Jolly Mon Sings Posted January 31, 2022 #1 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Don’t Waste Your Money!!! Signed up for the catamaran cruise and snorkel in Bonaire on Nieuw Statendam. Very disappointed. What we saw was mostly dead coral and occasional fish. Registered complaint with HAL and they said it’s a big park —-SOL. Save your money and take the Sea Cow excursion—100% better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smlnd Posted January 31, 2022 #2 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Was this the Mushi Mushi catamaran? We are signed up for it in a couple weeks. Have made tons of scuba dives in Bonaire so this is really disappointing to hear since there are so many great reefs around there. Thanks for the heads up. How many people were on the catamaran? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseaholic78 Posted January 31, 2022 #3 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) Maybe too late and they are already full but have you looked at booking a private snorkeling excursion with Woodwind?they are fantastic. Happy planning Rosalyn Edited January 31, 2022 by cruiseaholic78 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiz'nBaers Posted January 31, 2022 #4 Share Posted January 31, 2022 We took the Sea Cow excursion several years ago and it was great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted January 31, 2022 #5 Share Posted January 31, 2022 I would echo the other post about the Woodwind which is a private tour boat (primarily a snorkel-based tour) operated by a fantastic lady (Dee) on Bonaire. And there are other private tour operators who provide some amazing trips for certified SCUBA Divers. Bonaire still has some decent reef areas that our accessible to snorkel boat operators (especially in the slot between Bonaire and Klein Bonaire) although we think this reef has sustained significant damage over the past 20 years. Hank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianbear Posted January 31, 2022 #6 Share Posted January 31, 2022 17 hours ago, Jolly Mon Sings said: Don’t Waste Your Money!!! Signed up for the catamaran cruise and snorkel in Bonaire on Nieuw Statendam. Very disappointed. What we saw was mostly dead coral and occasional fish. Registered complaint with HAL and they said it’s a big park —-SOL. Save your money and take the Sea Cow excursion—100% better. We did Sea Cow a few years back and they were excellent-great staff & respectful of the coral and water. We have also used Woodwind several times and also excellent. Would recommend both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverrat Posted January 31, 2022 #7 Share Posted January 31, 2022 19 hours ago, Jolly Mon Sings said: Don’t Waste Your Money!!! Signed up for the catamaran cruise and snorkel in Bonaire on Nieuw Statendam. Very disappointed. What we saw was mostly dead coral and occasional fish. Registered complaint with HAL and they said it’s a big park —-SOL. Save your money and take the Sea Cow excursion—100% better. Just to clairify...which one Samur Sail & Beach Snorkel Adventure/authentic Siamese junk Catamaran sail and Bonaire marine park/Mushi Mushi Bonaire’s best snorkel sites/seacow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palm Beacher Posted February 1, 2022 #8 Share Posted February 1, 2022 We've been visiting Bonaire since 2001 and there are two things we do when visiting. The first, we take the Woodwind excursion (glad to see others agree) and second, we visit Gio's Gelato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DENIE Posted February 1, 2022 #9 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Yet another vote for Woodwind (Dee). She was great! We were complete beginners, and they were so good with us. They divided the group up by experience. Wouldn't hesitate to do them again! The food after the snorkel was very tasty too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Again Posted February 2, 2022 #10 Share Posted February 2, 2022 On 1/31/2022 at 1:03 AM, cruiseaholic78 said: Maybe too late and they are already full but have you looked at booking a private snorkeling excursion with Woodwind?they are fantastic. Happy planning Rosalyn Woodwind is the best! Try booking them, but they do fill up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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