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STINAPA just announced an increase in the annual Bonaire National Marine Park (BNMP) nature fee. Effective January 1, 2019: The scuba diving tag will increase from $25 to $40. The non-diver watersports tag will increase from $10 to $25. The one-day user fee has been eliminated. The thousands...

Hi Gang, We're looking forward to returning to dushi Bonaire soon for the holidays. Not to rub it in (well maybe a little) but this will be our 10th consecutive 3 week trip over Christmas and New Years and our 35th through 37th weeks overall on the island since our first visit in '97. But my...

I first learned about this via the Bonaire Lionfish Hunters Facebook group last week and have since read a couple of supporting articles and discussion online. It seemed appropriate to start a thread discussing it here too. The cause of the disease (if that's what it really is), and whether it...

Just a heads up for those interested: Two new resort hotels have recently been announced to be built on the old Bonaire Sunset Beach Resort property located along the oceanfront between Eden Beach Resort and Den Laman condos. Back in November it was announced that a new 197 room resort called...

I'm not sure how many of you follow seasonal sea surface temperature trends in the area and their impact on the reef, but I thought you might be interested in this information. Most of us long for warm water for our winter dive vacations, but water that's too warm for too long stresses coral...

We've been home for a couple of weeks now. I thought I probably ought to share a trip report and video after throwing out a few teasers in Dee's earlier thread. (Hint: You can skip to the end now for the video if you don't want to read the rest of my report.) We were on the island for 3 weeks...

Verizon just introduced a new international plan earlier this month for their 4G world phones (iPhone, Galaxy, Droid, etc.): "Now your wireless plan travels just like you do. For just $2 a day per line in Mexico and Canada, and $10 a day per line in more than 65 countries you can take your...

From The Bonaire Insider: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 Delta and United Airlines To Operate Additional Flights Over Year­-End Holidays and Winter Season Just in time for the peak holiday season, both United Airlines and Delta have recently announced that they will each operate additional flights...

Thought I should take a shot at this before gbf calls me out again. This thread is for you Brad. :D We arrived Saturday on the Delta flight, and are staying with the always fantastic Tim & Leanne at Beachcomber Villas. We're lazy and are staying for 3 weeks, as we've done since 2009, so we...

Just a quick note to spread the word about some new flight options just announced for getting to Bonaire. The text below is copied from this article posted on The Bonaire Insider website. "Delta and United have both recently announced an increase in air service to Bonaire from the USA. Delta...