Buddy Dive Resort

This is a good place for divers only. Not the best accommodations and no sandy beach.

Buddy Dive is a great place to stay for divers. They have multiple boats that go out each day which allow for plenty of boat dives. Their packages also include unlimited shore diving which is nice. The house reef is one of the best so it is nice an convenient. The fact they don't charge extra for Nitrox is a nice little savings also. The on site bar is nice and fast to get good food for lunch between boat dives. They don't have a huge variety but what they have is pretty good.

We arrived late due to a delayed flight on Insel. The first room they placed my dive buddy and I in smelled like sewage (blocked vent pipe likely). We brought this to managements attention and they upgraded us to a nicer room with a beautiful view at no additional charge. The staff was absolutely super all-around. The diving on the house reef surpassed my expectations.I will return.

Good diver comfort, hotel fine, food OK, get dive and drive package.

We ALWAYS stay at Buddy Dive when we go to Bonaire.

The staff at this hotel couldn't be nicer and the accommodations are clean and comfortable. The resort is self-contained, and you could spend your entire trip without leaving the grounds, but it's well worth visiting the sights and other dive/snorkel sights of the island. Worst thing about the trip was the arrival and departure times of the flights from Newark, which don't coincide with the check-out, check-in times of any hotel, especially one that's fully booked. Arriving at 5:30 AM the staff did what they could to accommodate us, but our room wasn't ready until noon. Being exhausted from the overnight trip we weren't yet ready to jump into activities and spent the morning sleeping at reception.

We really enjoyed our time in this resort. People were incredibly kind and willing to help. DAE, the airline we were traveling with cancelled all flights Curacao-Bonaire and we arrived 1 day late to our vacations. They kept us our room and made sure we got our return flight confirmed with another airline. Thanks for all your help and for making our stay as good as possible! The Cosbys

The staff was astonished that I was staying only 1 night and that I was traveling solo. Not the typical guest but all the more reason to make my short stay the best. It bothered me that there was no deadbolt on the room doors.The best thing about the resort was the great marine life surrounding it. Food was bland (dinner was mahi mahi w/cabbage,cauliflower and carrots) and fries. Service was really slow and poor. There were electrical outlets that lay open on the ground and one was burnt out where it had been attached to a palm tree. I know the island is under development but please develop customer service skills as well and utilize the local people. They would do a much better job at promoting the resort and the island.