Where to stay in Curacao?

[nldunn]

I don't know when you are going to Curacao in January, but you might look at the Sunscape Resort, an All Inclusive, which is a block from The Dive Bus, has an Ocean Encounters onsite, and the Pierbaii and Car Pile dive sites just outside of the seawall at the hotel.You can dive Pierbaii as shallow as you wish, and I enjoyed numerous dives there, with Car Pile being a little deeper, but easy diving. Snorkeling in the lagoon is pretty good for fish, but not so much for coral. The food was OK, not great, but the facility was nice and comfortable. Considering you do not pay extra for food or drinks, the price may be in your budget. It is now owned by Hyatt, so the food may be better than is was for our 30 day stay in 2022. Good luck.

Thank you! I will look into that now!

 

[Jay Harris]

I don't mind staying at Coral Estates - I just wasn't sure if there is a good dive shop who could do guided dives for us like the Dive Bus which seems to be far from there!!

Yes Coral Estates has a good diveshop and when I was there a couple months ago they had a divemaster couple from Texas and another divemaster who do guided shore dives. They don’t do boat dives however. I payed around $150 a night for an Airbnb house at Coral Estates.

 

[davecampbell]

we stay @ sunscape when in Curaçao. The resort is just ok, the food is just OK, but the house reef is great, Ocean Encounters is a solid dive op, and the location is close to Mambo Beach. we've been 3 times in the last few years, and haven't really had any issues. It's also pretty hard to beat $2000 canadian for a week of AI including direct flights from Toronto.

 

[Billg68bg]

I stayed at the Sunscape last year. The food is mediocre, but, if you have a rental car, the island is easily navigable(especially with Google Maps) and safe. My wife and I put in miles of snorkeling along the breakwater right at the resort. Like snorkeling and swimming in an aquarium. Very calm water.

 

[rhwestfall]

We have been staying across the road (okay, a little bit of a hike) at Bon Bini, and can hang at Mombo Beach if we want. A car gets us everywhere, and driving in Curacao is pretty easy.

The only drawback I feel about Bon Bini is a lack of screens... Got bit up pretty bad last time. Is causing me to search elsewhere

Airbnb or VRBO likely in the mix for the next trip...

 

[nldunn]

Hi!
Someone on this board mentioned a place in Curacao - it was up near Coral Estates, I think, and it was houses that were yellow, I believe. I was looking for a party of 8. I searched and can't find it. Hoping someone knows what I am looking for. Thanks - and I know this is a ridiculous request!

It's Bahia Apartments and Diving! Thanks!

 

[nldunn]

Hi again,
There weren't a ton of options where we could be beachfront and have good reef dives right on property so I just booked the end of January-February for Coral Estates Resort.
So excited!!!

 

[RIHappyDiver]

Have a great time, and give us a report when you get back!

Erik

 

[BFRedrocks]

Hi again,
There weren't a ton of options where we could be beachfront and have good reef dives right on property so I just booked the end of January-February for Coral Estates Resort.
So excited!!!

I just booked a week at Coral Estates Resort for the middle of February 2025, so I'll be very interested in your experience there.

 

[PamelaH]

I went with my non-diving sister and her BF. They rented a place at Blue Bay Resort and I dove with Carribean Sea Sports who picked me up every day and took me home and let me store my stuff at their dive shop. They are located in some all inclusive resort and did boat dives some days and other days we did shore diving. There was 1 day when cruise ship people came and it was sort of an hilarious clown show but I still had a great dive. They took really good care of me and it was just me and the dive guide one day and me, the dive guide and 1 other person another couple of days. It worked out great. However, they had rented a car to be able to go into town so that's a consideration, as well. If you rent a car you can dive with anyone.