How to Buy a SIM Card in Curacao in 2026

Curaçao has two mobile operators, Digicel and Flow, and for a visitor the best-value SIM card is a Digicel Tourist SIM, bought at the airport kiosk or a Digicel store with your passport; its tourist plans also work on Aruba and Bonaire. We do not sell a data bundle for Curaçao without a daily fee, so this guide is mainly about choosing the right local card: Digicel's tourist plans, Flow's prepaid SIM (still known locally as Chippie), where to buy and the passport rule. Our options for the island are on the Curaçao eSIM page.

The two operators

Digicel and Flow cover the island. Flow's prepaid brand is Chippie; Flow was formerly UTS, so you will see all three names in older guides, and a simkaart sold as Chippie is a Flow SIM. Both networks have 4G LTE across Willemstad and the tourist spots, with slower service in remote areas. 5G is limited, mainly on Digicel.

Digicel's tourist plans

Digicel's own site lists three tourist plans, with tax included:

• 3 Days in Paradise: 5GB and 15 minutes to other networks, US$20 / XCG 35.50.
• 7 Days in Paradise: 7GB and 30 minutes, US$30 / XCG 53.40.
• 14 Days in Paradise: 20GB and 60 minutes, US$50 / XCG 89.00.

All three include endless Digicel minutes and texts, and roaming on all three ABC islands, Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. Digicel's Aruba page calls the US$30 plan a 14 Days Tourist Plan rather than 7 days, so check the validity when you buy. The physical Digicel Tourist SIM is sold in Digicel stores; confirm the plan and price at the counter. Tourist SIMs expire automatically after one month unless topped up.

Flow's tourist SIM

Flow's prices are less clear. One source lists a Flow Tourist SIM with 1 GB for 30 days at US$ 20 and 3 GB for 30 days at US$ 30; another describes the US$30 card as 3 GB with 300 local call minutes, and an older guide gives 25 ANG. Flow's data add-ons are priced in Caribbean guilders, from 150 MB for one day at XCG 4,99 to 3000 MB for 30 days at XCG 56,00. Whether Flow SIMs work on Aruba or Bonaire is unconfirmed. On these figures Digicel gives more data for the money.

Where to buy, and your passport

At Curaçao International Airport (Hato), Digicel has a kiosk near baggage claim between belts 1 and 2, and Flow a kiosk at the entrance of the arrival hall; both take credit cards and ANG, USD and EUR. An older guide says only Digicel is at the airport, so do not count on Flow. In Willemstad, Digicel has a store at the end of the Queen Emma floating bridge near the cruise terminal and sells SIMs at Café Italia; Flow's shop is 15 to 20 minutes on foot from the bridge, near a McDonald's.

SIM registration with your passport is mandatory and done when you buy, so have it with you at the kiosk. Prices are shown in US$ and XCG, the Caribbean guilder; older guides still quote ANG. A local card needs a free SIM slot in your phone, so if you use your home SIM for calls, check your phone takes two SIMs, or a SIM and an eSIM.

What we can offer

Vodafone Travel VIP works on Curaçao, but Curaçao is one of its daily-fee destinations: $32 for the plan plus $7.50 for each day you use it there. That makes sense if you are already using Vodafone Travel VIP across a longer trip, and it gives you data from the moment you land, before you reach a kiosk. Our Global PAYG Data eSIM also works, on the Digicel network, but at a high rate, so the €17.50 of credit included with the $20 eSIM is best kept for your first hours after landing. The O2 SMS Only eSIM is the most useful alongside a local card: for $8 a month it gives you a private UK number that receives texts worldwide, so bank and login codes still reach you while a Digicel SIM does the data.

Side by side

Our recommendation

Before you fly, install the O2 SMS Only eSIM so your bank codes keep arriving. On landing, buy a Digicel Tourist SIM at the kiosk between belts 1 and 2 at Hato, with your passport: 3 Days in Paradise for a short stay, 14 Days in Paradise for two weeks, and the same plan covers Aruba and Bonaire. If you are already travelling on Vodafone Travel VIP, keep it and accept the daily fee for a short stop. Set-up steps for our eSIMs are in our eSIM installation guide, and our options are on the Curaçao eSIM page.