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Beaches in Bonaire : Playa Chikitu, Boka Kokolishi, Boka Bartol, Playa Funchi, Boka Slagbaai, Playa Frans, Steps Beach, Bachelor Beach, Pink Beach and Lac Bay.

Bonaire is a small Caribbean island located 80 miles (130 km) east of Aruba and 50 miles (80 km) north of Venezuela. Bonaire features the easiest scuba diving and snorkeling in the Caribbean, thanks to the fringing reef which surrounds the island, and allows for shore access over most of Bonaire's leeward side.

Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs obtained in 1986 upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles.

The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen), previously known as the Netherlands West Indies, are part of the Lesser Antilles and consist of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea.

Capital City of Bonaire: Kralendijk
Administrative Capital: Willemstad [ Curacao Island ]


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Car Rental Bonaire

 Avis
World's second largest general-use car rental business, providing business and leisure customers with a wide range of services.
 Budget Rent A Car
 Hertz

Rental Homes / Vacation Rentals Bonaire

 RE-MAX Paradise Homes - Real Estate specialists
Assisting clients in buying, selling or renting homes, villas, and More
 Sunbelt Realty - Bonaire's leading real estate company.
Rentals, Residential / Homes, Residential Development, Condos / Apartments, Oceanfront, Commercial Real Estate, Land / Lots, Bonaire Real Estate Basics
 Tropical Inn Bonaire
Tropical Inn Bonaire is small-scale resort within a 2 minute walking distance from the beach and dive -facilities and a 10 minute walking distance from the center of Kralendijk. The resort has 6 beautiful one -bedroom apartments and 6 hotelrooms. All rooms are finely decorated in a Mexican style, situated at the swimming pool and surrounded by a tropical garden.

 VacationsFRBO.com - Bonaire Vacation Rentals

Hotels in Bonaire

 Expedia

More Hotels? See the page Hotels

National Park

 Bonaire National Marine Park - National Park of the Netherlands Antilles
 Washington-Slagbaai National Park, at the northwestern end of the island

 Bonaire Nature
Underwater or on land, Bonaire boasts unique nature experiences.

Travel Agents / Tour Operators



 Bonaire Tours - Bonaire's leading Tour Operator
You'll never be bored in Bonaire... Bonaire Tours & Vacations offers Island Tours and Excursions from sightseeing and snorkeling to dinner sails and mountain biking for the active or not so active visitor to Bonaire. Bonaire Tours also specializes in meeting the needs of groups - large or small for airport transfers, Meet & Greet services, island orientation, dining and entertainment.
  Mainstreet Bonaire
Mainstreet is a unique place on Bonaire. For entertainment there is City Cafe, Dining; City Restaurant, Diving; WannaDive, Internet; Cyber City and for a good night's sleep there is Hotel Rochaline. Mainstreet is located across the fruit market and the famous night dive spot "Town Pier".
 Barefoot Traveller  - specialises in long-haul scuba diving holidays
Tailor-made to your individual needs. 

Travel Guides Bonaire / Related books

Travel Guides Bonaire 

Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Bonaire - by Tim Rock (Author)
Paperback: 159 pages; Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 2 edition (September 30, 2006); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1864501219; ISBN-13: 978-1864501216
Adventure Guide Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao - by Lynne Sullivan
Paperback: 285 pages; Publisher: Hunter Publishing (NJ); 2nd edition (August 30, 2006); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1588435725; ISBN-13: 978-1588435729

Transport / How do I get to Bonaire

 Bonaire Airport [ BON ] - Flamingo Airport

  Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights - price comparison possible

Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao Insight Fleximap 
"Fleximap Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao" contains four maps including Bonaire, Curacao, Aruba and a locator map of the whole region. It also lists Top Ten recommended sights - from Eagle Beach to the Curacao Seaquarium - as well as useful travel information, climate tables and local transport details.
Map (September 28, 2001); Publisher: Insight Guides; Language: English; ISBN: 9812346562
 Map of Bonaire [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Library - Map Collection ]


Links  

 Travel Insurance -  online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

 Bonaire - official website Bonaire

 Kralendijk - Capital City of Bonaire

 Klein Bonaire - small islet formed just off the coast of the main island.

 Peekelmeer
Pekelmeer is a salt water lake where solar salt is produced though a crystallization process and then exported to the Eastern United States and other Caribbean islands. The salt pans shield the 135 acre flamingo sanctuary which is home to an estimated 40,000 birds

 Bonaire Webcams
Home of the world's first permanent underwater ReefCam, giving you a peek at reef life in the Bonaire Marine Park!
 Newsletter - Bonaire Entre Nous 
Entre Nous is the Monthly newsletter from the Tourism Corporation Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. In this newsletter you will find the accomplishments of TCB in Bonaire, North America, South America and Europe.
 Sea Turtle Club
 Sea Turtle Conservation - The Sea Turtle Club Bonaire
Non-profit organization set up to help prevent the extinction of Bonaire sea turtles and preserve their natural habitats through research and public awareness programs.

Cuisine - Bonaire foods / Recipes

 Infobonaire.com - see Cuisine
It should come as no surprise that Bonaire has a rich mixture of food choices. There are over 70 different cultures to draw recipes from and almost as many variations on them as there are cooks. Bonaire is not blessed with much locally grown food and has to rely heavily on imports and ship schedules for procuring fresh produce.
 Restaurants / Bonaire cuisine
 Bonaire's Cuisine, Restaurants, & Nightlife

History of Bonaire

From the first inhabitants, the Caiquetios (a branch of the Arawak Indians) who sailed from the coast of Venezuela almost 1000 years ago, to the many cultures now living and working in Bonaire today, the island has a distinct character that is all its own.

In 1633, the Dutch took possession of Curacao, Bonaire and Aruba. The largest island, Curacao, emerged as a center of the notorious slave trade. Bonaire then became a plantation island belonging to the Dutch West Indies Company. It was during those early years that the first African slaves were forced to work, cutting dyewood and cultivating maize and harvesting solar salt. Grim reminders of those days still remain in the form of slave huts and salt pans which were laboriously constructed by hand. They are an important part of the island's heritage and have been left to stand mute testimony to Bonaire's repressive beginning...

See for more Bonaire's History [ Infobonaire.com ]

 Museo Boneriano / Museum of Bonaire
First and largest of Bonaire's museums is located just outside of town

Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment

Teach Yourself Beginner's Dutch Audiopackage : An Easy Introduction  
Gerdi Quist, Dennis Strik
Paperback 210 pages (December 2002); Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; Language: English; ISBN: 0071407421
 Antillean Music - see Wikipedia

Web Portal / Search Engine / Directories

 Bonaire Travelguide
 Bonaire.net - Yellow Pages Bonaire
 Info Bonaire

 Falling Rain in Bonaire

 Absolute Caribbean
Sight seeing tours, Scuba dive packages, Boat trips, Horseback riding and much more - handled by experienced, reliable and multi-lingual personal. Even on the more adventurous unique tours, deep down into the Surinam rain forest, you will be in the best company with our native guides.


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