Bonaire-TravelGuide.com
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The "B" of the ABC Islands ("A" = Aruba, "C" = Curacao), Bonaire is one of the Caribbean's least tourist-developed and least visited larger islands, yet it is, both on land and under the sea, one of the Caribbean's most striking.
It was the sea that first earned the island it's reputation as a prime diving and snorkeling destination ,consistently one of the world's top 10. One reason for this is that Bonaire, surrounded by fringing reefs, hosts abundant excellent reef-diving spots that are accessible a few feet from the shore.
Clear water provides visibility of 100 feet (30 meters) year-round, and the islanders and government are extremely sensitive to the fragility of the environment, which has produced Bonaire's most unique advantage, the Bonaire Marine Park. The park completely surrounds the island and also encompasses the waters surrounding a 1,500-acre (600-hectare) offshore cay called Klein Bonaire. Within park waters are some 80 public moorings for boats and 86 marked dive sites, most of them ripe with coral reef and tropical fish and other marine life.
