Bonaire Stays

There’s something special about Bonaire, especially when you’re seeking a Caribbean getaway that feels a bit more untouched. It’s one of the “ABC Islands” alongside Aruba and Curaçao, but Bonaire offers a quiet beauty with unspoiled spots that make it feel less explored. It truly holds the crown as the warmest island in the region, with consistently pleasant temperatures year-round, unlike the more humid, rainy weather you might find elsewhere. Plus, it’s globally recognized by PADI as one of the top diving destinations. I recently found some truly idyllic places to stay that made my trip so much better,

Pull off the main road south of Kralendijk and you’ll see them: rows of tiny, low-ceilinged huts no bigger than a garden shed, their coral-limestone walls bleached by decades of Caribbean sun. These are Bonaire’s slave cabins, built in 1850 by the Dutch West India Company to house the enslaved men and women forced to harvest salt from the island’s southern saltpans. Roughly 607 people were considered government property when slavery was abolished in 1863, according to historians Ruud Stelten and Konrad A. Antczak, and many of them had lived and slept in these cramped quarters. This guide covers