Is Bonaire safe for tourists?

One of the safest islands in the Caribbean, with almost no violent crime. Across 1 guides Bonaire averages 5.0 out of 5; Bonaire are rated safe or very safe. Every guide names the comfortable areas and the ones that want care, with the reason.

Which parts of Bonaire need the most care?

None of the 1 guides in Bonaire is rated below 3: the usual big-city attention — bags in front on transit, phones away at the kerb — is the whole of it.

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Is Bonaire safe?

1 guide, each rated 1 to 5 with the reason — and two lists per place, where you are comfortable and where to pay attention. Nowhere is called dangerous; the specific thing is what helps.

5.0 average across 1 guide · Very safe

Bonaire Very safe

One of the safest islands in the Caribbean, with almost no violent crime. The hazards are underwater: the current on the east side is serious, and diving here is unguided by design, so buddy checks and your own limits matter more than usual.

Comfortable: Kralendijk · Belnem · Sorobon Beach

The east coast, which is open ocean with no rescue and where nobody should swim
Shore-diving alone, which is the island’s whole model and is still diving alone
Leaving anything visible in a car at a dive site

The ratings are this site's own, from the guides' authors and the corrections readers send in; they are not an index. Read the general advice in travel safety tips.

The guides in Bonaire

Pickup trucks parked along the shore at a Bonaire dive site

BonaireBonaireA shore-diving island where the reef starts at the road