Bonaire Dreams Condos

02/20/2024

02/20/2024

Chef Tham has a lot of friends on the island and elsewhere in the World. From the Local Police, the Marechaussee, the Fire Department, and RCN, to many locals, travelers, and Bonaire enthusiasts. She appreciates you all and serves you with her best smile 🫶🏼

02/16/2024

02/16/2024

𝑭𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒆

We are organising a live auction on the 23rd of March, at a spectacular seaside location with bites and drinks, as well as a digital auction open to everyone (date to be announced!) to help raise funds to achieve our goal of a greener Bonaire.

You can help contribute to a greener Bonaire and promote your business by donating an item, service or experience for us to auction. Please PM, call (+599 796 3746) or e-mail us (𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨@𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢.𝘤𝘰𝘮) for more information.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏: 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏, 𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕.
Since 2020, we have been actively involved in cultivating and (re)planting local trees and plants. Over the past 3 to 4 years, thousands of trees have already been planted at various locations. Our forest protects all ecosystems on Bonaire. Even our reefs are protected by preventing erosion. No trees: no nature. And our nature is what makes Bonaire so special! We believe, that within 1 generation, Bonaire can become much more biodiverse (and therefore greener!).

02/16/2024

𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝟭𝟲.𝟵𝟬𝟱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 🏝

✈️ Preliminary results indicate that Bonaire welcomed 16.905 stay over visitors during the month of January 2024. Comparatively, in 2023, the total number of visitors amounted to 16,483, while in 2019, it stood at 14,800, signifying a positive trend in Bonaire's tourism growth trajectory. This represents an increase of approximately 2.55% from 2023 to 2024 and a substantial growth of approximately 14.55% from 2019 to 2024.

🌎 Dutch visitors remained the largest group, accounting for 47% of the total, followed by Americans at 29.3%. Curacao, Canada, Germany, and Aruba also contributed significantly to Bonaire's tourism industry.

🇺🇸🇨🇦 In 2024, Bonaire experienced a remarkable surge of 22% in American visitors compared to the previous year and a substantial increase of 46% in Canadian visitors.

🧳 Notably, 44% of visitors were first-timers, indicating Bonaire's success in attracting new travelers. Meanwhile, 56% were repeat visitors, underlining the island's strong reputation for loyalty among past visitors.

👫 US visitors visited primarily from New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, California, and other major states. The age groups with the highest representation were 55-64 (24.8%) and more than 65 (27.6%), indicating a strong interest from mature travelers. Dutch visitors mainly hailed from North Holland, South Holland, and North Brabant, with the dominating age group being 55-64 (25%) and 45-54 (18%).

🛳 Furthermore, Bonaire's welcomed 59612 cruise visitors with 26 cruise ships in December of 2023.

For more detailed statistics and information about Bonaire's tourism performance, please visit our official website at http://www.bonaireisland.com or reach out to us via email at [email protected].

02/15/2024

02/15/2024

STINAPA and Indebon Bonaire are collaborating to make Parke Tului more accessible for all by installing a new ramp to the sea.♿

The project began on February 10th 2024, and is expected to finish by February 24th, 2024. We are renovating the existing pier and stairs to ensure reliability first, then we will install the ramp in the second phase. To work effectively, the pool and pier will be closed for all activities during this time. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to a more accessible space for all! 👍
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STINAPA i Indebon Bonaire ta trahando huntu pa hasi Parke Tului mas aksesibel pa tur hende dor di instalá un rampa pa por drenta laman mas fasil.♿

E proyekto a kuminsá dia 10 di febrüari 2024, i ta sperá pa finalisá pa dia 24 di febrüari 2024. Nos ta renobando e pier eksistente i trapi promé, despues nos lo instalá e rampa den e di dos fase. Pa por hasi e trabou efektivamente, e pisina flotante ta será pa tur aktividat durante e tempu aki. Nos ta apresiá boso koperashon i nos ta kontentu di por krea un area ku ta mas aksesibel pa tur!👍

02/15/2024

Next week (12, 13, 15 and 16) we will be conducting capture-mark-recapture research in Lac Bay again! The aim of this research is to collect more data on the sea turtles foraging in the bay. We will deploy a 200m net with yellow, orange and white buoys attached to it. We will have up to 11 volunteers and staff members in the water swimming from one end to the net to the other. Our boat will always be close by.

If you are visiting Lac Bay next week, please be aware of our snorkelers in the water and please stay away from the net and STCB boat.

For any sea turtle emergencies, please contact our Hotline: +599 780 0433. If you have any more questions, please send us an email on [email protected]

02/10/2024

With leatherback nesting season right around the corner, make sure you study up on your leatherback facts! All species posters are available for high quality PDF download on our website here: https://conserveturtles.org/educational-initiatives-outreach-materials-life-history-posters-pdf/

Florida-based educators, sea turtle groups, rehabilitation facilities, environmental centers, libraries, etc. can also request a set of full-size posters by contacting [email protected]

Artwork by Dawn Witherington

02/10/2024

02/09/2024

We always try to develop better and more efficient ways to monitor sea turtle populations on Bonaire. One of the things we have been looking for is a way to identify individual turtles based on their facial scales. This is why we joined forces with FruitPunch AI to look at how we could use AI for the facial recognition of sea turtles.

The facial scales of sea turtles are unique, like a fingerprint, and can therefore be used to identify individual turtles. Over the last 20 years, we have tagged well over 4,000 turtles. During our tagging efforts, we do not only measure, weigh and tag the turtles, we also take photos of their head, flippers and carapace, creating a large photo database that was used for this challenge.

The FruitPunch AI team worked really hard on this project for 10 weeks, resulting in an application that can identify sea turtles by scale recognition. The tool proved to be useful right away: the FruitPunch team was able to match two turtles that had lost their metal tags based on their unique facial patterns! We were amazed at what they accomplished in only 10 weeks, and we believe this application can support sea turtle conservation efforts in the entire Wider Caribbean Region (Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST)). On Bonaire, we will start to use the application in addition to external metal and internal PIT tags.

Would you like to learn more about how this works? Use the following link to learn all about it: https://www.fruitpunch.ai/blog/tracking-turtles-how-ai-helps-conservationists-to-re-identify-sea-turtles.

02/08/2024

During our capture-mark-recapture research along the west coast of Bonaire, we captured this green turtle yesterday.

The first time we captured him or her was on September 2, 2021. Since then, he or she has visited our boat every year! Based on the data that we have collected; this turtle has gained 3 kilos over the last years and is gaining an average of 1.23 kg/year. He or she also grew exactly 8 cm, resulting in a growth of 3.28 cm/year (which is slightly above average on the west coast).

We hope to see him or her back again next year!