Bonaire Photo Intensive Weeks
Dec 8 - 22, 2018
Call 805-471-4519 or Email us to reserve your space.
Join us in the diver's paradise Bonaire, Netherland Antilles, at Buddy Dive Resort in December 2018 for our Bonaire Photo Intensive Weeks. Come for one week or two. This will be a wonderful time of great diving and underwater photography at one of the best dive destinations on planet Earth. The diving operation at Buddy Dive is truly superb!
Our Photo Intensive Week is designed to help you grow your skills and reach your goals as an underwater photographer. The week is all about having a great time and going home with great images. There will be evening workshops to collaborate on photographic ideas and techniques. We will cover composition, controlling light, and using Photoshop to get the most out of our images. There will be opportunities for hands-on help and input throughout the week.
We will be doing a lot of diving! Two or three boat dives daily. Total of 15 boat dives during the week plus unlimited shore diving. Nitrox upgrade is included. Each apartment includes a 4-seat pick up truck so you can drive & dive the countless easy entry sites around the island. Bonaire is well known for thick rich coral reefs, and some of the the finest shore diving in the world.
Diving day or night is amazing from the Buddy Dive Reef Pier. (Click for a 360 tour.). The "staircase to the ocean" puts you into 15 ft of warm, calm, clear water. (81 F) Visibility at Bonaire is exceptional - typically 100+ ft. We call it bathtub diving! There are exceptional reefs a short swim from the Buddy Dive pier. You'll find Frogfish, Seahorses, Spotted Eagle Rays, Sharpnose Puffers, Trunk Fish, Triggerfish, Octopus, Lettuce Sea Slugs, Cornetfish, Squid, Sea Turtles, Juvenile Drumfish, large Tarpons (5 ft+), Anemone Shrimp, and countless more marine animals. The number of macro and wide angle subjects are limitless.
The Buddy Dive reef:
Unlimited fills (nitrox or air) are included, tanks and weights, unlimited shore diving day or night 24/7, dock-side showers, rinse stations, and gear storage. Diving at Buddy's is as easy as it gets. Grab fresh tanks anytime you want day or night at dock side, or at the very cool drive thru tank station. Buddy Dive is a PADI 5-star Career Development Center and has an excellent Dive Shop, Photography Shop, gear rentals, and (most important) a truly first class dive operation.
Accommodations:
Each well-appointed apartment has a livingroom, a patio, a fully equipped kitchen, and daily housekeeping service. (Click for a 360 tour of the apartment options.) WiFi is included.
American breakfast is included daily at the oceanside breakfast veranda. Choose from a wide variety of local fruits, cereals, breads, cold cuts of meat or cheese, pancakes and syrup, French toast, bacon and a variety of eggs freshly made to order.
The resort has two pools, including swim-up service at the very cool outdoor Blennies Restaurant & Bar. Everyone gets a Blennies 50% food credit! Spend $75 and get $75. (Max $75 pp/pw)
Other food options: The Ingridients Restaurant is on site offering Mediterranean cuisine. Many other nice restaurant options are nearby in and around Kralendijk. There are grocery stores to get what you need for cooking afternoon and evening meals in your apartment if you choose.
Package options:
All options include 7 nights (Sat to Sat), two or three boat dives daily (Sun thru Fri) total 15 boat dives, and unlimited shore diving. Choose May 18 thru 25, or May 25 thru Jun 1, or come for both weeks! Each apartment comes with a 4-seat pickup truck rental included for the week. Airport transfers are included.
Option one: a spacious two bedroom four person apartment, two persons per bedroom. Each bedroom has a private bathroom and two single beds or one large bed.
Option two: a spacious one bedroom apartment for two persons.
Option three: if you are coming solo you have several choices. You can share a half of a bedroom in a two bedroom apartment, or you can take a bedroom solo. (Based on availability.) You can also get a one bedroom apartment solo. Let us know what you need.
Summary of what is included:
• 7 nights in selected accommodations. (Sat check in /Sat departure.)
• 6 days rental vehicle - one per apartment (manual transmission, insurance not included.)
• 6 days of unlimited air fills and unlimited shore diving.
• 15 boat dives.
• Tanks and weights.
• Free Nitrox Upgrade.
• American style breakfast buffet daily.
• Welcome drink.
• "Manager's Rum Punch Party."
• Blennies Restaurant 50% food credit. (max $75 pp/pw)
• Airport transfers.
• All government taxes.
Prices:
• 2 adults sharing 1 bedroom of a 2 bedroom apartment - $1175 USD pp per week. Non diver $730.
• 2 adults / 1 bedroom apartment (shared bedroom) - $1389 USD pp per week. Non diver $940.
• 1 adult / 1 bedroom (1/2 of a 2 bedroom shared apartment) - $1725 USD pp per week.
• 1 adult / 1 bedroom apartment (not shared) - $2145 USD per week.
What is not included?
• DAN insurance or equivalent.
• Airline fare & baggage fees.
• Photo gear and dive gear other than tanks & weights.
• Food & beverages other than American breakfast daily.
• Gratuities (Your servers and boat crews work hard for you!)
• Bonaire Marine Park tag. ($40 USD cash only.)
• Optional auto rental insurance. ($1000 deposit required if ins. is declined.)
• Trip insurance. (Highly recommended!)
Call Ken 805-471-4519
for information and to reserve your space.
Check out some images from
our previous Bonaire adventures
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