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Dive Friends Bonaire/BONAIRE EXCLUSIVE: "Economy trip to Bonaire", Sep, 2016, by David Bridenbaugh, OH, US ( 1 report with 1 Helpful vote). Report 9232 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	This was out 31st trip to this beloved island. We have stayed at Captain Don's Habitat on numerous occasions and it is always great. But in recent years we found saving money meaans we can go twice a year. We book a bugalo with either "Happy Holiday Homes" Louise has a nice website or Bonaire exclusive for $85 to $110 per night for the bungalo. Either way you can get a nice unit with a full kitchen, decent bedroom, living room, porch, and nice place to wash and store gear, clotheline and access to washer and drier. We usually go to one of the supermarkets and buy foodstuffs and cook in for most meals while dining at "Rum Runners" for some of our meals. We secure a dive package from "Dive Friends" and can get free upgrade to NITROX for a very competitive price. Our diving is mostly shore diving since Bonaire is known for great shore diving but you can reserve boat dives there also. They have 6 locations up and down the coast to swap out tanks for new one which makes it very convenient. We rent our truck from Telerin Rental (they have a web page) and "Poppy" the lady who owns it is great to deal with and they meet you at the airport with the truck and you just leave it at the airport when you leave. This arrangement has saved us hundreds of dollars each trip and given us freedom to go diving where and when with our own privacy and "kick back" making the diving soooo sweet. We pack a lunch throw tanks in the truck with our gear and navigate up and down the coast (not talking about many miles folks if you've never been here lol) to the easy to find sites and get in and out as our profile allows. I encourage some information gathering and planning and you will have a great time for bargain costs. I will allow some of the other divers to describe the great diving on this "diver's paradise" island. We are aready booked for May 2017!
Websites	Dive Friends Bonaire
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Curacao, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Roatan, all over the Caribbean and florida
Closest Airport	Flamingo	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	79-83°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Boat diving the usual hour come back 500 lbs. Most times a Dive Master in to show you the good stuff.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	1 or 2
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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Dive Friends Bonaire/BONAIRE EXCLUSIVE in Bonaire

Dive Friends Bonaire/BONAIRE EXCLUSIVE: "Economy trip to Bonaire", Sep, 2016,

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Dive Review of Dive Friends Bonaire/BONAIRE EXCLUSIVE in
Bonaire