How many different toys will you try out this vacation? Choose from jet skis ($65 single, $75 double per half-hour), banana boat or tube rides (both towed behind a speedboat; $23), Hobie Cat sailboats ($20 per hour), WaveRunners or Rhino Riders (high-speed jet boats; $60 single, $75 double per half-hour), water skis ($45 per 15 min.), paddleboats ($15 per hour), and floatbeds (sturdier than a raft; $5 per day). Check out any of the watersports operators along Palm Beach or contact De Palm Tours (tel. 297/582-4400; www.depalm.com), Pelican Adventures (tel. 297/587-2302; www.pelican-aruba.com), Red Sail Sports (tel. 877/RED-SAIL in the U.S. and Canada, or 297/586-1603 in Aruba; www.redsailaruba.com), or Unique Sports of Aruba (tel. 297/586-0096; www.visitaruba.com/uniquesports).
Available exclusively on De Palm Island through De Palm Tours, small one- to three-person trimaran sailboats called Waveriders can be rented with or without a captain, depending on your sailing ability. Captained tours include a trip across the channel to a mountain of snow-white sand. Plastic toboggan in hand, you can clamber up the hill and sled down the steep slope. Get someone to take your picture and all your friends back home will think you went snow sledding in a bathing suit.
