Bonaire island
Bonaire is an island in the group of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, located east of Curacao off the coast of Venezuela.
Bonaire is part of the Netherlands Antilles, which is an entity of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Bonaire (14190 inhabitants, capital Kralendijk) is, as stated in license plates, the diving paradise.
The island is in the shape of a crescent (see map below), and is largely desert. There are cacti everywhere, especially in the north of the island, where is the Washington National Park, bird sanctuary with no interest: we can just to see some iguanas (which will also everywhere on the island)! By cons, south of the island is more interesting, especially with the Lac Bay, which has beautiful mangroves.
The county seat is the town of Kralendijk. It forms a Dutch joint special status since October 10, 2010 (BES Islands: The islands BES acronym refers to the three Caribbean islands affected: Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. These islands were returned to the Dutch government after the dissolution of Netherlands Antilles October 10, 2010) following the dissolution of the former autonomous state of the federation of the Netherlands Antilles where she belonged.
Géography
Bonaire is an island in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela. Its highest point is Brandaris and culminates at 241 meters/ 790 feet.
Bonaire is an island of volcanic origin but traces of this activity are no longer visible today because the sea has flooded the island there are 70 million years, the soil is composed of remnants of coral reefs.
The island is divided between the Windward) east coast and Leeward west and where the focus points of human settlement and the airport.
With Aruba and Curacao, Bonaire form a group known as the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao). A coral reef surrounds the island and is renowned worldwide for scuba diving (many sites from Bonaire mainly hold the English logo diving Diver's Paradise). All waters surrounding the island is classified as a marine sanctuary and enables discovery of fauna and flora, underwater with a mask and snorkel or scuba tanks.
The island is known for its colonies of pink flamingos and wild donkeys who find refuge in the Washington Slagbaai National Park north of the island where the highest point, Hill Brandaris.
Klein Bonaire (Little Bonaire in the Netherlands) is a small island (2 square miles) uninhabited side of Kralendijk. Kralendijk is located at 12 ° 10 'north latitude and 68 ° 17' west longitude.
Nature
The greatest beauty is in the underwater life, in which the diver is a variety of flora and fauna which resembles a landscape of science fiction.
There is a perfect visibility of 98 feet (30 meters) in clear water below the surface.
One of the destinations to visit, just to name a few, or is Playa Bengue Karpat, indigenous peoples who inhabited it, the Arawaks, they called Bojnay ("Lowlands").
It was also inhabited by groups of Indians Caiquetio. Underwater cultural heritage is constantly monitored by the Bonaire Marine Park.
In Bonaire, there are laws that protect the life of their Marine Park near the coast, coral reefs (which beauty can be seen in shallow waters just meters from the coast) and the species that live there: the wolf fish groupers, trumpet fish, angelfish, barracudas, sea urchins, hermit crabs, etc..
Fishing is permitted outside the coastal zone, and there are several species, including low abundant. For over 30 years, Bonaire has become the Caribbean island first to ban spear fishing, and shortly later banned on water corals. Bonaire Marine Park, a park created in 1979, protects all the waters of the island.
Town
Bonaire has only two cities: Kralendijk, the capital, and Rincon.
However, there are settlements that are considered common areas or dependent on the two main cities.
This is Antriol, Belnem, Hato, Lagoen, Lima, Noord Salina Nikiboko, Republiek, Sabadeco, Sabana, Santa Barbara and Tera Cora. Other small towns have existed in the natural park of Washington Slagbaai but are now discontinued: Labra, Ishira, Kokorobi, Jan Doran, Vlijt, Rigot, Porto Spano, and Kunchi. Although English, Papiamento (Creole) and Spanish are widely spoken, official language is Dutch.
Bonaire is served by Flamingo International Airport south of Kralendijk.
Bonaire is an island in the group of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, located east of Curacao off the coast of Venezuela.
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| Kralendijk |
Bonaire (14190 inhabitants, capital Kralendijk) is, as stated in license plates, the diving paradise.
The island is in the shape of a crescent (see map below), and is largely desert. There are cacti everywhere, especially in the north of the island, where is the Washington National Park, bird sanctuary with no interest: we can just to see some iguanas (which will also everywhere on the island)! By cons, south of the island is more interesting, especially with the Lac Bay, which has beautiful mangroves.
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| Bonaire Map |
Géography
Bonaire is an island in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela. Its highest point is Brandaris and culminates at 241 meters/ 790 feet.
Bonaire is an island of volcanic origin but traces of this activity are no longer visible today because the sea has flooded the island there are 70 million years, the soil is composed of remnants of coral reefs.
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| Localisation |
With Aruba and Curacao, Bonaire form a group known as the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao). A coral reef surrounds the island and is renowned worldwide for scuba diving (many sites from Bonaire mainly hold the English logo diving Diver's Paradise). All waters surrounding the island is classified as a marine sanctuary and enables discovery of fauna and flora, underwater with a mask and snorkel or scuba tanks.
The island is known for its colonies of pink flamingos and wild donkeys who find refuge in the Washington Slagbaai National Park north of the island where the highest point, Hill Brandaris.
Klein Bonaire (Little Bonaire in the Netherlands) is a small island (2 square miles) uninhabited side of Kralendijk. Kralendijk is located at 12 ° 10 'north latitude and 68 ° 17' west longitude.
Nature
The greatest beauty is in the underwater life, in which the diver is a variety of flora and fauna which resembles a landscape of science fiction.
One of the destinations to visit, just to name a few, or is Playa Bengue Karpat, indigenous peoples who inhabited it, the Arawaks, they called Bojnay ("Lowlands").
It was also inhabited by groups of Indians Caiquetio. Underwater cultural heritage is constantly monitored by the Bonaire Marine Park.
Fishing is permitted outside the coastal zone, and there are several species, including low abundant. For over 30 years, Bonaire has become the Caribbean island first to ban spear fishing, and shortly later banned on water corals. Bonaire Marine Park, a park created in 1979, protects all the waters of the island.
Town
Bonaire has only two cities: Kralendijk, the capital, and Rincon.
However, there are settlements that are considered common areas or dependent on the two main cities.
Bonaire is served by Flamingo International Airport south of Kralendijk.
