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CARAIBAS fully air-conditioned vacation design villa with 20m lap pool

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Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
3 bedrooms2+ bathroomsSleeps 5

Popular amenities

  • Ocean view
  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Dryer
  • Free Wi-Fi

Explore the area

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Kralendijk, Bonaire
  • Place, Bachelor's Beach
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, beach near Punt Vierkant
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Place, Donkey Beach
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Airport, Bonaire (BON-Flamingo Intl.)
    ‪5 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 5)

Bedroom extension accessible via master bedroom first floor

1 Single Bed

Bedroom ground floor

1 Double Bed

Master bedroom first floor

1 Double Bed

2 bathrooms, 1 half bathroom

Bathroom 1

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 2

Toilet · Shower only

Guest bathroom & laundry

Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Dining area

About this property

CARAIBAS fully air-conditioned vacation design villa with 20m lap pool

CARAIBAS, an impressive modern vacation home rental, is located in the nice upscale neighborhood of Belnem and perfectly located within walking distance of Bachelor’s Beach and Donkey Beach on the beautiful Dutch Caribbean island Bonaire.

CARAIBAS originated from a passion of the homeowner for the quality of the architecture of our designer Vasco Vieira, founder and head architect of ARQUI+, one of the finest renowned architects located in Algarve, Portugal.

CARAIBAS actually consists of two identical villas, of which one is occupied by the owners and the other is available to be rented to persons who share the owner's passion for architecture and design.

First and foremost, CARAIBAS is ideal for like-minded travelers – lovers of style and design– who are looking for that special property. CARAIBAS’ strive for quality is what sets it apart, with a dedication to original design, great location and a unique experience for the traveler looking to book a vacation or holiday.

CARAIBAS can rejoice in a growing group of regular travelers who appreciate the quality, personal attention, hospitality and local knowledge. The homeowner of Caraibas are perfect hostesses that guarantee a unique stay and an excellent service.

Bonaire is the top destination in the world for shore diving, with each of its more than 80 dive sites being right offshore.

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 10
Check out before 10:30 AM
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Children

Adults only
Children of 10 years and older are welcome
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

No pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
Not suitable for service animals
No visits from people not staying in the villa according to the booking, unless explicit prior approval (additional costs/screening/identification)
No parties allowed in the villa (max 5 guests in the villa)

Important information

You need to know

Property # 1221246vb
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts cash
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there are no carbon monoxide detectors or gas appliances on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock

About the area

Kralendijk

Located near the beach, this villa is in Belnem, a neighbourhood in Kralendijk. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Bachelor's Beach and Donkey Beach, while Bonaire Museum and Mangazina di Rei are cultural highlights. Kayaking and scuba diving offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with cycling and hiking/biking trails nearby.
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Kralendijk, Bonaire

What's nearby

  • Bachelor's Beach - 6 min walk - 0.5 km
  • beach near Punt Vierkant - 17 min walk - 1.5 km
  • Donkey Beach - 3 min drive - 1.6 km
  • Bonaire Donkey Sanctuary - 3 min drive - 2.4 km
  • Sorobon Beach - 11 min drive - 10.1 km

Getting around

  • Bonaire (BON-Flamingo Intl.) - 3 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪King Kong Bonaire - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪The Beach - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪The Bonairian - ‬13 min walk
  • ‪Brass Boer Restaurant Bonaire - ‬13 min walk
  • ‪Fresku - ‬12 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Does CARAIBAS fully air-conditioned vacation design villa with 20m lap pool have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

Is CARAIBAS fully air-conditioned vacation design villa with 20m lap pool pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at CARAIBAS fully air-conditioned vacation design villa with 20m lap pool?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at CARAIBAS fully air-conditioned vacation design villa with 20m lap pool?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at CARAIBAS fully air-conditioned vacation design villa with 20m lap pool?

Checkout is at 10:30 AM.

Where is CARAIBAS fully air-conditioned vacation design villa with 20m lap pool located?

Located in Belnem, this villa is within a 15-minute walk of Bachelor's Beach and Donkey Beach. Te Amo Beach and Salt Pier (49) are also within 3 miles (5 km).

