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Sea Turtle

WINDWARD WAYS & TOBAGO C AYS

BARBADOS TO ARUBA, (or reverse ) |
6*, 7, or 8 DAYS
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Caribbean Sea Barbados
They say you can’t please everyone, (Bridgetown)
but this cruise through the Windward and Curaçao St. Lucia
(Soufriere)
ABC islands may just prove them wrong. Aruba (Willemstad)
(Oranjestad) Bonaire
(Kralendijk)
Those who love snorkeling and diving will be on Cloud 9 as Mayreau
they swim with fish and sea turtles in Tobago Cays Marine
Park, Bonaire National Marine Park, and the proposed
Speyside Marine Protected Area. And discover Bonaire, T obago
with its stunning desert-palette motifs like pink flamingos (Man-O-War Bay)
on white salt pans.

Those who are looking for the hidden Caribbean will
find it in Mayreau – just 1.5 square miles with fewer than PORTS OF CALL: Barbados; Tobago; Mayreau; St. Lucia; Bonaire;
Curaçao; Aruba
300 inhabitants. And those who love colonial harbors can DEPARTURE DATES: Star Legend: Jan 14 , 21;
enjoy British Bridgetown with its UNESCO garrison as Feb 11 ‡ , 18, 2023
well as the triple Dutch treat of Kralendijk, Willemstad, Star Pride: Nov 25; Dec 16 * , 22 , 2023; Jan 13 , 20;
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and Oranjestad. Feb 10 , 17, 2024
‡ Itinerary varies, visit WindstarCruises.com for details.
IN S ID E R T IP S

• Mayreau is about as • If you plan to snorkel or dive, Old Lady”) to Plasa Bieu.
uncrowded as you can get. bring an underwater camera. The pitched-roof food court
But if even that’s too much Colorful fish like blue tangs offers many island favorites,
for you, head to Mopian. and damsel fish are plus the chance to mingle
Surrounded by reef, the tiny everywhere. And with luck, with hungry locals.
dollop of sand has room for you may spot a hawksbill, a • Notice those eight blue
just one thatch umbrella. green turtle, or maybe even a life-size horse sculptures
• Bonaire’s arid climate seahorse. scattered around Oranjestad?
contributes to its exceptionally • For a taste of authentic The city was originally known
clear waters, a quality that Curaçao cuisine, cross as Paarden Baai (horse beach)
has helped make it the Willemstad’s Queens Emma because the island’s economy
#1-rated dive destination in Bridge (the “Swinging once hinged on selling horses Underwater camera
the Caribbean. to Europeans.

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