Things to do – Bonaire Today

Visit the Bonaire Museum

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The Bonaire Museum is located near the city centre of Kralendijk and a 5-10 minute walk from the shops and the cruise ships. It is one of the few monuments on Bonaire and built in 1885, by a Venezuelan businessman that came to Bonaire after the Dutch government sold all plantations. The house is built in the typically Cas di... Read More

Caves on Bonaire

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Snorkling is very popular on Bonaire and did you know that it is also possible to snorkle in a cave? Bonaire has hundreds of caves, many small ones and also some very large ones. Most caves on Bonaire are formed through the years when soft limestone dissolves during rainfall and water hollows out the rocks more and more. Some of... Read More

Thrift store on Bonaire

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On Bonaire we have often porch sales where people sell all kinds of stuff and every Saturday you can visit the Thrift Store of the Animal Shelter. They start selling at 8 am and finish at 5 pm, so enough time to browse through all the interesting stuff they have. They sell a lot of secondhand clothes, dive gear, electrics,... Read More

Climb the Seru Largu

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The Seru Largu is a popular hill for active locals, when you go here in the cooler late-afternoon hours there are almost always people training or just having a nice walk. And of course you have to join! A paved road is easy to walk in the beginning but in the end getting really steap, with parts over 20% grade.... Read More

Visit Rincon

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Bonaire has only two small towns and of these Rincon is the oldest and the smallest. In the Pre-Columbian era the Caquetio people already inhabited the area, they had settlements along the coast and visited the surrounding hills as well. In 1527 the Spanish founded Rincon, they choose this spot because it was lying safe in the inlands of Bonaire where... Read More