This is a good down time spot, so keep that under consideration when you book a hotel. From now on it is also possible to purchase your bonaire marine park tag. Youll never have to purchase a meal or drink here its included in your stay. Youll be guaranteed a great time on this beautiful island. Nondivers can enjoy the yearround sunshine, stunning beaches, wellness spas, sunset cruises and kayaking through mangroves making dive vacations in bonaire a great crowdpleaser. Enjoy the casual restaurant, beachside bar, outdoor pool, day spa. Vacation on bonaire also means watching a movie under the starry sky or enjoying a wellness treatment. Plaza beach resort bonaire bonaire, sint eustatius. The team offer daily 2 tank boat diving plus unlimited shore diving. Plaza beach resort bonaire is the only beach and dive resort on bonaire that offers a stay with a high quality meal plan included in the price of the stay. Plaza resort features a beautiful sandy beach, with excellent shore diving and snorkeling free nitrox for nitroxcertified divers. Bonaire is most famous for its shore diving easy, safe, predictable, and not too deep perfect conditions for beginners and great for practising skills like underwater photography. Here is a brand new edition of our guide to bonaire.
Plaza resort bonaire and toucan diving bay adventures. Plaza beach resort bonaire offers a 15% discount and when 10 persons book a stay at our resort the eleventh person is comp. Quincy was amazing and looked after all our needs in the restaurant. The reef drops off gradually to another sandy plain at about 140 feet. We did not see any other hotels with beaches, so the plaza resort may be the only hotel in bonaire with a nice beach. And then the hotels and restaurants are described the good features and the bad ones, along with all of the information you need about shopping and nightlife on. Plaza resort features a beautiful sandy beach, with excellent shore diving and snorkeling. You can begin right on the beach with the plaza s 18 palms shore dive.
The threepearl plaza beach resort bonaire is a rare allinclusive resort on an island without many such options. We would literally pull up to the site, open the book and read exactly how to enter the water as we were staring at the exact spot. Plaza beach resort bonaire is a tranquil oceanfront resort on one of bonaires finest beaches, with the adjacent house reef 18th palms that is perfect for shore diving. Dive packages and air are sold only to certified divers. This book does have good descriptions on the various dive sites shore and boat in bonaire we read the summary the book had before our 25 dives last trip.
This package includes 7 nights standard suite accommodations, taxes, round trip transfers, daily breakfast, 6 days unlimited shore diving, 7 day vehicle rental with. Couldnt imagine shore diving in bonaire without this book. Offering a private beach, a marina and access to worldclass diving, the allinclusive plaza beach resort bonaire is located 1. All divers in the bonaire marine park must perform an orientation dive before participating in diving activities. This resort offers 126 spacious air conditioned oversized suites, both junior suites and grand suites located either next to the caribbean sea or next to the marina laguna.
There is a good map and good broad overviews of the island, the culture, marine life, hotels and resturants. Please continue to send dive offers to us in the future i would gladly book with you again. Imagine being able to dive whenever you want to, on nobodys schedule but your own. Serving scuba divers and snorkelers for all their dive travel needs for over 30 years. Onsite toucan diving offers tank fills and dive gear storage room plus topside adventure activities. Once you experience a taste of diving freedom, you wont want to go anywhere else. Scuba diving vacations at plaza resort bonaire scuba travel. Susan porters bonaire shore diving made easy is a perennially popular guide written by a local diver and updated fairly frequently. Toucan diving is a padi 5 dive resort based at plaza beach resort bonaire. Due to the pleasant temperatures and lots of sun, bonaire is the ideal destination during the winter.
Which diving resorts in bonaire have rooms with a private balcony. Its 126 rooms are a mix of dated and modern spaces. Nitrox and nitrox packages are sold only to certified nitrox divers. One of the largest dive wholesalers offering diving vacations to the caribbean, mexico, south pacific, micronesia, central america, africa and asia with a vast selection of dive resorts, dive liveaboards and adventure travel. Nightly rates at plaza beach resort bonaire as low as.
