Butterflies in Aruba

In Aruba, the second stop on our Caribbean Cruise, there is a Butterfly Farm across the road from Palm Beach.

Here we had an unprecedented opportunity to observe exquisite butterflies up close.

While wandering the gardens, an occasional butterfly would land on us but mostly we watched them fluttering through the air and settling on the trees, plants and feeding stations.

A guide explained to us the butterfly life cycle and showed us the egg, caterpillar and chrysalis for a number of species.

We were able to check out an entire cabinet full of chrysalis just waiting to hatch.

After leaving the Butterfly Farm, we wandered across the road and swam at Palm Beach, watching watercraft action and listening to the beats from the beach bar of the nearby Westin Resort from where we caught a taxi back to our ship.

To see our gallery of images from Aruba click here.