Fly-in day trips from Aruba

The picks

Hand-researched — the events worth planning a day around.

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Fiesta del Mar — 501 years of Santa Marta

Santa Marta, Colombia

City's 501st-birthday week: verbena, vallenato, big free concerts

Thu 23 Jul – Wed 29 Julbest Tue 28 Jul Gran Serenata (Beéle, Gusi, Churo Díaz)✈️ ~1h05 doorTBM only

Getting there: ~260nm → SKSM (Curaçao ~310nm OUT)

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Kany García (1 Aug) / Ricardo Montaner (8 Aug), Puerta de Oro

Barranquilla

Only confirmed arena shows on the Colombian coast in window

Sat 1 Aug and Sat 8 Augbest either✈️ ~1h05 doorTBM only

Getting there: ~295nm edge → SKBQ

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Kaya Kaya Art Week

Otrobanda, Willemstad, Curaçao

Street-art/urban-culture week in the murals district

Mon 17 Aug – Sat 22 Augbest any✈️ ~30 minany light (≤130nm)

Getting there: ~65nm/30 min

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Punda Vibes

Punda, Willemstad, Curaçao

Weekly open-air party + fireworks in historic Punda

every Thursday eveningbest any Thu✈️ ~30 minany light (≤130nm)

Getting there: ~30 min

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Coming up nearby

Looking further ahead — pulled nightly from live listings on neighbouring islands.

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Patrol Klein Bonaire

Bonaire

Event

Mon 14 Sept✈️ ~51 min

Getting there: → TNCB (Flamingo International Airport)

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Complex CDD in Practice: EDD, Transaction Monitoring & Source of Wealth (English)

CUR - Compliance Caribbean, Curacao

Event

Wed 16 Sept✈️ ~32 min

Getting there: → TNCC (Hato International Airport)

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Live Music: Miek Miek or Luis Alberto

Curacao

Music

Thu 1 Oct✈️ ~32 min

Getting there: → TNCC (Hato International Airport)

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Red Cup Thursday - Bar P

Curacao

Sport

Thu 1 Oct✈️ ~32 min

Getting there: → TNCC (Hato International Airport)

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FUIK boat party

Curacao

Art

Sun 1 Nov✈️ ~32 min

Getting there: → TNCC (Hato International Airport)

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Festuris

Curacao

Event

Thu 12 Nov✈️ ~32 min

Getting there: → TNCC (Hato International Airport)

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Kingdom Day

Bonaire

Event

Tue 15 Dec✈️ ~51 min

Getting there: → TNCB (Flamingo International Airport)

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Christmas Day

Bonaire

Event

Fri 25 Dec✈️ ~51 min

Getting there: → TNCB (Flamingo International Airport)

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New Year’s Day – Maskarada

Bonaire

Event

Fri 1 Jan✈️ ~51 min

Getting there: → TNCB (Flamingo International Airport)

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Carnival (Karnaval)

Bonaire

Festival

Tue 9 Feb✈️ ~51 min

Getting there: → TNCB (Flamingo International Airport)

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Reachable from Aruba

• Curacao — ✈️ ~32 min (TNCC, 66 nm)
• Bonaire — ✈️ ~51 min (TNCB, 106 nm)
• US Virgin Islands — ✈️ ~3 h 39 min (TIST, 455 nm)
• British Virgin Islands — ✈️ ~3 h 49 min (TUPJ, 477 nm)
• Grenada — ✈️ ~3 h 53 min (TGPY, 485 nm)
• St Kitts — ✈️ ~4 h 6 min (TKPK, 512 nm)
• Sint Maarten — ✈️ ~4 h 10 min (TNCM, 520 nm)
• Montserrat — ✈️ ~4 h 11 min (TRPG, 522 nm)
• Anguilla — ✈️ ~4 h 14 min (TQPF, 529 nm)
• Dominica — ✈️ ~4 h 15 min (TDCF, 531 nm)
• St Lucia — ✈️ ~4 h 17 min (TLPC, 536 nm)
• Antigua — ✈️ ~4 h 25 min (TAPA, 552 nm)
• Turks and Caicos — ✈️ ~4 h 34 min (MBPV, 570 nm)
• Panama City — ✈️ ~4 h 48 min (MPMG, 601 nm)
• Barbados — ✈️ ~4 h 57 min (TBPB, 618 nm)

Notes & what didn’t make it

NEGATIVES: Curaçao North Sea Jazz 3-5 Sep (outside window — J Balvin, Toto); Bonaire nothing Jul-Aug (Regatta Oct); no inter-ABC ferries; Venezuela excluded. NEGATIVES: Cartagena ~330nm OUT; Punta Cana ~365nm OUT; Riohacha festival ended 28 Jun; Venezuela excluded.

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