Turquoise water
Crystal clear.
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Grote Knip, also called «Kenepa Grandi», is a white-sand beach in the Bandabou area of western Curaçao, about 2 km in a straight line south of the village of Westpunt and about an hour's drive from the capital, Willemstad. It is one of the island's best-known and most beautiful beaches. The beach sits in a bay framed by rocky cliffs and green hills, with clear turquoise water in front where a coral reef begins. In places a narrow strip of coral pieces washed up by the waves separates the sand from the sea, and lookout points on the cliffs look over the bay. About a kilometre north of the beach stands Landhuis Knip, the main house of a former plantation, which holds a museum on the island's history of slavery; the great 1795 uprising led by a man called Tula began on this estate. The beach is public and free, with thatched shades and a small snack bar. It gets busy at weekends, so go in the morning and bring water shoes for the coral.
Crystal clear.
Lookouts over the bay.
History museum nearby.
Bandabou, Curaçao
About an hour by car.
Yes, thatched shades.