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Buddy Dive Resort

3.5 star property

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On the beach, sun-loungers, beach umbrellas, beach towels
Standard Apartment, 3 Bedrooms | View from room
Standard Apartment, 1 Bedroom | Living area
Dock
Aerial view

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Pool
  • Breakfast available
  • Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning
  • Kitchen

Explore the area

Map
Kaya Gob. N. Debrot 85, Kralendijk, Bonaire
  • Washington-Slagbaai National Park
    ‪1 min drive‬
  • Flamingo Sanctuary
    ‪1 min drive‬
  • No Name Beach
    ‪1 min drive‬
  • Bonaire (BON-Flamingo Intl.)
    ‪12 min drive‬

Room options

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In-room safe, blackout curtains, bed sheets

Studio, Garden View

  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Standard Apartment, 2 Bedrooms

Standard Apartment, 2 Bedrooms

  • 90 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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Standard Apartment, 1 Bedroom

Standard Apartment, 1 Bedroom

  • 59 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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In-room safe, blackout curtains, bed sheets

Standard Apartment, 3 Bedrooms

  • 137 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 King Beds OR 6 Twin Beds

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About the area

Kralendijk

When you stay at Buddy Dive Resort in Kralendijk, you'll be on the beach, within a 5-minute drive of No Name Beach and Washington-Slagbaai National Park. .This beach resort is 2.3 mi (3.7 km) from Bonaire Museum and 3.7 mi (6 km) from Te Amo Beach.
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What's nearby

  • No Name Beach - 1 min drive
  • Washington-Slagbaai National Park - 1 min drive
  • Bonaire Museum - 4 min drive
  • Te Amo Beach - 11 min drive
  • Bachelor's Beach - 13 min drive

Getting around

  • Bonaire (BON-Flamingo Intl.) - 12 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪cuba compagnie - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Between 2 Buns - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Karel's Beach Bar - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Mezze - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Little Havana - ‬3 min drive

About this property

Buddy Dive Resort

Family-friendly fun on the beach, with 2 outdoor pools
Buddy Dive Resort offers 73 air-conditioned accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature safes and coffee/tea makers. Accommodations at this 3.5-star resort have kitchenettes with full-sized refrigerators/freezers, stovetops, microwaves, and cookware/dishes/utensils.

Bathrooms include showers. Cable television is provided. Housekeeping is provided daily.

2 outdoor swimming pools are on site.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 73 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchenettes with full-sized refrigerators/freezers and stovetops. Cable television is provided for your entertainment. Conveniences include safes and microwaves, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access. Additional amenities at this resort include babysitting (surcharge) and tour/ticket assistance.
Satisfy your appetite at one of the resort's 2 restaurants. Relax with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 6:30 AM to 10 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include multilingual staff and luggage storage. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request), and free self parking is available onsite.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10 AM.
Buddy Dive Resort has 2 restaurants serving breakfast only.

Languages

Dutch, English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge) from 6 AM to 11 PM
  • Airport shuttle on request

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee daily 6:30 AM–10 AM: USD 24 for adults and USD 24 for children
  • 2 restaurants
  • 1 swim-up bar, 1 poolside bar and 1 bar

Things to do

  • 2 outdoor pools
  • Cycling
  • Playground
  • Scuba diving
  • Snorkelling

Family friendly

  • 2 outdoor pools
  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Full-sized fridge
  • Kitchenette
  • Microwave
  • Playground
  • Supervised childcare (surcharge)

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Beach loungers
  • Beach umbrellas
  • Beachfront location
  • Garden
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Beach towels
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains

Bathroom

  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels
  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware/dishes/utensils
  • Kitchenette
  • Microwave
  • Fridge
  • Stovetop
  • Toaster

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 72 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The front desk is open daily from 6:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 12 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: USD 250 per accommodation, per stay

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately USD 24 for adults and USD 24 for children
  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 27 per person (roundtrip)
  • Airport shuttle fee per child: USD 27 (roundtrip), (from 3 to 12 years old)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

National rating

This property does not have a Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Tourist Board rating. For the benefit of our customers, we have provided a rating based on our rating system.

Property is also known as

Buddy Dive
Buddy Dive Kralendijk
Buddy Dive Resort
Buddy Dive Resort Kralendijk
Buddy Resort
Dive Buddy
Dive Buddy Resort
Buddy Dive Bonaire/Kralendijk
Buddy Dive Hotel Kralendijk
Buddy Dive Resort Resort
Buddy Dive Resort Kralendijk
Buddy Dive Resort Resort Kralendijk

Buddy Dive Resort Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 53 out of 105 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 36 out of 105 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 105 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 105 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 105 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The pool was dirty. And the landscaping was in need of attention
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Buddy dive resort is a one stop shop resort when it comes to diving. Everything you need is here. If you do not have something- you can rent it or purchase it here. Communication ahead of time to set up boat dives is recommended. Otherwise shore diving is available on your own schedule.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