One or two boat dives per day may be added to your package. Other improvements will include a new entrance and casino on the north end of the property. The plaza resort bonaire offers both the space and scenery for those who want absolute peace and relaxation, in addition to numerous activities and excursions for guests. Healthy reefs, excellent macro marine life, world renowned shore diving and remarkably calm sea all contribute to make bonaire a fantastic divine location. For example, shorediving sites such as karpata on bonaires northwest coast should be done as early as possible. Resort bonaire offers highly luxurious apartments for you to stay at with your family or partner. The book does a very good job of describing how to find the shore diving sites, where to park, how to enter the water and what to expect in the water.
Room upgrade at plaza beach resort bonaire sport diver. Plaza beach resort bonaire kralendijk 2020 updated deals. Dive training spans from introductory courses through to divemaster level. Sitting on a small peninsula in southwestern bonaire, 18th palmso named for the eighteen palm trees bordering the siteis a superb house reef right off the plaza resort beach. Book a 7nights 6 days allinclusive dive experience package and get a free upgrade to a premium grand suite ocean view. Book one of padis bonaire dive hotels and youll get access to worldclass shore diving on your doorstep, with superb opportunities for macro photography. The secret caribbean diving paradise smartertravel.
If you are diving, bring enzyme cleaner for your scuba gear, rash guards and bathing suits. We have been to the resort many times and its always great to see familiar faces. Scuba diving vacations at plaza resort bonaire scuba. Plaza beach dive resort bonaire announces 2018 dema show. Is the book worth it or should i just print out dive sites from the internet. Members area my account books special offers about us faq contact us rss site map other links. Plaza resort bonaire, vacation plaza resort bonaire, bonaire. The allinclusive plaza beach resort bonaire is located on a marina 3 km south of bonaire s charming capital city, kralendijk. Bonaire s many accessible coral reefs cement its place as the shore diving capital of the world, and wreck diving doesnt get much better than beneath its surface. You will be able to find free maps on the island that may suit your needs just fine. Plaza beach resort bonaire, kralendijk, caribbean netherlands. If excellent diving, ultimate relaxation, and top notch amenities are your thing, then bonaire is the place for you, and plaza resort bonaire is the resort for you. We are going to bonaire in june and the friends we are going with all are bonaire veterans told us to get it to study ahead of time to pick out dives that interest us and mark them.
Plaza beach resort bonaire is an allinclusive beachfront resort set in beautiful tropical gardens with a wide array of amenities, spacious accommodations, palmstudded beach and firstclass toucan diving at your service. Dive resorts make tanks available 24 hours a day for shore diving among the islands 60plus dive sites. Jan 10, 2010 i recently bought frankos guide map of bonaire on amazon that i think will pair well with bonaire shore diving made easy. Unlimited shore dive package an unlimited tanks and airfills package for shore diving.
Bonaire s diving is an experience of a lifetime with a vibrant underwater world and offshore coral reefs. If you travel in september or october, you just might witness a coralspawning event. A fullamenity resort offering incredibly spacious suites, casino, lush and extensive gardens, and a gorgeous beach area. The rooms are much larger than average, and the wonderful thing about the plaza hotel is it has bathtubs. Dive packages are nontransferable and nonrefundable.
Plaza resort bonaire, vacation plaza resort bonaire. Bonaire is a unique dive and snorkel destination, and there isnt another destination in the caribbean which has so many unrestricted shore diving sites. The all inclusive plaza beach resort bonaire is located on a marina 3 km south of. That is a rarely on ant tropical island in the carib. A short boat ride will get you to dozens more around the uninhabited nature preserve of klein bonaire. Bonaires marine park is home to turtles, 340 species of reef fish, corals, macro creatures and eagle rays. But also diving, snorkeling or discovering the island with a car or scooter. Enjoy free wifi, an outdoor pool, and a restaurant. We have an enormous beach, swimming pool, gym, kidsentertainment and activity center where you can borrow snorkeling gear, kayaks and standup paddles. Toucan diving is a very professional dive operation located on site, and of course, theres the famed.
