Bonaire

The second largest of the Dutch Antilles and ‘B’ of the ABC islands off the Venezuelan coast, Bonaire is a tranquil and chilled-out island, not blighted by the casinos and high-rise hotels that plague its siblings Aruba and Curacao. Consistently ranked among the world’s best dive sites and popularly known as Diver’s Paradise, Bonaire’s name is derived from the Arawak ‘bonah’, meaning low country – which in concert with solid trade winds make it kiting and windsurfing paradise too.