Kralendijk, Bonaire
THE BEST OCEAN-FRONT VALUE ON BONAIRE! at 8 minutes walk to town !
Villa Trepanier is one of only two, 3 bedroom houses available for rental in this unique and safe area of the island located an 8-minute walk along the ocean front to all the main town has to offer: shopping, grocery, liquor stores, fruit market, restaurants, bars, etc. Upon your arrival you can enjoy the content of the complimentary gift basket.
If this villa is not available we have more units to offer in the same area so please inquire.
“Villa Trepanier” is a modern & large (2200 square feet), 3 bedroom 2.5 bathrooms with AC in all the rooms & living area. This quiet, modern, glass-walled, the villa is bright, very spacious, airy and located just 20 steps from the crystal blue ocean waters edge. This villa is perfect for ocean lovers & particularly divers, as we are less than 70 steps form Dive friends Bonaire; yellow submarine, the island flag ship dive center. There is a large pool located in the back of the Villa.
Mariska our Property Managers, will get in touch with you prior to arrival for a perfect check-in.
She can meet you at the airport unless you prefer to get the key in the locked box by the door at the villa. Mariska, once you arrive at the villa will explain how to use the air conditioning, appliances, safe and will give you a 10% discount voucher form dive friends bonaire next door, and give you her contact info so you can reach her during your stay via whats app, for restaurant reservation or any other issue that may arise.
Inside, the villa is bright with sunlight permeating the main living room and front porch, lots of air flowing, clean and modern, cool stone floors, leather couches, TV, and wood table accenting the granite kitchen. The Villa has 3 bedrooms set up with queen sized beds. Since an additional single bed ca be installed in the master bedroom, you can sleep 7 in 4 beds. A baby crib and high chair are available. The washing machine is inside the spacious living area.
There are 2.5 bathrooms. The master bedroom has its own private complete bathroom. The second largest complete bathroom is shared, communicating with the middle room and the third larger room. Both bathrooms have walk-in showers. There is a 3rd separate toilet.
There is also an outdoor shower on the patio for rinsing after a swim or dive. The hammock & rinse sinks are very appreciated form our divers community.
Dive Friends, a PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Center that caters to divers of every skill level and age, is less than 50 meters away. As a resident of our villa, you will enjoy a 10% discount on diving services. Of course, you may also step out of the villa and go straight into the ocean for breathtaking shore diving right out of your front door! The house reef is called something special.
You will enjoy a nice welcome basket upon arrival, there is coffee & creamer for the first few days as well as toilet paper. There is basic body soap, shampooing, dish soap and a few pods for the laundry as well.
The sea life is amazingly diverse right in front of the house and fish can be fed by hand in just 4 feet of water! If you swim 35 meters out from the shore of the house, the bottom drops off quite fast and turns into a wall dive pretty quickly!
Magnificent soft hued sunsets are the evening norm. The quality of the light is magical in Bonaire & can be enjoyed from the patio with a glass of wine.
If you like eating fresh local fish, just walk a 100 meters down to the fishing docks and befriend a local fisherman.
The front patio view is fantastic just few boats on moorings and pastel colored sunsets, all framed by coconut trees with the backdrop of Bonaire’s white beached, uninhabited Klein Island.
For a few dollars a local will ferry you across the 1000 meter wide Bay to Klein Island where you can lazily beach comb & explore its desolate and untouched white sandy beaches.
For the kids, there is a pool behind the Villa, and the beach in front of the house has no surf, (it’s the leeward side of the island) and no strong current to fight as well.
For exploring the island, a rental car or truck, quad, scooter or bikes can be rented to enjoy the warm sunshine and predominant trade winds. We usually rent trucs from Avis they have great price for ours guests please mentioned that you are guest at villa trepanier or bonaire property rentals BV Scooters are safe as no one drives very fast and there is virtually no traffic, and no traffic lights on the island.
Please reach out, as It's always a pleasure for me to talk about the villa & Bonaire.
