Kayak TourThere is nothing quite as exhilarating as a kayak tour through the mangroves or paddling your way to an uninhabited island, where an experienced tour guide will point out brightly colored fish or a frigate bird with its enormous wing span. Never been kayaking before? Then You have to do this tour on Bonaire. Kayaking provides an excellent mode of transportation for viewing the beauty surrounding the island of Bonaire and should be added to your “must do” list while visiting the island. As a sport rapidly becoming a favorite, a kayak tour around Bonaire is the perfect opportunity to begin or practice already perfected skills. With calm waters that can present visibility to 100’ in some places, along with a steady flow of easterly trade winds, kayaking offers a chance to spot a cherished sea turtle or an array of colorful marine life. Bonaire offers perfect conditions for paddling a kayak through the mangroves.
What Kind of Kayak?While a kayak can allow the sportsperson the choice to sit in or sit on top kayak and can accommodate one or two people, their size and shape allow easy maneuverability on open water or along the coast where spying a small cove for a much enjoyed snorkel and picnic can be a few strokes away. In deciding on the type of kayak to start your adventure, a sit on top kayak is better suited for beginners and pleasure riders, where a “sit in” type is usually reserved for the more experienced sportster. You can find kayak rentals at most resort and hotels and they are also offered through dive shops as well as Jibe City and Bonaire Windsurf Place Bonaire located on Lac Bay if you want to go out on your own or you can find a a kayak tour to go on. It will be easy to decide on which adventure is the one for you with one of the many specialty tours available throughout the island offer an avenue not often found when planning your own itinerary. A guided kayak tour provides expert advice and training courses to better adept the beginner and take you to sites not commonly known to those unfamiliar with the island of Bonaire.
Mangrove ForestWith kayak tour and snorkel packages to such places as the Mangrove Forest with its many tunnels and unique marine life to the uninhabited island of Klein Bonaire, that offers some of the best snorkel and dive sites in the world, a guided tour provides the best of both worlds. Night trips, offered though guided tours, include naturalists that can identify and point out the special night creatures that inhabit the marine park surrounding Bonaire. With such colorful attractions as parrot fish and fire coral magnetized by diver lights and water, you may also catch a glimpse of a trumpet fish hiding among reed reefs or a sleeping octopus. These are just some of the highlights that an experienced kayak tour guide can point out. RENTALS
Tour OperatorsBonaire Tours & Vacations N.V. offers a 3 hour tour through the mangrove forests. Buddy Dive Tours offers tours through the mangroves and to Klein Bonaire. The Mangrove Center offers tours through the mangrove forest. Bonaire Dive and Adventure offers full and half day tours Den Laman Condominium Tours offers tours.
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