Playa Hundu
Playa Hundu Dive Site in Soto Curacao
Playa Hundu is a beautiful shore diving site in Soto Curacao that is located between the San Juan Plantation and Santa Martha Bay. Follow the directions below as it is not easily found unless you know how to get there.
Playa Hundu is a rubble beach with a bit of shade under the trees. To the left and to the right there are cliffs. On the right hand side (facing the sea) there are houses on top of the cliff.
The shore entrance into the water is easy. There are some rocks in the water and there can be some waves but normally you can just walk into the water till you are sufficiently deep to put on your fins.
Diver Tip: If you are hungry before or after diving at Playa Hundu, we highly recommend you visit Landhuis Klein Santa Martha!
The restaurant at Landhuis Klein Santa Martha serves a variety of delicacies. There you can enjoy breakfast, lunch, dinner and cocktails with a breathtaking view of Santa Martha Bay. They offer local, international, as well as vegetarian cuisine. The restaurant is open for you everyday of the week… so dive in, you won’t regret it!
Santa Martha Bay awaits Unique Development
Robbin Vogels, General Manager of Avila Beach Hotel, and project developer Phillip van Alstede, the new owners of the area known as Coral Cliff, presented their plans to their invitees, which included prime minister Eugene Rhuggenaath, the ministers Zita Jesus-Leito (Transport, Traffic, and Spatial Planning), Steven Martina (Economic Development/Tourism), and Kenneth Gijsbertha (Finance). Vogels explained that, within 3 years, an all-inclusive hotel will be built with 200 to 300 rooms that will be managed under their leadership. This involves an investment of 100 million guilders and should eventually allow for the creation of 250 new jobs. Moreover, a second hotel will be added to the area later down the line. This is planned to result in a combined total of between 700 and 800 rooms, leading to 1000 to 1500 new jobs. The entire plan, spread over a period of 10 years, requires an investment of at least 250 million guilders.
Energetic responses about the development of Santa Martha
Developer Van Alstede explained that the project, in addition to the hotel with all its facilities, encompasses the construction of, among other things, a marina with water sports activities in the large inland waterways of Santa Martha, as well as outdoor recreations, such as horseback riding etc. Furthermore, the hotel will adhere to a ‘from farm to fork’ mindset, which means that much of the hotel’s food will be provided by local gardeners, farmers, and fishermen from Groot Santa Martha (also Soto and its surroundings).
Finally, director Will Vogels of the LionsDive Beach Resort expressed his appreciation for the drive with which the government and the relevant ministries have responded to the requests for the necessary permits and regulations starting from June this year. This allows the developers to start a project on Bándabou that will be second to none in the shortest possible timeframe.
The agreement with Minister Zita Jesus-Leito was signed on behalf of the developers by Robbin Vogels and Phillip van Alstede, and was witnessed by their respective fathers, Will Vogels and Maarten van Alstede.
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