Tourism

Bonaire’s economy is mainly based on tourism. The island caters, almost exclusively, to scuba divers and snorkelers. Wind surfers also constitute a strong group of island tourists. Tourism infrastructure is Bonaire is contemporary and based on time-share resorts. There are a few small bed and breakfasts. Most resorts have an on-site dive shop. The rest [...]

Caribbean Sea

Caribbean Sea – the sea, forming part of the oceanic system of the Atlantic Ocean, north of South America. From the full waters of the Atlantic Ocean separated the Small Antilles chain of islands to the east and the Great Antilles in the north. The island of Cuba and the Yucatán peninsula separated him from [...]

Economy

Currency is the Netherlands-Antilles guilder. The Dutch airline KLM Bonaire utilizes Stopovers often on flights to and from South America.

Original Inhabitants

Bonaire’s first inhabitants were the Caquetios Indians, a branch of the Arawak who, around 1000 AD, sailed from what is now Venezuela. Traces of Caquetio culture are at a number of archaeological sites, including those at Lac Bay and northeast of Kralendijk.
Rock paintings and petroglyphs have survived at the caves at Spelonk, Onima, Ceru Pungi, [...]

Geography

Bonaire has a land area of 288 km² (111 sq. miles), while Klein Bonaire is a further 6 km² (2.3 sq. miles). Bonaire’s Afdeling Bevolking (census) office reported that the population of was 14,006 inhabitants as of December, 2006,which gives Bonaire island proper a population density of 49 inh. per km².
Bonaire lies outside the hurricane [...]

When to Go

The average daily high stays around 28°C (82°F) all year, and humidity is tolerable, so the best time to go is the low season of May to mid-December when rates come down. Bonaire is out of the hurricane belt so you don’t have to figure the big blow into your schedule.
The high season for cruise [...]

Kralendijk

Kralendijk is the capital city of the island of Bonaire, in the Netherlands Antilles. The main language spoken in the town is Papiamentu, but, because of the town’s position on the tourist map, English is widely understood. As of 2006, the town has a population of 3,061.
Off the coast of Kralendijk lies the uninhabited island [...]

Bonaire

Bonaire is an island in the Netherlands Antilles, and as such, is a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Together with Aruba and Curaçao it forms a group referred to as the ABC islands of the Leeward Antilles, the southern island chain of the Lesser Antilles. While Papiamentu, Spanish, and English are commonly spoken, [...]