How much is the Flamingo Beach day pass in Aruba?

$125 per adult with taxes and fees in, as reported in September 2026. Children are priced by age. Enter each child's age on the portal to see your party's price.

How do you get a day pass to Renaissance Island?

On the resort's portal, renaissancearuba.idaypass.com, on Saturdays at 9 a.m. Aruba time. The release covers the week ahead. You get 5 guests per booking.

Can you visit Flamingo Beach without staying at the Renaissance?

Yes, with a day pass bought directly from the resort's official portal. We found no authorized third-party seller and no tour that lands on the island. Spa bookings at the resort have come with island access; ask the spa desk for the current terms.

Is there an Aruba flamingo tour?

We found no tour that lands on Flamingo Beach. The sailing tours from Varadero pass the island's outer wall without stopping. De Palm Island has a few flamingos of its own, but its 2 Viator listings rate 4.1 and 4.2. It's not on our lists.

Can kids go to Flamingo Beach?

From 9 to 10 a.m., with an adult. After 10 the beach is 18 and over, and families use Iguana Beach on the same island. If you're there for the birds, take the 8:45 boat.

Where does the Renaissance Island water taxi leave from?

From the lobby of the Renaissance Marina hotel in downtown Oranjestad, 1.1 km from the cruise terminal. Boats run every 15 minutes from 7 a.m., last boat back at 6:45 p.m. The crossing takes about 8 minutes.

Are there flamingos anywhere else in Aruba?

Not on any beach. Renaissance Island and De Palm Island keep the flocks you can count on. Anything else is a wild sighting you can't plan for.

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Flamingo Beach day pass

$125 a day · Saturdays 9 a.m.

Checked October 21, 2026 price and release rules as reported from the resort's day pass portal in September 2026; the island's beaches and bars from the resort's own site; distances by road, rounded

Flamingo Beach is on Renaissance Island, the resort's private island 8 minutes by water taxi from downtown Oranjestad. The flamingos walk its sand. We found no tour that lands there. Hotel guests ride free. If you're not one, you buy a day pass. It was $125 with taxes in as of September 2026. Passes come out on Saturdays at 9 a.m. for the week ahead.

Today: The next scheduled release is Saturday at 9 a.m., in 2 days. 2 ships in port today; the cruise terminal is 1 km from the water taxi dock. Airport wind at 1 a.m.: 10 mph from the east. Meteo Aruba has sheltered water at about 1 ft today.

The pass

Flamingo Beach day pass price and rules

Day pass, adults	$125 with taxes and fees in, as reported from the portal in September 2026
Children	priced by age on the portal. Enter each child's age to see yours
Where to buy	directly from the resort's official portal, renaissancearuba.idaypass.com. We found no authorized third-party seller
When	Saturdays at 9 a.m. Aruba time, for the week ahead
Per booking	5 guests at most
Water taxi	from the Renaissance Marina hotel lobby downtown. First boat 7 a.m., every 15 minutes, last boat back 6:45 p.m. About 8 minutes across
Kids on Flamingo Beach	9 to 10 a.m. only, with an adult. After that you need to be 18. Iguana Beach takes all ages all day
In the price	the boat and the beaches. You pay for food, drinks and cabanas
Hotel guests	free with the room. If you're staying there, you don't need this page

If the passes are gone

Stay a night A room at the Renaissance Wind Creek puts you on the island for your whole stay. On a full week that's the only sure way to the flamingos.
Sail past it Sailing and snorkeling tours out of Varadero pass the island's outer wall. You see the palms and the cabanas, not the birds. Don't book one for the flamingos.
De Palm Island The other private island, with a few flamingos of its own and water slides. Its 2 Viator listings rate 4.1 and 4.2 on 1,842 reviews, under our 4.5 bar. That's why it isn't on our lists.

Map

Where is the Renaissance Island water taxi

Water taxi dock at the Marina hotel: 12.5190° N, 70.0375° W Directions in Google Maps Apple Maps OpenStreetMap

How to get to the water taxi

From a cruise ship 1.1 km from the terminal along L.G. Smith Boulevard; you walk it in 15 minutes. The Marina hotel sits next to the Renaissance Mall.
From Palm Beach 7 km, 9 minutes by taxi. Arubus line 10 from the hotel strip ends at the downtown bus station, 5 minutes on foot from the hotel.
From Eagle Beach 5 km, 9 minutes by taxi. Same bus.
By rental car 15 minutes from the strip. Park in the paid lots downtown and walk in through the Marina hotel lobby.
From the airport 5 km by road, about 10 minutes by taxi. Plan your boat back around your airline's check-in time.

