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UD Rating - 3 Stars

Year Round

18 Hours

All Levels

From £2465

Captain Don's Habitat

An iconic beachfront dive resort in Bonaire offering effortless shore diving and relaxed Caribbean charm.

  • Dive-orientated Beachfront Resort
  • Ocean-view and Garden-view Rooms
  • Two Outdoor Swimming Pools
  • Oceanfront Bar & Dining
  • Spa and Massage Services
  • Captain Don’s Habitat Dive Centre On-site

Captain Don’s Habitat is a boutique beachfront resort located on the tranquil west coast of Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands. Overlooking calm, crystal-clear waters and set within lush tropical gardens, the resort is widely regarded as one of the island’s original dedicated dive resorts. Its relaxed atmosphere and prime shoreline setting make it a welcoming base for divers, snorkellers and travellers seeking an authentic Caribbean experience.

Accommodation at Captain Don’s Habitat includes a range of studios, bungalows and spacious villas, each designed for comfort and convenience. Rooms feature air conditioning, private bathrooms, kitchen or kitchenette facilities and outdoor seating areas with garden or ocean views. The décor reflects a casual island style, creating comfortable spaces where guests can unwind after a day in the water.

The resort is renowned for its exceptional shore diving, with direct access to Bonaire’s protected marine park just steps from the property. The on-site dive centre offers guided boat dives, unlimited shore diving, PADI courses and equipment rental, catering to both beginners and experienced divers. Bonaire’s vibrant coral reefs, abundant marine life and easy entry points make the resort a favourite among underwater enthusiasts.

In addition to its diving facilities, Captain Don’s Habitat features two ocean-view pools, a seaside restaurant and bar, and panoramic sunset views across the Caribbean Sea. With its strong diving heritage, beachfront location and laid-back island charm, Captain Don’s Habitat offers a memorable and immersive Bonaire getaway.

Board Basis

Room Only No meals included
Bed & Breakfast Daily breakfast included
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Deluxe Ocean View

The Deluxe Ocean View Room features two queen beds and accommodates up to 4 guests in spacious comfort with ocean views and a private balcony or patio, perfect for couples or friends.

  • Hairdryer
  • En-suite Bathroom
  • Air conditioning
  • Patio
  • Telephone
  • Seating Area
  • Cable TV
  • Private Balcony
  • Wi-Fi
  • Queen bed
  • Fridge
  • Coffee machine
  • Microwave
  • Safe
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Deluxe Garden Room (1 King)

The Deluxe Garden Room (King) offers a king-size bed and accommodates up to 2 guests with garden or pool views and a private patio for outdoor living.

  • Hairdryer
  • En-suite Bathroom
  • Air conditioning
  • Patio
  • Telephone
  • Seating Area
  • Cable TV
  • Private Balcony
  • King bed
  • Wi-Fi
  • Fridge
  • Coffee machine
  • Microwave
  • Safe
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Deluxe Garden Room (2 Queen)

This variant of the Deluxe Garden Room includes two queen beds, accommodating up to 4 guests, and enjoys peaceful pool or garden views with a patio.

  • Hairdryer
  • En-suite Bathroom
  • Air conditioning
  • Patio
  • Telephone
  • Seating Area
  • Cable TV
  • Private Balcony
  • Wi-Fi
  • Queen bed
  • Fridge
  • Coffee machine
  • Microwave
  • Safe

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What Our Customers Have To Say

Reviews from our Clients, Journalists, Photo Pro's and our own Experts

Our reviews and blogs are an additional guide to evaluate if the holiday is exactly what you are looking for or not. Some love an Eco-Resort, some love air-con and a flat screen TV, we aim to ensure you get what you are looking for, at great value for money.

14 days at the Captain Don’s Habitat with unlimited diving

We thoroughly enjoyed our 13 days diving at Captain Don’s Habitat. The staff at the hotel, Rum Runners restaurant and the dive centre made us feel very welcomed and did their best to make our stay enjoyable. The diving was excellent and certainly as good as any other warm water diving we have experienced. One highlight was the fluorescent night dive provided by Bonphoto. We have never experienced a night dive like it in 27 years of diving. It provided a completely different view of the coral and night creatures. We are already planning to go back next year.

I & E

14 Nights at the Captain Don’s Habitat

We enjoyed our holiday, the diving was great. Every year there seem to be more fish probably due to the marine reserve. We were in one of the refurbished rooms at CDs. Very comfortable and kept clean. Walk-in shower room with really good modern plumbing and plenty of hot water. The dive centre was as good as ever. Same staff as previous years. They recognised us and there was no need to go through the bureaucracy that we associate with other dive centres.

Ian S

14 nights Captain Don's Habitat

Bonaire is a super dive destination – beautiful reefs, abundant fish life and pleasantly warm water. The boat diving at Captain Don’s is very well organised with helpful, knowledgeable dive guides. Nitrox is free and tanks are available 24/7 for unaccompanied diving. The meals at Rum Runners restaurant are excellent quality and variety. This was our fourth visit and the fact that we’re already planning our next one says it all!

