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Kralendijk
Largest city in Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands

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".

Get in

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.

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    Flamingo International Airport

    There are a few direct flights from major hubs, and many connecting via the regional hub of Curaçao.

See

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

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    Washington Slagbaai National Park

    Near Rincon (a car tour takes about 2 hours).

Do

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.

Eat

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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    Between
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    Buns

    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.