The island

What's on Renaissance Island

Flamingo Beach

Adults only after 10 a.m. The flamingos walk the sand and the shallows between the loungers. You get palapas, a rock wall that keeps the water flat, and cabanas at the far end.

Iguana Beach

The family side. Shallow, walled water, a kids' area and a beach tennis court. No flamingos as a rule; they keep to their own beach, so you won't see them from here.

The flamingos

A small resident flock. They're used to people and they come close on their own. You sit at the waterline and wait; you don't walk at them.

Food and drinks

Papagayo Bar & Grill serves the island, and the Mangrove Beach Bar & Fish Shack sits on Flamingo Beach. Nothing on the menu is in your pass.

Step by step

How to get a Flamingo Beach day pass

6 steps, from the account to the boat. The ride across takes about 8 minutes.

1
Make an account on the portal on Friday
The portal is renaissancearuba.idaypass.com. Sign up before release day, so you're not typing your details at 9. On Saturday morning the clock matters more than the price.
2
Be on the page at 8:55 a.m. Aruba time
That's 8:55 a.m. Eastern in summer and 7:55 a.m. Eastern in winter. Aruba doesn't change its clocks, so check your own.
3
Pick the day, then the people
Adults, children 6 to 12 and children 0 to 5 are counted separately. You get 5 guests per booking at most.
4
Pay in the first minutes
An empty date can mean it sold out or that the resort released nothing for it. Try another day of the week before you refresh again.
5
Bring the confirmation to the Marina hotel
The water taxi leaves from the Renaissance Marina lobby downtown. Show your pass at the desk and take the next boat. The first one's at 7 a.m.
6
Kids: be on the 8:45 boat
Children see Flamingo Beach from 9 to 10 a.m. only. Then it's Iguana Beach for your family and Flamingo Beach for the adults.

The catch: A pass is for the date you pick, and kids get Flamingo Beach only from 9 to 10 a.m. Choose the day and the boat before you pay.

From the desk

How do I get on the flamingo island? That's the question I'd settle first: Saturday at 9 a.m. on the portal, 5 people max. Set an alarm and be on the page before 9.

Tours

Aruba tours for the same day

Tours from the cruise port 12 tours · from $39 per person

Off a ship and the passes are gone? These 12 pick you up at the terminal or a short walk from it. Check each return time against your all-aboard.

Snorkeling tours 12 tours · from $55 per person

The Antilla wreck and Boca Catalina on the Arusun catamaran, from $63. The other way to spend your sea day.

Jeep tours to the Natural Pool 12 tours · from $78 per person

The island's other hard-to-get swim, from $78. No Saturday alarm needed.

By the clock

Renaissance Island water taxi times and the flamingo hour

The day runs on the boat. 5 times to keep.

Time	What	Where
7 a.m.	First water taxi	Renaissance Marina lobby
9 to 10 a.m.	Kids' hour on Flamingo Beach	Flamingo Beach, with an adult
10 a.m.	Flamingo Beach goes adults only	Families move to Iguana Beach
All day	Boats every 15 minutes, both ways	Marina and island docks
6:45 p.m.	Last boat back	Island dock

Know before you go

Not a tour

Buy day passes directly from the resort's official portal; we found no authorized third-party seller. The sailing tours we found that name Renaissance Island pass it without landing. For a day visit, the portal is your door.

Cabanas

Flamingo Beach and Iguana Beach both have cabanas. The resort's site links to a separate cabana booking page.

What to bring

Reef shoes for the rocky edges, a hat and a card for the bars. You pay for food and drinks on the island.

Flamingo photos

They come to you. Sit at the waterline and give it 10 minutes. Chase one and you get a blurred bird. Kids' hour is the crowded one.

Time

The pass is for the day, 7 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. My guests mostly did 9 to 3. Off a ship, your all-aboard time is the one that counts.

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