Discount of 10% at Dive Friends bonaire.
The vrbo satellite location is a tad inaccurate as the villa is right on the ocean (see Google Earth). And 50 meters south of dive friends bonaire yellow submarine.
For windsurfers, wingfoilers and windfoilers, Lac Bay is a 20-minute ride from the Villa. One of the best locations in the world to get your ride windsurfing. Bonaire’s Lac Bay produces many of the top pro windsurfers on the planet. Lac Bay’s azure clear water, flat and shallow, along with its friendly white sandy bottom and famously consistent sea breezes, make it the ideal place to perfect your jibes and freestyle moves. That’s why it's called Jibe City.
You may also enjoy kitesurfing and renting SUP’s (stand up paddle boards) for exploring Lac Bay. Every time we go on the water, we see amazing new representatives of the diverse collection of wildlife in the ocean.
The majority of the island is undeveloped with the north end protected as a national park. The island is home to wild donkeys, goats, iguanas & flamingos which have been surviving on the islands since it was first “discovered” (while inhabited by local Indians) by the Spanish over 500 years ago. When you drive around, make sure to bring leftovers and feed the wild donkeys and goats roaming about.
Bonaire is one of the safest islands in the Caribbean. It is peaceful and the antithesis of a tourist trap, unlike many other islands.
Enjoy your vacation !
Lots of living space. Easy walk to down town. Nice to be very close to Yellow Submarine if you are a diver. Ad says there is a 10% discount coupon for YS but we never got one. The pictures show the out door furniture with different covers on the chairs so you might think there is more furniture out front than there is. And one chair is missing that is in the pictures. There were some issues with items like AC but were quickly attended to. The snorkeling our front just across the street is very nice.
Everything about this vacation was perfect, Pierre the manager of Villa Trépanier and Edithe the owner where very helpful and super friendly a lovely stay, we will definitely return to this beautiful villa and great island!
One diver and 5 snorkelers. Great location, right next to yellow submarine dive shop. The diver did shore dives every day on the reef in front of the property. A short 10 minute walk to town meant that we all walked to dinner most nights. Easy parking and easy access to other activities (boat rental just 3 min drive away for eg). Highly recommend!
Walking distance to town, several shore dives, a great dive shop, and with an amazing view of Klein Bonaire, the Villa offers comfortable accommodations with a great kitchen and patio, comfy sofa, and room to spread out for an extended stay on beautiful Bonaire. The house managers - Tina & Jason - are beyond hospitable with tips and insights that help first time visitors quickly get the hang of the island’s quirks. Truly loved this stay!!
Great experience staying at the villa. The place is spacious with large rooms and a large living room. Beautiful view from inside and outside the villa, ocean front, in a quiet neighborhood. Walking distance from the center of the city, shops, restaurants and bars. For those enjoying scuba diving, the Dive Friends Yellow Submarine is just next door.
As divers we look for ocean front property with direct access to great shore diving site's, this fit our needs nicely. The living area is open and spacious with plenty of light and room enough for 4-6 guests to have their own space. There are two large tables in the living area which allowed for separate photo work table setup and dining, perfect! Two of the bedrooms are nicely appointed. While the 3rd bedroom is a little small it would work nicely for children. The kitchen has a good selection of dishes, utensils, pots and pans to cook for 4-6 people. The property is situated right along the water front for enjoying beautiful sunsets. While the one way road runs between property and ocean traffic is limited in this area and noise was not a problem during the day or night. It’s also centrally located with an easy walk to nice restaurants or grocery shopping not far away. Try the food truck just south for local breakfast or enjoy fresh fish from the local, just caught, fish monger Raymond (what a treat!!!) Minor drawbacks were outside setup for dive gear storage and drying were not optimal but with a little creativity (moving drying racks out front where it’s breezy and sunny) we made everything work. I would recommend this property and stay here again
We had a great vacation to Bonaire and Villa Trepanier was the perfect place to stay! Location was excellent for diving, walking to town, swimming out front. We loved the porch and spent most of the time people watching and enjoying the weather. Edithe, the property owner and Mariska the manager were both nice and helpful. I would highly recommend this property!
