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🧂 SALTY REEF DISPATCH: Bonaire—Where Salt Meets Soul
Harbour Village Beach Club - Bonaire
Ahoy, Reef Raiders!
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to dive into a technicolor dream while dodging flamingos and contemplating a life of flip-flops and rum punch, allow me to introduce you to Bonaire—the Caribbean’s best-kept secret that’s not-so-secret among divers (and salty legends like you).
🏝 The Island: Where Chill Is the National Sport
Located just north of Venezuela (yep, that close), Bonaire is part of the Dutch Caribbean—so you get tropical beaches plus stroopwafels. With a population smaller than your average music festival, Bonaire is quiet, safe, and refreshingly free of mega-resorts and tourist traps. No offense, Señor Frogs.
There are more donkeys and iguanas than people, and the locals—called Bonairians—have perfected the art of the friendly head nod, the slow wave, and the “you worry too much, have a drink” attitude.
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🧂 Fun Facts to Impress (or Confuse) Your Friends
Flamingos have VIP status. They outnumber humans and are so sacred that the airport code is literally BON—like a honking pink passport stamp.
They mine salt like it's 1699. Those surreal white pyramids near the southern end of the island? Salt. Mountains of it. If you ever wanted to lick a pyramid, here’s your chance.
It’s a diving paradise. The entire coast is a protected marine park. You can pretty much fall into the water and land on a reef.
🤿 Scuba Nirvana: 24/7 Reef Access (No Boat, No Problem)
Bonaire is the shore diving capital of the world. You drive up to a site, gear up, and walk right in. It’s like fast food, but with coral. You’ll find over 80 dive sites, most within spitting distance of land—not that we recommend spitting in your regulator.
Expect to meet:
Turtles with better breath control than you.
Tarpons the size of Labradors.
Eels giving you the side-eye from their reef condos.
Salt Pier
đź”± The Salt Pier: Industrial Chic Meets Oceanic Glory
On paper, it’s a working pier for salt transport. In reality? It’s Atlantis meets Mad Max.
With its steel legs encrusted in corals and sponges, and massive schools of fish swirling through the beams like underwater raves, the Salt Pier is a top-tier site. Bonus: Giant tarpon like to lurk here, waiting to photobomb your GoPro shots.
Night dives here? Chef’s kiss. ✨
🌴 Stay Like a Legend: Harbour Village Beach Club
Want to wake up to a private beach, roll out of bed, and roll into turquoise water?
Say hello to the Harbour Village Beach Club,
Your morning coffee never had a view like this.
This boutique resort is next-level luxury, with:
A private beach (because you’re fancy now),
World-class dive shop right on site (shoutout to Great Adventures Bonaire),
Spa services that turn your salty self into a silky dolphin.
Get The VIP Treatment…
Discover ultimate sophistication including accommodations, concierge diving service, and a host of premium island amenities.
Seven-night stay in your accommodation of choice
Full American breakfast daily
Six one-tank boat dives and unlimited shore diving
Complimentary concierge diving service
Complimentary Nitrox
Unlimited use of the fitness center, kayaks and paddle boards
Airport transfers to and from Harbour Village
If you’re even thinking about going, hit reply and let us know as we have a special dive package for this resort.
🫵 Ready to Dive In (Literally)?
Want to join the next salty escape, swap fish tales, or crowdsource the best rum bars in the ABC Islands?
Then sail on over to our Facebook group:
👉 Salty Reef Caribbean Travel
It’s where reef junkies, dive nerds, and tropical romantics like you hang out.
Until next time, keep your fins up and your tanks full.
Stay salty,
Brian from Salty Reef