See the reef as never before on a Belmar Oceanfront Apartments UV Night Dive
From Belmar Oceanfront Apartments Bonaire:
Belmar Dive shop has now introduced Ultra Violet (UV) night diving as a new experience for our diving guests. With a special blue light and a filter for your dive mask this night dive will totally amaze you. This is a great dive for people with some night diving experience who would like to try something different. The fluorescence is not the same as bioluminescence which you will be able to see on almost any night dive. During a UV night dive you will see the beautiful corals and sponges like you have never seen them before and array of colors yellow, orange, white, red, gold, purple… and in a magical display of light.
For those of you who have seen the film Avatar this experience is like being in the film! Come and speak to us here in the dive shop to book a UV Night Dive. We only take out small groups of up to 5 people at a time to make sure it is really a dive to remember.
The reef explodes in colors not seen before
Let us set up your Bonaire dive adventure with Belmar Oceanfront Apartments. Save on Fall Specials with free nigths and diving!
Contact us at 800-748-8733 or www.bonairepros.com
Buddy Dive Resort Bonaire welcomes Ned and Anna DeLoach in September and October for their Marine Life Education Program
In conjunction with their Marine Life Education Programs, Buddy Dive Resort Bonaire is pleased to announce the return of Ned and Anna DeLoach for the eighth consecutive year to Buddy Dive. World-renowned naturalists and marine life authors (including “Reef Fish Identification”, “Reef Fish Behavior”, “Reef Coral Identification” and “Reef Creature Identification”), Ned and Anna will offer seminars and slide shows on fish behavior, coral and fish identification, as well as guide dive trips.
Most of Bonaire’s coral spawning will occur during the time that Ned and Anna are here. Divers who are interested in the Bonaire coral spawning and other phenomena which occur on the reef should not hesitate to approach Ned and Anna with their questions. They are specialists and love to share their expertise!
You can stay at Buddy Dive Resort and meet and dive with Ned and Anna. To celebrate their return, every second diver dives for FREE when booking their Drive & Dive package. Valid for travel between: September 3rd – October 1st 2011 (please note the dates of Ned and Anna, as their stay differs somewhat from the travel window).
The activities start on Sunday the 4th of September and will carry on until Friday the 23rd of October, and are scheduled as follows:
Sunday 7:00 pm Ned & Anna DeLoach Slide Show at The Poolbar
Monday 2:15 pm Guided Boat Dive
Tuesday 2:00 pm Mangrove Snorkel
Wednesday 2:15 pm Guided Boat Dive
Friday 5:30 – 6:30 pm Book signing during Happy Hour at The Poolbar
All activities are free of charge for guests staying at Buddy Dive. A limited number of people can be accommodated on the guided boat dives and snorkel tour. You can sign-up at the dive shop blackboard for the boat dives and at the Activity Center for the Mangrove Snorkel Trip.
The “Reef Fish Identification” and the “Reef Fish Behavior” books are for sale in Buddy Dive’s dive shop. You can buy your copy and have it signed during the weekly Managers Rum Punch Party & Happy Hour every Friday between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.
Contact BonairePros to book your Buddy Dive Resort vacation to Bonaire for Ned and Anna DeLoach weeks. Call us at 800-748-8733 or submit a price quote at http://www.bonairepros.com/Price-Quote.aspx
Insel Air will begin twice weekly service from Charlotte to Bonaire
Looks like Insel Air is making good on their promise for flights from Charlotte to Bonaire. According to flights stored and available for purchase in SABRE, Travelocity and Expedia, starting Jun 22, 2011, Insel will offer a twice weekly non-stop flight from Charlotte to Curacao with a connection to Bonaire. Flights will operate Wednesdays and Saturdays with the following initial schedules:
- Charlotte to Curacao: depart 2:25pm-arrive 6:40pm
- Curacao to Bonaire: depart 9:00pm-arrive 9:25pm
- Bonaire to Curacao: depart 7:55am-arrive 8:20am
- Curacao to Charlotte: depart 9:10am-arrive 1:25pm
We’re pricing round trip fares including all taxes (except Bonaire departure tax) at $497.30 per person from Charlotte to Bonaire! Bear in mind that due to airport renovation closures, you’ll only be able to do southbound flights on Saturdays (unless you want to overnight in Curacao, as the airport is closed after 7:45pm on Wednesdays) — at least through announced runway work through July 2011.
A promotional fare may be in store once this is officially announced, along with connecting fares through Charlotte with the agreements in place between Insel and USAir. We’ll keep you posted on this blog as news develops.
Note — BonairePros arranges reservations and e-ticketing on Insel flights to Bonaire for clients purchasing vacation packages, using the world’s largest airline reservation and distribution software, the SABRE reservation system.
