Flamingo & Mangrove Trip with Local Guide
Bonaire
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Visit one of the Caribbean's best preserved mangrove forests at Lac Bay. This lush slice of narrow channels serves as home to nature's including native fish, rays, and seahorses. Your guide answers your questions while providing insight into the area's history. Comfortable transport with air-conditioning, working seatbelts and complimentary Soda and water provided throughout the drive to keep you hydrated.
- Transportation directly from accommodation or cruise ship available
- See fishing communities that have survived for many generations
- Make it back your cruise ship on time: your schedule is guaranteed
- A token of appreciation is provided at the end of the tour
What's Included
- Guided by a Kind & Knowledgeable Long-Time Bonaire Resident
- Coca-Cola, Sprite, Water, or Coca-Cola Max
- A local appreciation after the tour
- Clean and Safe Vehicle with Air-Conditioning & Working Seatbelts
- Transportation to and from your Ship or Hotel
- Transportation via small van, car or pick-up. (Dependent on number of guests)
- Views & Info of all the major spots in the North region of Bonaire
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup
Itinerary
Lac Bay (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Infants must sit on laps
- Stroller accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- Not wheelchair accessible
- We want you to feel at home and comfortable on our island and recommend you bring the following for this tour:
- 1. Sun Protection: Sunscreen, Sunglasses
- 2. Extra Water
- 3. Dress Comfortably for warm, sunny and humid weather
- 4. Camera (of course!)
- Before the Tour:
- Hotel or apartment guests: For the meeting, please meet your guide at the reception, and if you are staying at an apartment; your driver will be at the address you provided on the booking. Your guide will arrive at your pick-up location 15 minutes before the start of your tour to pick you up. We will notify you if there are any changes.
- Cruise Ship guests: Your guide will welcome you with your first name or last name on a sign in front of the cruise ship exit/enter gate where your ship is docked. As you walk away from your ship, you will be approaching a security checkpoint gate. When you exit the gate, walk straight forward, and look straight ahead. Your guide will be there 15 minutes before the start of your tour to collect you. Please Note: If your tour starts at 08:30, your guide will pick you up 15 minutes (08:15) before the start time of your tour.
- Very IMPORTANT: If you don't see your guide with your name, please stay at the gate of your ship and do not walk away and look for your guide, let your guide look for you.
- We GUARANTEE to have you BACK TO THE SHIP 1 hour before the ship departure time.
- This is a small group guided tour of up to 7 people per vehicle. You will be in a shared van, car, or pick-up depending on the number of guests.
- Our prices include a 6% government tax.
- Our goal is for you to leave the Island happier than when you arrived.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
3.6
based on 9 reviews
We did not get to take this excursion. We notified them that we were running late due to the ferry. They said no problem. When we arrived at the meeting place they were already gone. We called using a taxi man’s phone. We were told they would not return for us.
Response from Host, Oct 2026
Hi Michele,
Thank you for your feedback. We would like to clarify what happened.
You did contact us to let us know that you were running late and asked us to wait approximately 10 minutes. Our guide did wait for you. However, you arrived around 30 minutes after the scheduled departure time.
Unfortunately, our guide could not continue waiting, as the tour needed to depart and we also have a responsibility to the other guests who arrived on time. Once the tour had already started, the guide was not able to turn around and return to the meeting point.
We always do our best to accommodate reasonable delays, but ultimately it is the guest’s responsibility to arrive at the designated meeting point on time for the scheduled tour.
We are sorry that you missed the excursion, but in this case, our guide waited beyond the delay originally communicated before departing.
Kind regards,
Daniel
Very interesting excursion! Our guide Nicoline was very friendly and told us interesting history of the area where the flamingos nest. We were fortunate enough to see many of them. I highly recommend this excursion!
Response from Host, Apr 2026
Thank you for your wonderful review! We're glad you had such an interesting experience and enjoyed learning about the area. It’s great that you were able to see the flamingos — always a special sight! We appreciate your recommendation and hope to welcome you again on your next visit to Bonaire!
Was not very exciting nor informative.
Flamingos were far away & the Mangroves are trees you see all over waterways, which I knew but figured why not.
It all started with us waiting 35 minutes for the guide to appear.
We then traveled over the worst roads I’ve ever been on to see mile after mile of mango trees and flamingos which only appeared as pink spots. We traveled the island 5 years ago and had such a wonderful trip-NOT this time. Pick a different trip.
Response from Host, Mar 2023
Dear Diana,
Thank you for your review and we appreciate it a lot.
Sometimes we have traffic jams and therefore we were indeed 35 minutes late and we can not do much about it but we always write to our guests and let them know about the delay. And I do know that on the ship internet is slow and expensive and most guests don't use the internet on the ship or till when they are on shore. But we are doing our best to keep our guests updated.
Where the mangrove and the Flamingoes are at Lac Bay are in the NATURE. The road there is from dirt and when it rains the road gets a bit rough. This is something we can not control or change because of its nature.
As for the Flamingos, they are also free and in nature. We can not help it that they were not close enough for you to see them. We can not call the flamingoes and tell them to come close so you can see them. it is impossible.
This tour is the Flamingo and Mangrove trip and we feel sorry you had this tour right after a very bad rainy period we had on Bonaire.
We wish you all the best and a great safe journey for you and your family.
Hadden goeie gids vertelde veel hadden meer flamingo’s verwacht maar dat zat er niet in opvang flamingo’s was leuk
Response from Host, Aug 2022
Hartelijk dank voor uw recensie en voor uw tijd om deze te schrijven. Het wordt zeer gewaardeerd.
Ik ben blij om te horen dat u een geweldige dag hebt gehad met uw gast en dat u de flamingo's hebt kunnen zien. De flamingo's komen en gaan en soms zijn het er veel en soms maar een paar. Maar meestal zijn er altijd flamingo's.
Nogmaals bedankt voor het kiezen van Shekhinah Tours en we hopen u snel weer te zien. :)
Bedankt
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