T Moyes H McCallum

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Captain Don's Dive Centre

Captain Don's Habitat

Captain Don’s Habitat is a PADI 5 Star Gold Palm IDC and National Geographic dive centre a NAUI Dream Resort, a SSI Referral and a TDI/SDI Training Facility. The centre is consistently rated as one of the best in the Caribbean, from the novice to the most technical of diver, the Captain Don’s Habitat dive centre can fulfil your every need with a state of the art, fully equipped and spacious boat used to carry you to the over 82 dive sites scattered around the island.

Offering a range of courses from beginner to instructor, from shore to boat diving the fully qualified, multilingual and professional staff are on hand to teach, assist or advise in a relaxed and friendly manner. At Habitat’s Dive Centre you have the choice to dive on air or nitrox, they even offer nitrox for your rebreather and tri-mix is also available!

The dive centre is centrally located within the resort’s complex for easy access from all rooms. They offer you three 1-tank boat departures daily and scheduled night dives to various dive sites on the custom built dive boats. Each dive site is limited to 1 boat visit at a time ensuring divers will have the reef to themselves.

Everything from simple air fills to Nitrox fills to Nitrox for your Rebreathers and even Tri-Mix are available at Habitat’s Dive Centre.

Captain Don’s Habitat Dive Operation is centrally located within the resort complex for easy access from all rooms. We have three 1-tank boat departures daily and scheduled boat night dives to over 70 moored sights on our custom built, dive boats. Each mooring buoy is limited to 1 boat so you’ll have the reef all to yourself.

Important notices:

STINAPA has recently launched a website to enable online payment of the Nature Fee. The famous plastic tags are phased out to reduce the production of plastic waste. All guests MUST pay the Nature Fee online through: www.bonairenaturefee.org.

It’s mandatory to print and bring your proof of purchase of your STINAPA Nature Fee and present it to the dive shop. Dive shops are not allowed to issue weights and gear without the payment proof. You need this proof of payment also to enter the National Park.

Diving Courses:

All courses include 5% sales tax. Study materials are included with the Open Water Course and EFR only. Certification fees are not included and will be charged at the dive centre.

Marine Park Fees of USD45 (annual) per person payable at the resort



PADI Open Water Diver (Inc Equipment)

This is the most popular dive program in the world! And can be your chance to have a lifetime of intense adventures.

The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:

Knowledge Development ( online, independent study or in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving
Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore!

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PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

The Advanced Open Water Diver program gives you the opportunity to take your diving skill to the next level through three new areas of diving.
You complete your Deep Dive, Underwater Navigation Dive, Night Dive and two other dives for a total of five to attain your Advanced Open Water Diver certification.

This certification includes five dives, including the Deep Diver, the Underwater Navigation Diver and three of the following: You’ll plan your learning path with your instructor by choosing from a long list of Adventure Dives. There are two required dives – Deep and Underwater Navigation – and you choose the other three, for a total of five dives. During the Deep Adventure Dive, you learn how to plan dives to deal with the physiological effects and challenges of deeper scuba diving. The Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive refines your compass navigation skills and helps you better navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time.

The other knowledge and skills you get vary with your interest and the adventures you have – photography, buoyancy control, fish identification, exploring wrecks and many more.

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PADI Discover Scuba Diving

This course is a subset of the PADI Open Water Diver course. If you're short on time but really want to become a diver, the PADI Scuba Diver rating might be right for you.

The PADI Scuba Diver course consists of three main phases:

  • Knowledge Development (online, independent study or in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving – just the first three of five sections of the Open Water Diver course.

  • Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills – just the first three of five dives of the Open Water Diver course

  • Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore – just two of four dives of the Open Water Diver course.

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PADI Open Water Referral

This is the most popular dive program in the world! And can be your chance to have a lifetime of intense adventures.

From the beginning to end of the course, you will learn the fundamentals of scuba diving, including areas such as dive equipment and techniques that will give you the confidence and skill to become a responsible diver.

You attain this rating by completing five pool dives and a number of knowledge development sessions with a final exam (which is not rocket science its just diving) and by completing four open water dives.

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PADI Rescue Diver

Become a Rescue Diver. A great level to be. You will have the skills to aid your fellow divers in an emergency.

The PADI Rescue Diver course prepares you to deal with dive emergencies, minor and major, using a variety of techniques. Through knowledge development and rescue exercises, you learn what to look for and how to respond. During rescue scenarios, you put into practice your knowledge and skills. Topics include:

  • Self-rescue

  • Recognizing and managing stress in other divers

  • Emergency management and equipment

  • Rescuing panicked divers

  • Rescuing unresponsive divers



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PADI Divemaster

Be a leader who mentors and motivates others. Gain dive knowledge, supervision abilities, and become a role model to divers around the world.

The PADI Dive master course teaches you to be a leader and take charge of dive activities. Through knowledge development sessions, water skills exercises and workshops, and hands-on practical assessment, you develop the skills to organize and direct a variety of scuba diving activities. Topics and practical workshops include:

  • The role and characteristics of the PADI Dive master

  • Supervising dive activities and assisting with student divers

  • Diver safety and risk management

  • Dive master conducted programs and specialized skills

  • Business of diving and your career

  • Awareness of the dive environment

  • Dive setup and management

  • Mapping an open water site

  • Conducting dive briefings

  • Organizing a search and recovery project and a deep dive

  • Conducting a scuba review and skin diver course

  • Assisting with Discover Scuba Diving and leading Discover Local Diving programs.



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