Skydive Aruba
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Skydive Aruba operates out of an airfield in Noord, and it's the only outfit on the island where you can jump out of a plane at 10,000 feet. The 4.9 rating across nearly 300 reviews and a 2025 Travelers Choice award suggest they run a tight operation — parachute jumps don't get that kind of consensus by accident. Tandem jumps are the standard format, so no prior experience required, but you do need to be at least 18 and under the weight limit. The whole experience runs about three hours: paperwork, a short briefing, the flight up, 35 seconds of freefall, then four minutes under canopy drifting over the north coast. At $350, it's not an impulse decision, but the view — turquoise water, white sand, desert scrub — is hard to replicate anywhere else in the Caribbean. Book directly through their site. Conditions matter, so be ready to adjust your day if winds aren't cooperating.
At a glance
- Category
- land
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Price
- $350
- Minimum age
- 18+
- Intensity
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- Setting
- outdoor
- Booking partner
- direct
- Product ID
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