Festivals

Bonaire summer festivals are super fun.  Since we have been in lockdown for 2 years, everyone is anxious to get out and party.  And they bring their party hats with them!

The Bonaire Culinar is like restaurant week in a US city.  The restaurants offer a special three or four course meal at a cheaper price than usual so that people will try them out.  This is how we learned about many of the best restaurants on the island.

Our favorite was Rum Week.  There were events all over the island featuring rum. The Caribbean is ground zero for rum making and drinking. Rum week attracted distillers, distributors and connoisseurs.  We attended a rum tasting event at one of the fancy resorts. There were rums from all over the Caribbean and they poured rum in our glasses all afternoon and served appetizers... all for free!  Nothing is better than drinking rum on the beach for free. 

Taste of Bonaire featured food and craft booths lined up in Wilhelmina Park. The streets were so full of people that you could hardly walk.  We ate our way through the park, listened to some local bands and made our way home. The highlight was getting soft serve ice cream which is a rarity in the hot weather.  I always had my hands full of food,  so I forgot to take any photos of the event.