Salty Tours Bonaire

You hire the boat and the captain, not a seat, and the captain is Bonairean — which is the difference between being taken to the three stops every boat visits and being shown where people from the island actually go on a day off. The route is decided with you: snorkelling, a stop at Klein Bonaire, cruising the coast, or all three in an afternoon.

A three-hour charter costs from around five hundred and fifty dollars for the boat. Split between six or eight people that is comparable to a scheduled trip, and you decide when to leave and how long to stay in the water. It is one of the best-reviewed operators on Bonaire, with a rating close to five over two hundred and fifty reviews. Book ahead, and say in advance what you want from the afternoon so the captain can plan the route.