p>Small Cura\u00e7ao, a desert island located almost 13 kilometers from the southeast coast. The sand is powder white and the water crystal clear. Leave by sailboat and visit this beautiful island. Mingle with the <em>locals <\/em>at Grote Knip and enjoy a delicious siesta. Discover the popular beach of Jan Thiel Baai which, thanks to its relaxed atmosphere, is the hotspot of Cura\u00e7ao. Jump off the cliffs at Playa Westpunt. Get talking to others at Cas Abou or search for the hidden <em>hidden gem <\/em>of Playa Jeremi. Sunbathing under tall palm trees with sounds of swinging salsa in the background, delicious right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bounty beaches, nature &amp; adventure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":135463,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"country":[549],"highlight_category":[600],"continent_category":[423],"class_list":["post-146554","highlights","type-highlights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-netherlands-antilles","highlight_category-hoogtepunt-en","continent_category-caribbean"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/146554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/highlights"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/293"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/146554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237554,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/146554\/revisions\/237554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=146554"},{"taxonomy":"highlight_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlight_category?post=146554"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=146554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}