Captain Don's Habitat

An idyllic location with great shore diving and a wide range of accommodations,Captain Don's was one of the original Bonaire dive operators and is still offering genuine hospitality and quality customer service today.

How To Get There

Captain Dons Habitat is located at Kaya Gobernador Debrot 103 - just 1.8 miles from downtown Kralendijk and about 6 miles from the Flamingo International Airport. The resort offers airport transportation.

Dive Overview

Bonaire hosts healthy reefs with abundant marine life. Its warm waters and range of dive sites make this area an ideal location for all levels of divers. 

[Read More: Bonaire Dive Travel Guide]

Accommodation Overview

Captain DonтАЩs Habitat offers a variety of accommodations, from comfortable Deluxe Ocean View rooms with private balconies to spacious waterfront Deluxe Junior Suites with modern amenities. For those seeking more space, bungalows range from one to three bedrooms, featuring full kitchens, living areas, and covered patios. The fully remodeled three-bedroom, four-bathroom bungalow also include upgraded furnishings and a private gear rinse area. For guests looking for the ultimate stay, the three-bedroom Ocean Front Villa provides stunning sea views, multiple bathrooms, and a full kitchen, ensuring a relaxing and well-equipped retreat.

Food & Drinks

• Rum Runners Restaurant - The experienced chefs and waiters in this idyllic setting ensure that all meals are a true pleasure. The restaurant offers an international menu, daily local specials, and the Pizza Temple with authentic Italian thin crust pizza and a wide assortment of specialty pizzas and toppings.
• Pizza Temple - Authentic Italian thin crust pizza baked to perfection in a traditional stone oven. Choose from a wide assortment of toppings, create your own or try one of the chefs creation. Great for that in between dive craving or take away for the perfect midnight snack.
• Deco Stop Bar - Whether watching your favorite football team, divers coming and going from the boats or one of our beautiful sunsetsthe Deco Stop Bar is a perfect place to review the days events or plan tomorrows all the while enjoying the company of your fellow vacationers and the wonderful drinks our friendly bartenders have come up with for that day. The Deco Stop Bar is a favorite watering hole for guests and locals alike. Happy Hour daily from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm.

Dive Information

All the beautiful waters around Bonaire are designated as a Marine Park. The fact that anchoring, spearfishing, touching the corals, and removing anything from the reef is prohibited helps keep the reefs healthy for all to enjoy.

A $25 fee allows guest to access to the Marine Park for the calendar year as well as entrance to the Washington-Slagbaai National Park (you must show tag, paper receipt and photo I.D. at the entrance to the Park).

The Bonaire National Marine Park requires Bonaire Dive Operators to provide a brief orientation to anyone who has not been to Bonaire within the same calendar year before you are allowed to dive.

A shore warm-up dive on the house reef is also required by the Bonaire National Marine Park prior to any other diving. Habitat conducts this orientation at 9:00 AM daily.

No diving is permitted without first attending this orientation. If you arrive early in the afternoon, staffing permitting, an orientation will be provided for you so that you may dive that afternoon. Packages do not include diving on day of arrival.

Dive Center Information

Captain Dons Habitat Dive Operation is a PADI Resort and an SDI 5 Star Professional Development Center. Habitat is neither pretentious nor regimented. The multilingual, multicultural, professional staff are there to teach, assist, or advise in a relaxed and friendly manner.

Habitat is centrally located within the resort complex for easy access from all rooms. It has three 1-tank boat departures daily: at 8.30 AM, 11 AM and 2 PM. The boat dives go to over 70 moored sights on our custom built dive boats. Each mooring buoy is limited to 1 boat so youll have the reef all to yourself.

Total Diving Freedom has always been the concept behind diving at Captain Dons Habitat. Over 50 world class dives are within a 15-minute boat ride. Diving Freedom means 24 hours a day, 365 days a year with no rush or anxiety.

Photo Services are also available, provided by BonPhoto, who offers guests a full selection of the latest in photo and video equipment for rent or sale, and gives personalized instruction and private photo shoots.