Clearbottom Mangrove Kayak & Snorkel tour
Description
Our mangrove glass bottom kayak & snorkel tour begins at the lovely beach from Lac Cai. The Bonaire Mangrove reserve is located in Lac Bay National Park. Visitors can only enter the mangroves in the company of an experienced nature guide. Your stable, glass bottom sit-on-top kayak is equipped with a comfortable backrest seat, a waterproof bag for your personal belongings and, of course, paddles. Off you go, into the calm waters. The glass bottom kayak provides an ideal mode of transport in this beautiful and tranquil environment, as you manoeuvre with ease through the mangrove shallows and tunnels. Gliding by four different species of mangrove trees in crystal-clear waters, paddling past bird habitats and fish spawning areas, you'll learn of the relationship between the plants and the animals. The snorkel location offers a great variety of marine life and is considered by many a must-do while visiting Bonaire!
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Itinerary
Your mangrove glass bottom kayak & snorkel tour begins at the lovely beach from Lac Cai. The Bonaire Mangrove reserve is located in Lac Bay National Park. Visitors can only enter the mangroves in the company of an experienced nature guide. Your stable, glass bottom sit-on-top kayak is equipped with a comfortable backrest seat, a waterproof bag for your personal belongings and, of course, paddles. Off you go, into the calm waters.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We can arrange a pick-up and drop-off in at the cruise ship terminal with a maximum of 15 persons. If you need a pick-up from the cruise terminal, our pick-up place is in front of the restaurant "At Sea" a 90 meter walk from the South Pier and 350 meter from the North Pier. Time 8:20 local time. Cruise terminal, in front of the restaurant At Sea at 8:20
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(661)
It’s absolutely worth it. Good value.
Great experience. It was great kayaking through the mangroves. Nice and smooth, easy to navigate and fun to go through the tunnels. Then at the spot we stopped to snorkel, there were the most fish I’ve ever seen in one spot! Amazing.
Great experience - really knowledgeable guide. The Mangroves were really beautiful - definitely worth a trip! Would highly recommend.
Very unique experience, the beginning is already very beautiful over the beautiful blue water, the mangrove is very special. Especially the limbo we really liked! Our tour guide was super nice and could tell a lot. We forgot our slippers on the bus, they were still dropped off by him, this was not a problem.
A super kayak tour through the mangrove with a bit of snorkeling at the end. It was a great experience. All thanks to Summer and floyd! Tnxx
An excellent trip, the guide made it relaxed, fun and he was very informative about the flora and fauna of the area. I would recommend getting picked up if you don’t have a 4x4 and the track to Lac Cai is very rough
A lot tells but little about the mangrove. The transparent bottom also has no real added value. Only when your view sails above the grasses you see something. Furthermore, the soil is difficult to see through. Snorkeling, wasn't really much to see. The fish that were there were under the roots so poorly visible. Would have thought to find more diversity and see more of the mangrove.
My wife and I were in Bonaire celebrating our 25th anniversary. Our guide was encouraging & informative. We enjoyed every minute. It was a leisurely journey through an incredible ecosystem. Snorkeling gear provided was good quality. As cool as the clear bottom kayak sounds, we really couldn’t see much that way. It is a tandem kayak- there can be a little learning curve to coordinate paddling if you’re used to solo. Sufficient leg room was a bit of an issue for our short wife-tall husband duo. Kayak entries/exits and traversing were very doable, even for larger & non-athletic guests. We learned so much. The amount of preservation work and the dedication of a remarkable group of volunteers are making definitive progress in the rehabilitation & future protection of this key ecological reserve. We saw lots of juvenile marine & brackish fish species, 2 species of jellies, pufferfish, cool mangrove tunnels. Very good value for cost. Definitely bring your underwater camera! The stroopwaffel & juice refresher at the end was most welcomed. The start/finish is at Lac Cai Bay and is an excellent place for swimming & snorkeling. Wish we realized that and brought our own snorkeling gear, still we stayed after and enjoyed a beautiful swim and an awesome, fairly close observation of 2 green sea turtles!
The access route is actually only possible with pickup or off-road vehicle... Hardly possible with our KIA Picanto. Way is just potholes. And I asked especially if she could get there with a small car Trip through the mangroves was nice. But the Führer spoke very poor English. We weren't the only ones to complain... And snorkeling is uninteresting. There's nothing to see except some fish. Unfortunately, price-performance is not right at all on this tour.
WOW fantastic experience! We became totally one with nature! Guide Annemiek could tell us all about nature and life in the Mangrove in a nice enthusiastic way
