Opening Hours
The Park opens 7 days a week from 8 am to sunset *), the entrance is free and it is visited by children with their parents, by youth organizations and schools. The daily operations are under supervision of a concierge couple, Cenia and Jorge, who are doing a great job in keeping the Park presentable.
*) Only when there are specific activities like planned school outings, summer camps etc. the park will not be open to the public between 8 am and latest 4 pm.
To be sure the park is open to the public between 8 am and 4 pm on the day of your visit, you may contact the park concierge sra. Cenia, cell: 7437118.
*) Only when there are specific activities like planned school outings, summer camps etc. the park will not be open to the public between 8 am and latest 4 pm.
To be sure the park is open to the public between 8 am and 4 pm on the day of your visit, you may contact the park concierge sra. Cenia, cell: 7437118.
A little bit of history
The Neptali Henriquez Park is a community playground and is situated between Surfside beach (west of roundabout Las Americas), Aruba Surfside Marina and the new Aruba Linear park trail. Neptali Park was founded in 1974 by Mr. Neptali Esajus Henriquez Sr. and it soon became a popular spot for many children to play. For a large number of years Mrs. Florence Wekker was in charge of the daily operations and nowadays Aruban parents still remember this attractive park from their childhood. After Mrs. Wekker got ill the park fell into decline and was hardly used anymore for a number of years.
As of 2010 a new Board, chaired by Mr. Bibi Arends, took over the operations and the park has since been completely restored and re-activated and has become a very popular community playground in Aruba again.
The current board can be found here
As of 2010 a new Board, chaired by Mr. Bibi Arends, took over the operations and the park has since been completely restored and re-activated and has become a very popular community playground in Aruba again.
The current board can be found here
