Bonaire, Saba & St Eustatius

The Caribbean Netherlands is three special municipalities of the Netherlands: Bonaire off the Venezuelan coast, and Saba and Sint Eustatius in the Leeward Islands, several hundred kilometres apart. They use the US dollar. Bonaire is known for shore diving, Saba for a single volcanic peak that is the highest point in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Known for Bonaire shore diving, Saba's Mount Scenery, flamingos, Statia's history and US dollar.

Highlights

  • Bonaire National Marine Park, Bonaire: Protects the whole of the island's coastline to a depth of 60 metres, with reef reachable directly from the shore at marked sites along the leeward coast.
  • Mount Scenery, Saba: A dormant volcano of 887 metres, the highest point in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, climbed by a stone staircase through cloud forest.
  • Washington Slagbaai National Park, Bonaire: The northern fifth of Bonaire, a former plantation turned reserve, with salt pans that hold flamingos and a rough coastal track.

Places in Bonaire, Saba & St Eustatius

Getting around

Three islands, three answers. On Bonaire, collective transport is carried by licensed bus drivers and individual or group journeys by licensed taxi drivers, under island ordinances dating from 1961 and 1962. Saba and Sint Eustatius are joined to each other, to Sint Maarten and to St Kitts by the Makana ferry, and Saba is served by a second boat, the Edge. Arrivals at Saba's port and airport are met by the island's taxi drivers.