Hotels near Flamingo International Airport - BON, Kralendijk

There are so many dive sites, and if you need a "check dive" plan to do that first. Then, you can spend at least a few days diving various locations after which you should plan 24 hours before flying. Plenty of excellent restaurants. If you want to visit the national park plan one full day to drive through the long loop. It's magnificent.

Stay for at least 10 days - 2 weeks if you can. There is so much to do on this wonderful, safe, scenic and friendly island. Let the Spring Breaker's go to Aruba and come here for some safe and relaxing time.

The shore diving is terrific, lots of well marked entries and a ton of different sites. There are plenty of sites with easy to slightly difficult entries so there's something for everyone. There's lots of night life as well as being conveniently located to everything you need to enjoy your stay, as well as anything you'd like to see on the island. If you have a chance dine at Zara's Restaurant, I had one to the best birthday diners of my life.

Best place for an inexpensive SCUBA dive trip. There are multiple shore dive locations that are easy to access. Tank rentals are reasonable. Downside to Bonaire travel is the expensive meals ($20-$25 for a burger). Save by visiting the grocery stores.

I love the opportunity that you can freely swim in the sea in town. I went on a tour around the island and saw some great places. I visited Rincon twice and had dinner at a Creole restaurant. The goat meat is great. Yes it's easy to get around the town by feet. You can rent a car, if necessary use the GPS to drive around the island.

Lots of beautiful beaches (though they name every sliver so before going it seems more overwhelming than it is.) Glad I rented a truck the first week & just explored. (I was there a total of 15 days - spent 7 with a dive group.) If you want to go further than just very close to your accommodation (other than downtown), you need to rent a truck. And, there is so much to see I recommend doing it at least for the first part of your trip. (Taxis cost about half a day rental. Be sure to get full coverage if you plan to explore because sticker type bushes WILL scrape & you will not even realize it is happening. Also, people tailgate BAD here.) I enjoyed diving, snorkeling, going to see the various sites on a drive to the wind sailing area (which I want to do next time.), watching wind sailers, going to the Donkey Sanctuary as well as the dog / cat rescue & driving up to Rencon & the lake where the flamingos are protected. Salt Pier is also very interesting. (I am not much of a history buff until I visit but I enjoyed learning history here.)