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Bonaire Highlights Tour: Explore Cultural Heritage, Scenic Countryside, and Historic Landmarks
4.3
25 Ratings
Kralendijk
Discover the rich cultural heritage, scenic countryside, and historic landmarks of Bonaire on our Highlights Tour. Learn about the slave huts, salt industry, bat caverns, and more!
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Kralendijk - Starting point
- Salt Pier - Salt Flats
- Slave Huts at White Pan - Wfhite Slave Huts
- 1000 Steps - 1000 steps
- Rincon - Museum Chi Chi tan
- Kralendijk - Ending point
What's Included
- All fees and/or taxes
Additional Information
Let our guide fill you with history and tell us about the slave huts’ history and the beginnings of the salt industry. Travel through the scenic countryside, learning about the 1000 steps dive site, bat caverns, natural life, flora and animals, and the Karpata Plantation, where processed aloe was originally cultivated and exported, while cruising to Bonaire’s first settlement community. Rincon is thought to be the Caribbean’s oldest village. Hidden away from the sight of the roving pirates along the shore in the basin of the north hills. Visit the old traditional home, which has been turned into a cultural historic museum by the original family descendants. On your route back to the ship, you’ll leave Rincon and travel through the north-eastern desert-like region, which has gigantic cacti, wild donkeys, and pounding waves.
- Guest with limit mobility accepted. limited space available for wheelchair in storage compartment
- Scooter transport is not available
Location
Bonaire Cruise Port
Exit cruise ship terminal and make a left turn. Look for the vendor's booth with "Tropical Adventure Tours" sign under the colorful tents,our staff with orange tshirt.We kindly ask all participants to be at the meeting point 30 minutes prior to the scheduled departure to ensure a timely departure.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(25 Ratings)
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Brian_k
Mar 10, 2024
Great Bonaire tour for large or small groups - The excursion was passed onto us by others in our group. There were 10 of us in total and we had a great time. The guide and driver were very good unfortunatly I cannot remember their names and can't find them in my phone. She did say she has been on the island for 8 years. Her knowledge of the island, history and culture was very good doing tours it sometimes gets boring but not this one. I give the driver of the bus a lot of credit for managing the roads of Bonaire, he did an excellent job. If you don't want to break the bank with a ship excursion look into this tour you won't regret it.
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Richard_t
Jan 28, 2024
Superb tour - Tour guide funny, friendly and very knowledgeable - willing to process all our questions and highlight things of interest to us - very entertaining and informative - great to understand the island from a person who knows the island
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Lydiamv6593wl
Jan 2, 2024
Great tour - Organized and very good tourist guide. Convenient stops at local shops. People very friendly. Booked independently not through cruise line. Easier to work with.
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Maureen_l
Dec 18, 2023
Beautiful Bonaire - Tour Guide was cordial, professional, knowledgeable and entertaining! The weather was GREAT!! The price was Right!
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K8030podianak
May 12, 2023
Fun experience - It was a lovely tour, very informative. We felt very safe. It was a fun experience for all of us. We were going to stop at a beach on the way home, but we didn't...and it wasn't well communicated so we hadn't brought beach wear.
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Njvacationjunky
May 6, 2023
Nice way to see Bonaire and learn about the culture. - This was a wonderful and informative tour of Bonaire. Our tour guide, Sandra, was very knowledgeable of all things Bonaire; she was extremely pleasant to listen to and also very funny, which made the tour even more enjoyable. We visited the salt processing area of the island, which was very interesting, and got to bring home a sample of the salt. We learned much about the flora and fauna of Bonaire and had to stop the bus for 4 donkeys standing in the road! We also stopped at a local museum that had a house that you could walk through to see what life was like in Bonaire. What an interesting island. This was a 3 hour tour and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to see and learn about Bonaire.
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Leigh_b
Apr 25, 2024
Great overview of Bonaire - Learned a lot about Bonaire- history, geography, political situation, population, housing, education system and lifestyle.
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Denise_a
Jan 13, 2024
Just ok - Didn’t see as much as I thought. Trip was alright. Guide had a lot of info we just didn’t visit as many locations as I thought we would, like light house…
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Jill_w
May 11, 2023
Better have a large bladder - When I booked the tour it said 9 am. We got there at quarter till. The tour did not leave until after 9:30. We were at this port until 10pm and could have booked another tour. Glad we didn’t or we would have missed it. The worst part was this is a 3 hour tour, and most everyone needed to go to the bathroom. We were told there was one at 1000 steps. It was a portapottie which would have been fine, but it had been removed. There was finally a bathroom at the very last stop. Nobody got to see anything except the line for the bathroom.
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Jackie_m
Jan 17, 2024
Things happened. Which ended up being a good thing for us. - We had a reservation with Bonaji, to be picked up at 9:30. Our guide left without us & we were there early.
Thanks to one of the other guides at the peir Elgin, he helped us, then took us on the tour. He was a life saver.
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