Great location and helpful managers
Enjoyed staying at the property. Very walkable to town.
Property was exactly as advertised. Booking, communication with property manager and check out was easy and quick. The property is well equipped and the wifi was excellent (no issues while taking a 3 hour work call).
This villa is a wonderful place for a family vacation to Bonaire. Beautiful views with parking just out front for daily adventures. Diving and snorkeling just out the front door and the dive shop is just a few doors away. We will definitely stay in this villa again.
Great location to enjoy the town, dive, relax, enjoy sunsets. Large clean and close to everything including dive shop. We will be back.
We really loved our stay ar Villa Trepanier in Kralendijk. The Villa is very spacious, clean and is provided with everything you need. Above everything we really enjoyed the airconditioning and especially loved the ice cube maker. The villa is well located on a short walk to the restaurants, bars and shops, it is easy to reach and you can park in front. And of course the Caribbean Sea literally across the street, which we enjoyed for supping, snorkelling (not the best spot, but still amazing) and just swimming or cooling off. Every evening we were treated with a beautiful sunset. Communicating with owner Edithe and the manager Frederique was quick and pleasant every time. The service was great, Frederique was quick with answers and solutions. We had a great stay on dushi Bonaire and Villa Trepanier definitely contributed to this.
Great place to sit and relax or go for a morning swim. 10 min slow walk to downtown.
The villa was beautiful with all the furnishings needed, especially nice for scuba as there were outside rinse sinks and a shower for after snorkeling and scuba! Located conveniently to Dive Friends Yellow Submarine so it was a 1 minute walk to our boat dives, tank rentals etc. !!Also nice snorkeling right in front of the villa! Close to town for dinner! Since we were arriving at separate times, there were some communication issues with pick-up and location of the villa, but vacations are for adventure so it was not a big deal. Will stay here again and again and again!!!! Thanks!!!
Ideal location and comfortable villa. Ocean front, literally 20 steps from the ocean., walking distance from downtown, in a quiet neighborhood. Great communication with the owner and manager, fully equipped kitchen, spices, oils, coffee etc… The welcome basket was very appreciated And a new washing machine !!! Perfect stay all the way Steph
Our family of 5 stayed here for our week long dive trip and had such a great time. The house is in a very convenient area- next door to Dive Friends Yellow Submarine, across the street from a beautiful reef for snorkeling and diving, 10 minute walk along the water to the downtown area for shops and restaurants. The house has a dive gear rinse tank outside which was great for the divers. The bedrooms were comfortable - the bedroom in the middle is on the smaller side but the master and side bedroom are nice and spacious. The kitchen had everything we needed and the manager was responsive to my many questions. The pool behind the house is shared with the apartment building behind and the laundry is in the apartment building as well. The living room is nice and open and my only complaint is that the curtains are sheer in the living area so it’s not very private at nighttime (no running around naked that’s for sure). It’s a bit like being in a fishbowl with a really great view. We got used to it but it was a little uncomfortable at first. Other than that, I highly recommend and my whole family had a great time.
We loved the location of this property. Property manager was attentive, it was quiet and had a roomy living room. Enjoyed being able to walk across the street to swim and snorkel. We were limited to sitting outside in the afternoon because the afternoon sun is too hot on the patio. There needs to be a better sun shade to cover more of the patio so you can enjoy that 2:30 - sunset time frame. The patio furniture needs to be updated, it is frayed and cushions are not comfortable. The place needs some TLC such as a couple of new mats at the entryway, a working coffee pot, better bath mats and towels. There is a washing machine available but I would expect tokens to be easily available at check-in but that was not the case and I ended up buying two from another renter who had extra. The pool was never used, it isn't very nice. These aren't issues to keep one from renting the property but things that would make the rental so much better.
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