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This is the thing Bonaire is actually good at on a short call: the reef starts a few meters out, so you do not need a boat and you do not need a booking. Bring your own mask if you have one — renting eats twenty minutes you could have spent in the water. What you do need is the nature fee, which is per calendar year and payable online before you get wet.
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01 Te Amo Beach Te Amo Beach is a narrow strip of sand on the west coast of Bonaire, five minutes' drive south of Kralendijk and directly beside the runway of Flamingo Airport. 5 min drive 1.8 km (1.1 mi) from the pier -
02 Donkey Beach Donkey Beach, also called Playa Palu di Mangel, is a small beach on the EEG Boulevard just south of Kralendijk — about six minutes by car, and walkable from the south end of… 5 min drive 2.4 km (1.5 mi) from the pier -
03 Bachelor’s Beach Bachelor's Beach is a small cove in the Belnem district on Bonaire's southwest coast, under ten minutes' drive from Kralendijk. 5 min drive 3.3 km (2.1 mi) from the pier -
04 Klein Bonaire Klein Bonaire is an uninhabited coral island of about six square kilometres, lying eight hundred metres off Kralendijk. 10 min by boat 3.6 km (2.2 mi) from the pier -
05 Salt Pier Salt Pier is a dive and snorkel site under the loading pier of the Cargill salt works, on Bonaire's southwest coast about twenty minutes' drive south of Kralendijk. 20 min drive 8.9 km (5.5 mi) from the pier -
06 1000 Steps 1000 Steps is a shore dive and snorkel site on the northwest coast of Bonaire, about twenty minutes' drive north of Kralendijk. 25 min drive 10.7 km (6.6 mi) from the pier -
07 Boka Slagbaai Boka Slagbaai is a bay inside Washington Slagbaai National Park, in the far north of Bonaire. 55 min drive 24.7 km (15 mi) from the pier