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If you like to dive this is the place. The new diving manager has a goal. Have major fun and spend time under water as much as you can. All dives are 60 min which is wonderful. The dive folks James, Marco, ET, Ruud and Denise are top notch. The resort is beautiful and the people are friendly. We are making this any annual trip.

Family of 4 for the second part of our vacation. The "resort" is not in good order, but it is in a wonderful location right on the water. You can literally dive from many points a few steps from your room, and the reef is really nice. In addition, you can make a short walk to town which is nice because parking in town is really really limited (and most rental cars are stick-shift, so parallel parking on the street when you are lucky to find something is not fun). From those positives, you have to decide what you can live with. The restaurant buffets are very low quality for the $20-30 per person price tag. Eating a buffet each morning for $100 for a family of 4 is just not the best way to spend vacation dollars...especially when the food is average. Do not expect your teenagers to eat much of it, which makes the expense that much more irritating. The pool was "murky" one day, and the sun decks seem to be ignored by the staff (for cleaning and service). This resort could make a killing if they knew what they had, but they do not... or at least, they cannot hire the right manager or support staff. Getting clean pool towels was a real challenge. Many mornings they were gone by 9am. Room was not cleaned 3 of the 5 days, and we ran out of toilet paper (a headache that should never come up during a vacation). Do not count on drink service at the pier or sundecks...in fact, we took our own cooler just because it was easier than having to walk away from the water (which is not smart when you have kids in the ocean). As for the dive shop and operation, Greg was wonderful and helpful. Its a good dive shop, with good equipment. There is also an air tank depot in the front parking lot which was VERY CONVENIENT. Load up the air tanks and go. The only real inconvenience with diving is that the cleaning tubs are on the south end of the property, and the dive shop is on the north. Multiple locations would be nice. As for the Casino...I do not understand why it even exists there. It is not a place you would want to spend anytime in, and it lacks any actual entertainment appeal compared to other casinos I have been to. Tough to say whether I would go back.

Great overall experience in Bonaire at Divi Flamingo. Studio is a little on small side but we stayed outdoors mostly. Rooms nice and updated. Ginella “Nella” really is a wonderful employee who gave us great island information and has a pleasant personality.

Another excellent, relaxing 2-week stay at Divi Flamingo. The staff took excellent care of us, Rodi from the Dive Team, Ricardo and Michelton in the Chibi Chibi and Pure Ocean. It was great to see Poppy’s smiling face again in the dive shop. The General Manager, Celine van Meer, was really involved with the visitors’ needs; we saw her almost daily walking the grounds. The expanded Chibi Chibi menu is tasty; the plant-based choices were wonderful. The housekeeping ladies and front desk staff took great care of us, too. I’ve been visiting Divi Flamingo for 40 years now. Always a relaxing stay!

My husband and I have been coming here for 20 years. We’ve seen all kinds of changes and those have always been improvements. The biggest and most welcomed will be the new north dive dock which should be completed this summer. One thing that doesn’t change is the friendly staff, both in the dive shop and with the hotel. Of a few have gone on to other adventures but it always feels like home when we’re there. Love this place. Big shoutouts to Poppy, Laurel, Ruud, Denise, Luis, Orlando, Dianna, Nella, Elton, & Celine. We even saw retired Alvine ??Can’t wait to come back.