The toucan diving staff at plaza beach will help you have this experience, whether you are a firsttime novice or an experienced pro. We enjoyed another fantastic two weeks on bonaire in early july. With as many as 60 listed dive sites on the main island of bonaire and 20 on the nearby klein bonaire, it really is easy to find a dive site to suit everyone. The tipsy seagull buffet restaurant offers delicious meals with a unique view of the sea. Enjoy your holiday in a great, sundrenched setting at plaza beach resort bonaire on the beautiful island of. You may also purchase bonaire shore diving made easy, 7th edition, at the following locations on bonaire. All divers attend an orientation in which the rules and regulations are explained, as well as information about how to go about shore diving on bonaire. Plaza beach resort bonaire features a variety of activities including boat rentals and an outdoor pool. Bonaire s marine park is home to turtles, 340 species of reef fish, corals, macro creatures and eagle rays. During your stay plaza beach resort offers various entertainment activities such as live music, casino or open air cinema. Plaza beach resort bonaire is a tranquil oceanfront resort on one of bonaire s finest beaches, with the adjacent house reef 18th palms that is perfect for shore diving. I looked at the website, it doesnt appear there are any maps of the dive sites or anything like that.
Apr 05, 2018 the newest edition of the popular diving guide, bonaire shore diving made easy, by susan porter, is now available for purchase. This resort has one of the only sandy beaches on bonaire. Bonaire shore diving made easy, 7th edition by susan porter. During your allinclusive vacation, enjoy meals, snacks, drinks and entertainment without any limits. Is the book bonaire shore diving made easy, worth purchasing before we go. Diving bonaire aqua quest diving paperback december 29, 1994. Popular attractions pink beach and donkey beach are located nearby.
Sep 02, 2012 my husband and i were at the plaza resort, bonaire, aug 25sept 1, 2012. Stand on the beach at plaza resort bonaire and look in any direction, and youll be staring at a string of dive sites that stretches miles along the coast. You can purchase this guide online in advance of your trip or locally once youre on the island. When we arrived the boat dives were fully booked which was disappointing but we made the most of the shore diving. All diving and snorkeling on this trip was from shore in front of the resort.
We will also explain to you all the facilities of toucan diving. A private balcony can be enjoyed by guests at the following diving resorts in bonaire. Oct 25, 2019 courtyard marriott bonaire dive resort. One of bonaires best and the only allinclusive on the island. To make the most of each dive, its a good idea to ask a divemaster when to head to the sites on your list. Best of bonaire scuba diving and bonaire dive travel vacations. Instead of having to follow a dive leader, you can swim at your leisure and marvel in. A knowledgeable staff can provide quality service with competitive pricing for. Typically, bonaire s small beaches continue under the water in sandy plains dotted with a few corals that slope down to 30 feet. We have both options for certified divers as for noncertified divers.
Vacation at bonaire means enjoying the sun at our pearly white beach or at our wonderful swimming pool. It was 8 bucks and shows the location of the dive sites as well as the common fish found in bonaire and the street names for kralenjik. All are simple and include airconditioning, balconies, and free spotty wifi. Entry is a pleasant, smooth affair directly from the shore just fine coral rubble, with no sharp rocks or protrusions to tip toe through. We absolutely cant say enough good things about this. Susan porters bonaire shore diving made easy is a perennially popular guide written by a local diver and. Apr 16, 2007 i really like this guide its nice that it is compact but still has each dive site on a separate page and lots of room for notes. We did the 6d package that includes 11 onetank boat dives really its 5 twotank boat dives at 8. The 10 best bonaire diving resorts apr 2020 with prices. This resort offers 126 spacious air conditioned oversized suites, both standard junior suites and premium grand suites located either next to the caribbean sea or next to the marina laguna. Only thing that is lacking is some good overall bonaire info, like resturants, places to stay, and map. Enjoyment without limits, an allinclusive vacation at plaza beach resort bonaire. This is also included with most boat dive packages. Plaza beach resort bonaire dive resort padi travel.
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