JaMel

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
The staff was always pleasant to me and were ready to assist if need..Dive staff, Boat captains and instructors were awesome, very knowledgable, and willing to give pointers or help. I wished the baggage crew had uniforms or a clear ID they work for the hotel cus it was kind of concerning having someone in regular clothes randomly knock on your door on your check out day and ask for your bags..lol.. I wasn't crazy about rusted locks on lockers (Understood why, but the floors were wet and slippery) but the 2 placement areas made them convenient for grab gear and go. The front door and locks for the rooms were very concerning and I questioned if I should've just left the door unlocked like the vehicle we rented for dives to prevent people from breaking the window and stealing items(Yes petty theft is a problem here regardless how the staff down plays it) on the island..The cashless transaction (Bill to the room) and ticket system for some menu and special night non-regular menu items will require you to review your bill like an auditor for the IRS or pay with card to avoid disputes, and confusion on check out.. Other than that this resort is good to lay your head at night and get up early to scuba dive all day..Non-scuba related activities were very limited so if you bring someone non-scuba certified they will probably get bored really quick..This is a Scuba dive only resort if you’re looking for amenities you won’t find much and I would say this place is a tad over priced.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay was good. Only the internet/wifi was a little poor. Average connection in living room, bad connection in bedroom.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Jeffery

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Buddy Dive is my new favorite Dive Destination
Buddy Dive is Wonderful. They cater to Diving %100. The atmosphere is so fun due to their motto Eat Sleep Dive
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The drive-through to grab your cylinders is great and the whole staff was great. The full kitchen in the rooms are also a good thing to have. My only "complain" was that it would have been nice to have complimentary coffee with the coffee maker. Our plane came in late and all the stores were closed so I couldn't buy any. The restaurants do serve coffee so it was no big deal. One great thing that I've never had in any hotel was the awesome complimentary little food bag when we checked out at 5 am with a sandwich and some fruit since like they said everything would have been closed. I thought it was a very thoughtful touch. All in all I would highly recommend Buddy's and will for sure go back (hopefully soon)
Stayed 8 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Amenities
They didn’t have our reservation and said that Expedia had not followed through with completing our reservation which was made 6 months prior. They kept us standing around at the front desk for an hour before they told us we had to spend the night at their much cheaper sister hotel for the first night and that we would be in a room at Buddy Dive by noon the next day. We ended up losing a full day of our trip as the room wasn’t ready until 3:00 the second day while we just waited around. The sister resort was significantly “less” than BD (cost was half per night) and when I asked for complimentary breakfast for my husband and myself for the week, I was told no. I was also told NOT to go through Expedia. The dive shop was great. It was tough to get dive tanks due to heavy demand, which is not great when you’ve paid for unlimited tanks. Couple of roaches in our room, one was huge. This was our second trip to Buddy Dive and I would not stay at BD again.
Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
The weather was perfect 84 sunny during the day 76 at night. And diving was fantastic. The reef is right in front of the hotel and you can dive as often as you want. Great Vacation
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great service. Wonderful amenities. Couldn’t be more convenient for diving. Short distance to town. Second trip and will do it again!
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Two week visit to Bonaire
Good Wi-Fi, terrible air-conditioning in the older units that we were assigned. Toilet needs better ventilation as there was a continuous sour smell. Misquotes around the resort were constant and irritating
Stayed 13 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great resort. Great Diving
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place. I would Stay there again. Loved the views from my balcony. Wonderful house keeping. Everything was just great.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

TheTaylor's, Green Bay, us

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent Dive Resort! Great knowledgeable staff!
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Roger, Louisiana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dive shop excellent. More parking would help as many rent trucks for beach diving.
Stayed 14 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed staying at Buddy Dive. We snorkeled at about 10 different places and enjoyed the reef off of the hotel better than a lot of the other places. LOTS of sea life there during our stay. We wish the entire suite would have had a/c not just the bedroom but will definitely stay there again.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Scott, Little Rock, Arkansas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Absolutely the best overall experience we've had on vacation.
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2018

6/10 Okay

Matt, Pennsylvania

Liked: Cleanliness
Average accommodations with a strong focus on diving. Beds were hard, A/C in bedroom only, very uncomfortable outdoor furniture in the living area, the patio was overrun by mosquitos. I even found a scorpion in my closet! My wife and I are divers. If you want to do anything but dive this is not the place for you. There wasn't anybody in the swimming pools other than people doing dive training. The pools were filthy, Loaded with feathers and garbage. In the seven days we visited Buddy Dive we did not see anyone clean the pools. As far as the diving goes. The boat dive sites were good but things were very disorganized. They did not separate groups by skill level. They had very experienced divers and jr. Divers on the same boat doing the same dive. There were many dive sites that we could not visit due to the skill level of those on board. A frustrating situation to say the least. There were some great instructors but that's not enough to bring me back to Buddy Dive especially at a premium price.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2018