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Latitude is Everything
Palms on Pink Beach
January Traditional Fishing
Bonaire has a fleet of about 110 small fishing vessels. Sport fishing charters are also available.
February Green Sea Turtle
Bonaire provides nesting habitat for three species of marine turtles: hawksbill, green, and loggerhead turtles.
March Caribbean Flamingos
Bonaire has the largest flamingo nesting ground in the Western Hemisphere, with a population of about 7,000 birds.
April Yellow Line Arrow Crab
This tiny sea creature (carapace is about two inches long) likes to hang out with anemones, a scene that would make Dr. Seuss proud.
May Playa Frans
A little fishing village at the very end of the road, with little houses overlooking crystal clear ocean.
June Palometa
also known as longfin pompano, gafftopsail, cobbler, joefish, old wife, sand mackerel, or streamer jack. It’s a game fish, typically about a foot long.
July Royal Clipper
The world’s largest true sailing vessel, a five masted tall ship that carries up to 227 passengers.
August Peppermint Shrimp
Taking shelter in a tube sponge. These shrimp grow as long as an inch and a half.
September White Slave Hut
Originally built in 1850, Bonaire’s slave huts served as camp sheds for slaves who collected and loaded salt in the islands southern salt pans. Slavery was abolished in Bonaire in 1863.
October Big Eye Scad
Big Eye Scad form giant schools often referred to as bait balls. Divers love to swim with them, and local fishermen love to catch them.
November Plasa Machi Mimi
Built in 1935, this structure originally served as the local fish market and gossip/news center of Bonaire. Today it is used by Venezuelan produce vendors to sell fruits and vegetables.
December Social Feather Duster
They may look like a bouquet of flowers, but they’re actually worms that use their “feathers” to catch plankton
Boka Spelonk Lighthouse
Built in 1910, this lighthouse, located on Bonaire’s east coast, is 98 feet tall and still functions today. The keeper’s house, however, has been abandoned.
Royal Tern
The yellow buoy upon which this bird is perched is the mooring marker for the
Salt City dive site. Bonaire’s famous sea salt mountains are in the background
Flamingos in the Pekelmeer.