I had such a wonderful time on my own honeymoon, and I want you to have every bit of that joy and more. So I'm sending you $2,000 to Treat Yo Self in Curaçao.
Long live happiness!
An evening sail along the coast, timed so you're out on the water for sunset. The shared cruise runs about two and a half hours with an open bar and snacks; if you'd rather have the boat to yourselves, BlueFinn arranges private charters on request.
Inquire with BlueFinn Charters →
A boat trip to a half-submerged cave on the west coast. You swim in under the rock, and sunlight coming through the underwater entrance turns the whole chamber blue. The tour runs about five hours and includes lunch, drinks, and snorkel gear.
Book with Adventure Tours Curaçao →
A morning on the dive boat — two guided reef dives on the south coast, with tanks, weights, and a divemaster included, and you're back at the dock by half past twelve. You'll both need your Open Water certification.
Book with Ocean Encounters →
The PADI Open Water course with Scubaçao. You do the theory online before you go, then spend about two and a half days on pool sessions and four real dives on the reef. At the end, you're both certified to dive anywhere in the world.
Book with Scubaçao →
A full day on an uninhabited island two hours offshore — white sand, a little pink lighthouse, and sea turtles to snorkel with. The catamaran leaves Jan Thiel around eight and returns by five, with a BBQ lunch, open bar, and snorkel gear included.
Inquire with BlueFinn Charters →
A guided safari-truck tour of the biggest ostrich farm outside Africa — you can feed them, and they'll let you stand on an egg. Afterwards there's lunch at the Zambezi restaurant on the farm, which really does serve ostrich.
Visit Curaçao Ostrich Farm →
A guided horseback ride in the late afternoon — most run about ninety minutes, and some end with the horses wading into the sea. No riding experience needed. A few ranches on the island offer them, so pick whichever one you like the look of.
Browse rides on Tripadvisor →
A guided four-hour ATV tour through the backcountry on a two-seater you share — one drives, one hangs on, and you can trade off. The route stops at caves, hilltop viewpoints, the flamingos near Sint Willibrordus, and Kokomo Beach for a swim. All you need is a regular driver's license.
Book with Eric's ATV Adventures →
A full day with a private driver-guide and an itinerary built around whatever you two want to see — the blowholes at Shete Boka, the beach at Kenepa, the sea turtles at Playa Piskado, the flamingos. Hotel pickup, bottled water, and snorkel gear are included.
Book private island tour →
Dinner in a fort from 1797 on the hill above Willemstad, with the harbor and the Queen Emma bridge below the terrace. There's a rotating three-course menu, plus à la carte — local snapper, good steaks — and a proper wine list.
Reserve at Fort Nassau →
The "Taste of Baoase" at the resort's beach restaurant: a glass of champagne to start, then five courses with a wine pairing, at a table set right on the sand. The kitchen mixes French technique with Caribbean and Asian flavors.
Reserve at Baoase →
An afternoon of treatments at the Baoase spa — massages, scrubs, and aloe body wraps, either in a gazebo by the beach or at your villa. They'll put together whatever combination you'd like.
Book at Baoase Spa →
Two nights in a private-pool villa at Baoase, the island's most luxurious resort. Each villa has its own pool tucked into a tropical garden and an outdoor bathtub and rain shower, with the resort's lagoon beach and infinity pool a short walk away.
Book at Baoase →