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Beaches: 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

 Sixt  -   

 Holiday Autos -   
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.

Holiday Homes

 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.

Hotels in Bonaire

   

   
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels.

More Hotels? See the page Hotels

National Parks Bonaire

 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

Kuoni Holidays  -  Family holidays, Spa holidays

  -  Create your perfect trip Bonaire  -  Flight, Hotel and Car



 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 [ amazon.co.uk ]

Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao Alive! (Alive Guides)  -  Arnold Greenberg, Susan Brushaber (Editor)
This delightful island trio combines Latin spice with European charm, creating a rare treat. Aruba is known for its white sand beaches, shopping and casinos. Bonaire's coral reefs attract divers from around the world. Curacao, the cosmopolitan sister, has fine restaurants, dynamic nightlife and European fashions. Best of all you can island-hop from one to the next! Here is the ultimate guide to discovering the high life and cool spots of the ABCs. Alive Guides tell you what's hot and what's not, with plenty of suggestions for daytime activity and nighttime fun. Each guide offers hundreds of restaurant and hotel profiles in all price ranges, including the very best places to stay and eat, adventure, nights in the city or budget accommodation. Beyond where to stay and eat, Alive Guides focus on the things that make each destination unique - hiking in the rain forests of St Lucia or diving off the coast of Bonaire. 'Sunup to sundown' sections cover a huge variety of activities and organized excursions, including a thorough listing of the best beaches. Suggested road trips and walking tours are accompanied by town and regional maps. 'After dark' sections give the lowdown on hot nightclubs, romantic bars, high-class casinos, movies and theatre. An A-Z reference at the end provides a comprehensive list of useful contacts, including ATM and bank locations, doctors and medical facilities, tourism offices, religious services and websites.
Paperback 380 pages (January 24, 2002); Publisher: Hunter Publishing; Language: English; ISBN: 1588432599
The Dive Sites of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao: Comprehensive Coverage of Diving and Snorkeling (Dive Sites of) 
Jack Jackson
Paperback 176 pages (May 2000); Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; Language: English; ISBN: 0658003631

Transport / How do I travel to Bonaire

 Bonaire Airport [ BON ]  -  Flamingo Airport

 KLM Flights
KLM offer a varied schedule from UK regional Airports to Amsterdam to connect with Bonaire.

 -  flights to Bonaire
Book cheap flights to Bonaire at ebookers and benefit from discounted airfares. View their latest offers and book your flights, accommodation, car hire and insurance online

 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights 
Flight tickets Bonaire / Price comparison possible

 Maps International  -  Maps of Bonaire  
Mapsinternational.co.uk is one of the largest map shops online.
Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao Insight Fleximap (Insight Flexi Map S.) 
"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 Cooking Recipes

 Antillean Food

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, Culture & Entertainment

Teach Yourself Beginner's Dutch Audiopackage with Cassette(s) (Teach Yourself Beginner's: An Easy Introduction) 
Gerdi Quist, Dennis Strik
Paperback 210 pages (December 2002); Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; Language: English; ISBN: 0071407421
ARTE: Dutch Caribbean Art/Beeldende Kunst Van De Nederlandse Antillen En Aruba 
A. Martis, J. Smit, et al
Hardcover 144 pages (August 2002); Publisher: KIT [ Royal Tropical Institute of the Netherlands ]; Language: English; ISBN: 9068325140
 Antillean Music  -  see Wikipedia

Web Portal / Search Engine / Directory

 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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