Kralendijk
Kralendijk is the capital and the main port of the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands.
The language spoken in the town is Papiamentu, but Dutch and English are widely used. As of 2017, the town had a population of 10,620. In Papiamentu, the town is often called Playa or "beach".
Getting to Kralendijk
Countries eligible for a visa-free entry are shown in cyan on image to the right. Other countries required obtaining a visa, which is valid for Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Caribbean Netherlands and allows multiple entry for a maximum period of 90 days within 180 days. The maximum uninterrupted stay in one of the individual countries is 30 days. The visa is not valid for the European part of the Netherlands.
- 01Flamingo International Airport
There are a few direct flights from major hubs, and many connecting via the regional hub of Curaçao.
Worth seeing
Lizards, birds, corals, reef fish, sea turtles Historic Slave Shelters Fort Orange built 1639 Indian Rock art Salt flats Mangrove forests Soroban beach, popular with windsurfers
- 01Washington Slagbaai National Park
Near Rincon (a car tour takes about 2 hours).
Things to do
Caribe Watersport's Water Taxi,. To 09:15/10:15/11:15/12:15/13:15/14:15, From 10:45/11:45/12:45/13:45/14:45/16:45. Catamaran from Karel's Beach Bar to Klein Bonaire. If you are not coming from a cruise ship, you are required to purchase a nature tag Bonaire is renowned among divers as one of the top shore-diving locations in the world.
Where to eat
Bonaire has many restaurants and quite varied cuisine given the overall island population. "Aki ta Bende Kuminda Krioyo" will inform a visitor that local-style food is available, generally heavy on soups, stews, fried foods and fish. Traditional foods that may be found on the menu include conch, cacti, wahoo and rock lobster. Much of the fish is caught locally by line fishermen in season.
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- 02Buns
Debrot 79, Kralendijk, between2buns@hotmail.com.
Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Petar Milošević (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.