If your sole purpose is to see them, then I suggest staying at least one night at the hotel to guarantee a spot. You would need to visit the front desk the day of and ask for availability. The day pass includes: round trip boat transfer, beach towels, loungers, lunch + drink and 1 hr of non motorized water sports. However, if the hotel is at full capacity, they will not issue day passes for non-hotel guests. If you’re not a hotel guest, you can purchase a day pass for $100 at the front desk. Guests of the Renaissance have free access to the island, anytime during opening hours (7 am- 7 pm, daily). It takes about 10-15 minutes to get to the private island. You would need your room key (per person) in order to board. The hotel offers complimentary boat transfers with pickup points at the Renaissance Marina hotel lobby and Renaissance Ocean Suites docking area. We drove around Aruba and didn’t see any roaming around. If you’re hoping to see them everywhere, then sorry to say you won’t find them anywhere else. The flamingos can only be found in Flamingo beach in the Renaissance hotel’s private island, a boat ride away from their property in Oranjestad, Aruba. Some actually have flown away which is why there are only few of them left (6 total). They are not in captivity but rather live in their natural habitat in the mangroves on the island. They came on their own 15 years ago and made the island their home.Although this process of “clipping wings” isn’t harmful to the birds, they also prevent them from flying away. Some people say their wings were clipped so they would remain on the island. Flamingos are not native to the island and were bought and flown from another country by the hotel.There are two theories as to how the flamingos got to the island: How did they get to the island you ask? I tried to read up as much as I can before our trip but most of the articles I read were inconclusive. I’m sure by now you all have seen photos of these beautiful birds circling around the app and you have to admit, it got you a bit curious and maybe even envious, right? Part of the reason why I wanted to go to Aruba was to see the insta-famous flamingos up close. Travel tourism is experiencing an all time high thanks to an online platform we all know and love/hate, Instagram. I’m writing this post to share my experience. A lot of companies nowadays exploit animals to make a profit and that’s why I try my best to avoid those places. Disclaimer: I want to encourage you guys to do your own research especially when it comes to tourist traps that involves animals.
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