Tag: Cruises from Fort Lauderdale to Bonaire

Bonaire is a Caribbean island located in the Leeward Antilles. It is part of the ABC Islands Group, which also includes Aruba and Curacao. Kralendijk is the capital of Bonaire. Bonaire National Marine Park protects its reef-lined coast. Aside from its abundant marine life, the island is home to lizards, donkeys, and birds inside the vast Washington Slagbaai National Park, which features beaches, lagoons, tunnels, and desert-like hills. Because of the island’s attentive stewardship of its marine resources, Bonaire is consistently ranked as the best snorkeling and scuba diving destination in the Caribbean. There are a few on-site dive shops that will help you put up your equipment, take it down, load and unload it onto and off the dive boat, lead you on your boat dives, and simply be your general diving buddy in general on Bonaire. The reefs surrounding Bonaire form a narrow bordering reef that begins almost at the shoreline and stretches out to a maximum of 984 feet. The entire area is protected as part of the Bonaire National Marine Park, and legislation assures that the island’s coral reefs, sea grass, and mangroves are used responsibly. There are around 60 coral species on the reefs, however, and they vary depending on habitat.