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Bonaire, from dive site to date, written down properly once.
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Dive sites87West coast, Klein Bonaire and the reachable east coast. Entry, depth, current, parking, and what goes wrong.Beaches and placesSorobon, Lac Bai, Boka Slagbaai, Kralendijk by district, Rincon, Antriol, Sabana, Klein Bonaire.Nature92Marine park and STINAPA, coral and bleaching, lionfish, sea turtles and nesting seasons, flamingos, lora, mangroves.History68Salt and the WIC, the slave huts at Witte Pan and Oranje Pan, Rincon, the inscriptions, the British interregnum, 10-10-10.PracticalNature Tag by category, car hire, unpaved roads, tap water, medical care, hyperbaric chamber, UV index.Facts and routesTables with the source per row, plus planned routes and day plans.
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Snorkel and dive spots15
Sights20
Restaurants27
Hotels16
Activities15
Recently checked on site
Sites where the editors were last in the water themselves.
Facts, October
ALL MONTHSWater temperature29 °C
Visibility under water20 m
Rainy days8
Crowdslow
Turtle nestinghatching
Background
TO HISTORYSALTSalt production since the seventeenth centuryWho built the pans, who worked them and why the obelisks come in four colours. Still visible at Witte Pan.LANGUAGEPapiamentu: origins and current statusWhere the language comes from, how the spelling on Bonaire differs from Curaçao and where it is used officially.NATUREWhy the flamingo breeding ground is closedHow many birds breed there, who manages the area and how far away STINAPA says you must stay.
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