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Butterfly Farm

  • July 6, 2006
  • Rated 4 of 5 by angelasnell79 from Epsom, New Hampshire
Butterfly Farm

The Butterfly Farm was a delightful side trip. We took our rental car for a quick ride from our hotel in the low-rise area first thing in the morning. The Farm opens at 9am and the butterflies are most active during the early morning hours. The tour was quick, pretty interesting to learn about the butterfly life cycle. The enclosure was quite small, however it was beautiful and the size allowed you to really feel as though you were "among the butterflies". There were a lot of different species, and all in all it made for some great photo ops! The gift shop was also very nice, with some beautiful jewelry and a few things made from actual butterfly wings. A little on the pricey side, but again worth the time and money. Great for small kids, too.

From journal One Happy Honeymoon

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Butterfly Farm

  • September 9, 2004
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Carmen from Fairfax, Virginia
Butterfly Farm

In my research, I kept reading about Aruba’s Butterfly Farm. The reviews were mixed on the message boards, but my mom (a retired 4th grade teacher) really wanted to visit so we scheduled an hour one morning to take a $6 cab ride down the beach and see the butterflies.

I had read that the best time to visit was early in the morning (opens at 9am) – maybe the butterflies are more active then? If for no other reason, the sun isn’t directly overhead so you’re only sweating to death instead of sweating and frying in the sun.

Admission is a steep $12 per person (and good for repeat visits throughout your stay), and of course you enter and exit through the gift shop (which I thought had some interesting butterfly-related items.) You’re then guided through a door into a screened-in enclosure, and told to enter quickly so the butterflies can’t escape. And those butterflies were everywhere!

Your admission includes a tour, which lasts about 20 minutes. Our very pregnant tour guide was quite the storyteller, and guided us through the life cycle of the butterflies, what they eat, how the caterpillars become butterflies, etc. For instance, when the caterpillars form their pupae, they then become DNA soup inside and transform into the butterfly. Tropical butterflies then spend the next few days getting drunk from eating the fermented rotting fruit on the rainforest floor, then spend the next few days after that having marathon sex. Ah, the life of a butterfly. J Of course, then they die, but they’ve lived their life to the fullest and ensured the next generation will enjoy their short lives.

I’m glad we visited the Butterfly Farm. I got some great photos (except that crazy Blue Morpho – probably the prettiest of them all – wouldn’t sit still for anyone. We were told to just forget it – they didn’t like their photo taken.) Plus, it’s apparently good luck if one lands on you – it seems they like hats (one man had three different butterflies land on him.) You can take that luck back to the casinos.

From journal Bon Bini! Welcome to Aruba - One Happy Island

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