Data updated on
A private guide is the right choice in three situations: you have one day and no wish to drive it yourself, someone in the party cannot manage the heat or the walking, or you want the part of the island that needs local knowledge rather than a map. Outside those three, the island is small enough and the roads simple enough that a car and a route will get you the same day for less. Ask what the guide does when the salt pier is closed — the answer tells you what you are buying.
Or drive it yourself — twelve routes with times and distances
-
Private Guided Tours Bonaire
Private Guided Tours Bonaire is a small operator that runs island tours, snorkel trips and combinations of the two, for one group at a time.
-
Ontdek Bonaire
Ontdek Bonaire runs private island tours and guided walks with Sanne Naber, a Dutch-speaking guide who lives on the island.
-
Snorkeling Around Bonaire
Snorkeling Around Bonaire runs private snorkel trips with Kirsten, a guide who picks the site on the day based on wind and visibility rather than sticking to a fixed spot.
-
Luc’s Private Group Bonaire Open Bus Tour
Luc's Open Bus Tour drives Bonaire in an open-sided bus, which is the point: no windows between you and the island, and you can photograph from your seat.
-
Adventure Makers Bonaire
Adventure Makers runs guided trips on Bonaire that go where a rental car cannot: Washington Slagbaai, the caves in the interior, and snorkel spots along the north coast.
-
Hopibonaire
HopiBonaire runs private land tours, guided hikes and snorkel trips on Bonaire, picking up from your accommodation.
-
Amazing Bonaire
Amazing Bonaire runs cave tours and night snorkelling on Bonaire, picking up in and around Kralendijk. Both trips go somewhere you genuinely cannot reach on your own.
-
Shekhinah Tours Bonaire
Shekhinah Tours runs guided island tours on Bonaire, picking you up from your hotel in Kralendijk or wherever you are staying.