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Dive Friends Bonaire/Den Laman: "No place like home", Oct, 2021, by Craig A Wood, PA, US ( Top Contributor 50 reports with 48 Helpful votes). Report 11744 has 2 Helpful votes.
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Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	It’s been a little over two years since our last trip report for Bonaire. This visit was scheduled for April 2020, we all know what happened to that. This was our eighth visit to Bonaire. For the first three, we stayed at Sand Dollar and dived with Bonaire Dive & Adventure between 2004 and 2008. The last five visits have been at Den Laman, diving with Dive Friends, starting in 2017. Reservations: We had made all of our reservations and paid prior to the planned trip in 2020. These included the Parrotfish one bedroom oceanfront at Den Laman with Sunwise Realty, diving with Dive Friends, and truck rental with AB Car Rental. All three were completely understanding of the cancellation of the 2020 trip and simply moved our reservations to 2021. We even got a modest refund from AB Car, as their rates had decreased a little. We had initially made our flight reservations through American Airlines for the direct flight from Miami to Bonaire, following a flight from Philadelphia to Miami. We cancelled those flights and were given a voucher. By the time we rebooked in 2021, prices had increased, sad, but not unexpected. Travel: Our flights to and from Bonaire worked out perfectly, but were not completely anxiety free. We had a one hour layover in Miami on the way down, fortunately, our baggage made the trip with us. We left on a Wednesday, the next plane would have been Saturday. The AA app allowing you to track your bags gave us confidence. Our flight back left Bonaire late and gave us a little less than an hour to clear immigration, reclaim and recheck our bags, and get to the gate in Miami. If it were not for Global Entry and TSA Precheck, we would never have ma ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Dive Friends Bonaire Den Laman
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Cayman Brac, Bonaire, Curacao, Turks & Caicos, Roatan, Cozumel, Key Largo, SE Florida (Boynton Beach, Jupiter, West Palm...), Maui, Oahu, Cape Ann, San Diego, Costa Rica, Panama, Cocos Island, Red Sea, Galapagos, Revillagigedos, Malpelo
Closest Airport	Flamingo Intl Airport, Bonaire	Getting There	American Airlines Philadelphia to Miami and Miami to Bonaire
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	83-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Boats, loose dive time of 60 minutes, generally, stay in sight of guide. Shore, your responsibility
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Dive Friends boats have small camera tubs. Nice rinse tank and table at Sand Dollar/Den Laman pier. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

Report currently has 2 Helpful votes

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By Greg Bruce in WA, US at Nov 16, 2021 11:17 EST

Excellent and very thorough report Craig. Thanks for taking the time!

By Gregory Honore in CA, US at Mar 30, 2022 17:53 EST

Bonaire is also my wife's favorite, so much so we finally bought a condo in Bonaire.

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Dive Review of Dive Friends Bonaire/Den Laman in Bonaire

Dive Friends Bonaire/Den Laman: "No place like home", Oct, 2021,

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