Day 3 Kralendijk Bonaire
After the ship docked at Kralendijk, Bonaire, we could see the nature reserve island of Kleine Bonaire from our balcony. This was saved from being developed as a holiday resort and is now a protected area.
After a walk up and down the two main streets we booked a tour of the island with Bonaire Vista Tours. The price of all the tours and taxis are set by the government so the tour was $25 for the North island tour plus $5 to visit the South of the island.
After a rest in the cabin and a snack lunch we joined the tour, this tour is recognised on TripAdvisor and we can confirm that it was an excellent tour of the island and deserved its awards. Our driver was Otto, originally from The Netherlands and here on the island after his ‘retirement’. He kept told us history, natural history and about the island today as well about his diving and his charity work – fascinating.
Here is their map of Bonaire with the stopping points and below are some of my pictures from the tour.
Scenic road through nature reserve going North.
Gotomer
Flamingos on the lake
The highlight of the tour for me was stopping by feeding flamingos on the side of Gotomer.
We moved in land after the lake to Rincon and the Cadushy distillery there.
The next memorable point was a viewpoint called Seru Largu.
At Seru Largu we spent time looking at all the iguanas that were there sunning themselves.
We then drove back through the outskirts of the town to the South of the island past the salt flats and to the remains of the slave huts.
Harvested salt ready for export.
The slave huts at the side of the beach.
After the tour we called at Karel’s Bar on the quayside for a beer and a little more wi-fi access before boarding the ship.
Dinner was in the Oriental restaurant on our table and was gammon steak followed by brioche bread and butter pudding accompanied with an Aussie Red.