Navigator of the Seas - 9 Day Southern Caribbean- Another Sayvan Semi Live Report

[sayvan]

I'm really enjoying your review ! We're leaving tomorrow for this same itinerary on Fri . This beach was in Aruba by the Riu resort correct ? I'm so excited to go there next week ! Enjoy the rest of your cruise !

 

 

Thanks .... yes the Riu is located on Palm beach... we actually found some spots to the right of the Riu and about a five minute walk down the beach...

 

 

Sent from my iPad using Forums

[Ocean Boy]

Looking forward to Bonaire. I still have never made it there. The best I've done is seeing the lights in the distance at night as Adventure sailed by.

[Clarea]

Looking forward to Bonaire. I still have never made it there. The best I've done is seeing the lights in the distance at night as Adventure sailed by.

 

 

I hope you plan to do some snorkeling there.

[Dekmah]

Love the gorgeous, professional quality photos! Thank you so much!

Can't wait till March 31st when we go on the same ship & itinerary!

[Oneluckywoman]

Could you tell me how many formal nights that cruise has? Enjoying your review!

[alphawave1]

On this itinerary March 31st. Looking forward to your review!!😀

 

 

See you onboard

[easyboy]

Enjoying your review and the nice photos!

[sayvan]

Looking forward to Bonaire. I still have never made it there. The best I've done is seeing the lights in the distance at night as Adventure sailed by.

 

 

I will get to Bonaire tomorrow... sorry for the delay... long day at the office .... gotta pay for the next cruise right!

 

Make sure you snorkel in Bonaire it is an absolute must! I have been to the Great Barrier Reef and I would have to say Bonaire is just as good!

 

 

Sent from my iPad using Forums

[sayvan]

Enjoying your review

 

 

Thanks...

 

 

Sent from my iPad using Forums

[sayvan]

Enjoying your review and the nice photos!

 

 

Thank you.... much more to come...

 

 

Sent from my iPad using Forums

[sayvan]

Could you tell me how many formal nights that cruise has? Enjoying your review!

 

 

There were two formal nights... the first was on the first sea day and the second last sea day...

 

 

Sent from my iPad using Forums

[sayvan]

Love the gorgeous, professional quality photos! Thank you so much!

Can't wait till March 31st when we go on the same ship & itinerary!

 

 

Thank you very much... hope this makes it come a little quicker for you... it's really a great itinerary and I wouldn't hesitate to do it again...

 

 

Sent from my iPad using Forums

[sayvan]

Stay tuned.... Bonaire is coming up!

 

 

Sent from my iPad using Forums

[sayvan]

Well I am going to get this going again...

 

Day 7 - Bonaire

 

We woke up to another gorgeous day on Navigator. This time we were in Bonaire. We had never been to Bonaire before so this was defintey a port that we were looking forward to. Bonaire didn't disappoint.

 

The temperature today was once again in the mid 80's with bright blue sky's and little to no clouds... but the trade winds were out in full warm force.

 

Bonaire is well known for its natural reef. It's one of the largest in the world and it certainly lived up to its reputation. We loved Bonaire and would not hesitate to return.

 

So our plan in Bonaire was to snorkel. We had hoped to book a ship excursion but we couldn't decide which on and they were not cheap and we are! We finally decided on the Catamaran scenic sail and snorkel which was $80 per person. As fate would have it, when we went to book this at the excursion desk, we were too late... they were sold out. That left us with plan B. Well, we didn't actually have a plan B to be honest. We knew of course that really all we had to do was get off the ship and we would probably find some excursions for us to do. Thus, we had a plan B!

 

Navigator arrived in port at around 7 am and we were to depart around 5. We headed off the ship around 9 am and sure enough just outside, where the ship was docked, were tents with tours. We walked along looking at the tours and we finally decided on a private tour, on a sailboat, that took us out into the marine park for a three hour tour... The tour didn't start until 11 so we had some time to kill so we headed into town to walk around for a bit. The tour was with Compass tours and they won't take more than 14 people. We were pretty lucky because as it happened there would only be 8 people on our tour. We had the sailboat to ourselves basically. More on that later...

 

As I said, the tour didn't start until 11 so we headed off into town....

 

Navigator...

 

 

Much like Curacao and Aruba before it you Bonaire had the same colourful buildings....

 

 

 

There is square in town set up with vendors selling their products...

 

 

 

[sayvan]

more from around town...

 

 

 

 

 

The waters around the island were stunning

 

 

I loved this sign... I snapped it fast as we were going by so sorry about the blur...

 

[sayvan]

A little bar right out on the water....

 

 

The town is just around the corner basically and you can walk anywhere really...

 

 

 

 

 

[sayvan]

 

 

 

 

 

[sayvan]

The town of Kralendijk was very quaint and clean...

 

 

These could be found all over in the sidewalks...

 

 

 

A small mall in town...

 

 

 

A brewery is always a nice stop...

 

[sayvan]

More shots...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Wilson]

Thank you for continuing to share your vacation with us. Beautiful pics.

[sayvan]

After our walk around town it was time to start heading back for our tour...

 

 

The meeting spot was back where we booked the tour.. Waiting for the pick up to the marina...

 

 

The marina was located in the Plaza beach resort where following the tour you could hang out and use the facilities if you wished...

 

 

 

Our boat...

 

 

Embarkation!

 

[sayvan]

 

The marina area...

 

 

Drinks being handed out as you got onboard...also included..

 

 

Heading out to our snorkel site...we sailed out for about 45 minutes to get to the site..It was a very scenic ride..

 

 

 

We sailed past Navigator...

 

[sayvan]

She was looking good from the distance...

 

 

The waters of Bonaire...stunning

 

 

 

 

 

Docks for the salt...

 

[sayvan]

Shoreline...

 

 

 

It is a cruise review afterall...

 

 

 

One of those balconies is our room...

 

 

Another of Navigator

 

[sayvan]

The water was a tad choppy...

 

 

A bar shaped like a ship...