The days in Aruba we hand straight to the crew

It means the day is run by the local crew and priced by the local crew. Ten experiences are arranged person to person instead of through a tour platform, run between eight local crews, because some of them share the same crew: parasailing on Palm Beach, a private boat charter, the sunrise Natural Pool hike, beach yoga and sound healing on Eagle Beach, Jeep rental, two-tank boat diving, the Arikok jeep safari, the Urirama Cove horseback ride and the horseback ride to the Little Natural Bridge. Nothing is added on top of the operator’s own published price.

Parasailing is $70 per person. The private boat charter is $900 for the whole boat, up to 10 guests, for 3 hours. The sunrise Natural Pool hike is $60 per person. Beach yoga is $30 per person and the sound healing session is $40 per person. The two-tank boat dive is $135 per diver with rental equipment or $100 with your own BCD and regulator; tanks and weights are included in both. The Arikok jeep safari is $110 per person and $95 for children aged 4 to 17. Jeep rental starts at $259.99 a day for the Wrangler and $279.99 a day for the Gladiator, before tax and optional protection: with the crew's 15 percent tax and fee that is an indicative $298.99 and $321.99 for one day, plus a refundable $500 card hold that is not part of the total. The Urirama Cove horseback ride is $123.05 per rider including 7% tax; paying the balance by card at the ranch adds a 7% surcharge, and a child under 6 riding with a parent is free. The horseback ride to the Little Natural Bridge is $116 per rider, every age the same.

No. For the nine offers we arrange by hand, reserving is free: you pick your date, we send a secure deposit link, and your booking is confirmed once that deposit is paid. The deposit comes out of the crew's price rather than on top of it, and it is $20 per person for parasailing, a flat $180 for the boat, $12 per person for the hike, $6 for beach yoga, $8 for sound healing, $27 per diver with rental gear or $20 with own BCD and regulator for the two-tank dive, $22 per adult and $19 per child for the Arikok jeep safari, and $23 per rider for the horseback ride to the Little Natural Bridge. The balance goes to the crew, never to us: at the beach on the day for parasailing, in cash at the dock for the boat, by Zelle the day before for the hike, yoga and sound healing, during registration on arrival at the dive center for the two-tank dive, with the safari crew on the morning, before the jeeps leave, and at the Natural Bridge ranch before you mount, in cash or by Visa or Mastercard. Every amount is in US dollars. The Jeep rental is different: you pay the published rate in a booking window over our page and nothing is charged on this site. The Urirama Cove ride uses a $23 deposit per rider; its $100.05 balance, including all tax, is paid at the ranch before riding.

For the nine offers held with a deposit: cancel 48 hours or more before your activity and the deposit comes back in full, to the card you paid it on. If the crew cancels for weather, or a departure does not reach its minimum, you get every cent back, always, or the next good day if you prefer. Inside 48 hours, and for a no-show, the deposit is not refunded, but the date can move or the booking can transfer to someone else in your group. The balance never passes through this site, so a cancellation never involves a balance refund from us; where the balance is sent ahead to the crew, that money sits with the crew. All cut-off times are Aruba time. The Jeep crew sets its own terms: free cancellation more than 24 hours before pick-up, and inside 24 hours one day of rental plus tax is charged. The full matrix, offer by offer, is on our refunds and cancellations page.

The deposit is paid by a secure link in your email, by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, in US dollars. The balance goes straight to the crew. Parasailing: at the beach on the day, before you fly. The private boat charter: $720 in US dollars cash at the dock, before you board. The sunrise hike, beach yoga and sound healing: by Zelle the day before, when your guide sends the request. Zelle only works when both the sender and the receiver hold US bank accounts, so a Canadian, European or other non-US account cannot send it; say so in the booking form and you pay the guide in US dollars when you arrive instead. The Arikok jeep safari: with the crew on the morning, before the safari leaves, in US dollars. The Jeep rental is paid in full on the crew’s own platform, and the $500 security deposit is held on a credit card at pick-up. For the Urirama Cove ride, the $100.05 per-rider balance is paid at the ranch before mounting, in cash or by credit card with an additional surcharge. The horseback ride to the Little Natural Bridge: the $93 per-rider balance is paid at its ranch before mounting, in cash or by Visa or Mastercard, no other cards. Horse snacks, bar beverages and guide tips are cash only and are not included.

Parasailing flies through the day from Palm Beach, about 10 minutes in the air inside a 45 to 60 minute round trip. The private boat charter has three departures daily at 9:00 AM, 12:30 PM and 4:00 PM. The sunrise hike leaves Santa Cruz daily at 6:00 AM sharp. Beach yoga runs Tuesdays and Fridays at 9:30 AM; sound healing runs Mondays at 10:15 AM and Thursdays at 9:30 AM. The Arikok jeep safari leaves Monday to Saturday at 8:00 AM, with hotel pickup between 7:20 and 7:40 AM, and lasts about four hours. The Jeep crew’s office handles pick-ups every day from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The Urirama Cove horseback ride runs Monday to Saturday at 7:00 AM, 9:00 AM and 2:30 PM and Sunday at 9:00 AM, with a minimum of 2 riders per departure. The horseback ride to the Little Natural Bridge runs Monday to Saturday at 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, about 1 hour 40 minutes in the saddle, with hotel-area pickup 30 to 60 minutes before.

The Jeep crew runs its own booking and payment platform, so our page opens it in a window instead of taking your dates and your money here. The price is the published rate, and a 15 percent tax and fee is applied after booking, separate from the base rental price. The rest have no online checkout of their own, which is why we confirm those with the crew by hand.