DAE has just announced a new routing with daily flights beginning June 1st, 2012 from Miami to Curacao to return. They plan to have excellent connections for those going onward to and returning from Bonaire.
For the fourth consecutive year, Buddy Dive Resort is proud to organize the Buddy Dive Free-diving Event in 2012 hosted by Brazilian free-diver, Karol Meyer. Karol broke seven world records in her career, and she is considered one of the most complete athletes in the sport’s history.
The invasive Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans), native to the Indo-Pacific Region, were first confirmed in Bonaire on October 26th, 2009. Since then, they have continued to increase in size and abundance occupying a wide range of habitats and depths. Since 2009, the Bonaire National Marine Park has trained numerous volunteers to safely remove lionfish and Bonaire continues to be at the forefront of efforts in the Caribbean region to control these fish. LaTina Divers is taking this one step further by organizing a week-long lionfish culling and cooking event from May 19 through 26, 2012.
The underwater cleanups have become very popular activities, with over 100 participants joining in together on each event to keep Bonaire beautiful. The next cleanup is scheduled to take place at Club Nautico Pier (in front of It Rains Fishes Restaurant) on Saturday, April 21, 2012.
Frequent Bonaire visitor, Joan Zale, has just received word that her photo of a squid shot on Bari Reef in Bonaire has been accepted as an entry in the Westchester County Amateur Photo Contest hosted by The Greenburgh Public Library Foundation.
Bonaire Oceanfront Villa 9 is pleased to announce that those making a new reservation for travel May 5th through June 1st, 2012 will receive a 20 percent discount off the already low rates the villa offers.
Many visitors in the months of August, September or October are pleased and surprised to find they are on Bonaire during spawning activities of corals and other invertebrates. Other visitors plan their trips to Bonaire specifically for the chance to glimpse this unique event.
United Airlines, which now operates the flights previously provided by Continental Airlines, has just announced their planned seasonal breaks from service to and from Bonaire.
The Divi Flamingo Beach Resort and Casino was Bonaire’s first truly dive-dedicated hotel, and the property is now celebrating sixty years of welcoming visitors to Bonaire.
There’s been lots of changes in recent months in availability of grocery products and fresh goods, and yet, there’s even more news. The Real Dutch Bakery has opened offering truly the freshest of bakery goods, and Top Supermarket has opened in Kralendijk.
There’s no lack of fun and interesting things to do this week on Bonaire. Here’s a rundown on just some of the unique events being held this week on the island.
The next classical music concert will feature Aruba’s acclaimed operatic soprano, Tica Giel, accompanied by Antillean maestro, Wim Statius Muller, on the grand piano, on Saturday, March 31st, 2012 at 8:00 PM.
The eighth edition of the Bonaire Heineken Jazz Festival will take place this summer, moving from its traditional timing in late May to late July instead (July 27 through 29, 2012). Here’s a preview of the exciting lineup!
The Bonaire Insider has reported several times in recent months on additions or changes in Bonaire’s culinary scene, but it’s time once again to make note of some changes.
Bonaire’s CIEE Research Station has just announced the next three public lectures in its educational series. All lectures continue to be free and open to all those interested in attending.
Finding great quality foods is always welcome on an island such as Bonaire, and to help fill that niche, Bonaire Food Group, formerly The Island Supplier, has just launched an interim web site which highlights the details of their weekly specials as well as a complete manifest of their newly arriving inventory.
In October, 2011, the Bonaire Insider reported on the renovation of five of Bonaire’s historic lighthouses (read original story by clicking here). It’s just been announced that the first of the five, and probably Bonaire’s most famous lighthouse, Willemstoren, at the southern end of the island, is totally renovated and in good working order.
Lobophora variegata (brown algae) is a common benthic marine macro algae that is naturally occurring on reefs around Bonaire. It possesses the ability to rapidly spread and overgrow live corals. This process is increasingly observed on Caribbean coral reefs, including Bonaire’s reefs. The mechanisms that control the spreading of Lobophora are still poorly understood, which makes it difficult to implement management strategies, and so the Marine Park has sanctioned some research into this matter.
Just over a year ago, the Bonaire Insider announced the merging of two health and wellness entities on Bonaire--Bon Bida Spa and Gym and Bon Fysiotherapie. The integration of these two companies has brought about the island’s most popular fitness and physical therapy gurus under one roof.
LaTina Divers Bonaire is proud to announce the launching of their new program consisting of personal dive consultants. This program, which offers Private Dive Service Providers (PDSPers), gives visiting divers and snorkelers the opportunity to utilize the specialized services of any or all of the dive pros available through the program.
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