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 11 out of 13 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 1 out of 13 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 13 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 13 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 13 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

10/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.8/10

Check-in

9.4/10

Communication

8.6/10

Location

9.4/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful property. Great location. Lizanne and Jaap were helpful and in contact right from when we booked and throughout our stay. Everything right down to the little touches was perfect. Great holiday! What dreams are made of!
Stayed 10 nights in Dec 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Teresa Z.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Our Stay

We had a beautiful experience staying at Lizanne and Jaap’s VRBO. The place is beautiful and clean. Plenty of space for two couples to stay. Parking was plentiful and accessible. Easy drive to town. Arrival and check out were very easy. The pool is wonderful. The nicest VRBO we have ever stayed in. I highly recommend it!
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 14 Jan 2023
Thank you for sharing your great experience with us. We are happy that you enjoyed and valued everything we have to offer. 
At Caraibas, it is our top priority to provide a delightful experience to our guests. Your kind words will definitely encourage and motivate us as we strive towards doing so. We really enjoyed hosting you. Thank you very much for being such nice guests to have and we hope to welcome you again. Sunny greetings from Lizanne & Jaap
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Alecia M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

a modern beauty

the house and our hosts were wonderful and we enjoyed our stay very much.just note that the house is not oceanfront, no ocean view and currently there is construction going on next door.
Stayed 32 nights in Jan 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Mar 2025
Thank you so much for the 5 start review🤩. We are happy that you enjoyed staying at Caraibas Bonaire☀️. We are now placing more palm tries so our guest don’t have to see the building activities of two lots further🌴. Sunny regards from Jaap & Shereen
Verified

10/10 Excellent

elizabeth G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Bonaire wing foiling 2023

Loved the property. Host was very attentive to our needs.It was enjoyable to return to the lap pool after a day at Jibe city. The Barking dogs at night were a drawback but the host is working on this...
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Chrys M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place, centrally located to sites, diving and shopping

This was our second trip to Bonaire and were surprised how much had changed around this area. Last time we remember some homes, but nothing like there is now. This is a great location, easy to get to all the island has to offer. We love the area so much, we want to buy one! Luckily we got a tutorial at check in since we are not familiar with the European appliances, but everything was easy to use. It was nice to have some food stocked in the fridge upon arrival, and everything was clean. The home was wired for both European and American outlets, so we didn't worry about adapters. Definitely a home we'd go back to stay at.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2019
Verified

4/10 Poor

Martin R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in
Disliked: Location

Sleepless nights in paradise

This is a beautiful property in a very noisy neighborhood, dogs barking at all hours of the day and night. We asked Lizanne if there was anyway to address this problem to her neighbors. Lizannes response was….moving out and returning a portion of our rent money, we declined due to the inconvenience of moving. Ignoring problems of this magnitude is not good for future guests or the property owner. Also black out blinds in the bedroom down stairs was not enough to keep ambient security lights from darkening the room. Thank you, Martin
Stayed 14 nights in Mar 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 16 May 2022
Dear Martin, thank you for taking the time and effort to write this review. We sincerely regret that your stay did not meet your expectations. The neighbourhood, Belnem, is a popular combined tourism/residential area. It is more populated than, for example, the neighbourhood of Sabadeco, where the lots are much bigger than in Belnem and another difference is that no restaurants or public beach is present at walking distance in Sabadeco, contrary to what you can enjoy in Belnem. Though not as extremely quiet as Sabadeco, Belnem is known to be a relatively quiet neighbourhood and so far our previous and multiply returning guests have enjoyed their stay at Caraibas. As nearly everywhere in Bonaire, households in Belnem tend to keep one or often several dogs. We do not, but there are indeed many neighbours with dogs. In the first weekend of your stay, there appeared to be some kind of party - which is quite rare for our neighbourhood - with music and some fireworks, which most likely caused unrest amongst the 'interplaying' dogs, not only during that weekend but also for the days after that. We ourselves were not happy with that situation either, and even more since you experienced annoyance. As explained to one of your fellow travel companions during a brief encounter regarding the usage of the coffee machine, we cannot control our neighbourhood's dogs. While taking the issue seriously, we proposed to discuss your others complaints as well as this one in person with all four of you. You replied by WhatsApp that such was not necessary. We respect that, as well as one of your travel companions' preference for maximum privacy which also caused us to keep the interactions other than WhatsApp messaging as limited as possible. The police is able to enforce in situations with aggressive, biting dogs; however, not with barking dogs. Especially due to the seriousness of the complaint, we were willing to discuss in person how to deal with your and your fellow travel companions' complaints. In order to be clear beforehand that we were open to discuss all kinds of options and possibilities with you, when writing the invitation on WhatsApp we just mentioned in between brackets, that you should never feel obliged to stay and that we are even willing to refund the remaining nights (thereby ignoring the non-refundable character of your booking). Again, you declined the personal chat we proposed and we respect that. From our side, we do not agree that the problems were ignored or that the only and immediate response was a check-out. We believe that communication in person could have helped significantly. We sincerely regret that the communication regarding the subject matter remained limited to WhatsApp messages and very short conversations with individual travel companions of your group, during an explanation of the usage of the coffee machine. Lastly, if we knew you did not like the light at the front door, we could definitely have solved that for your in a simple way by just putting the exterior light at the front door off for you by changing the automatic switch on/off settings. We were not aware of this complaint.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Gerrie C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

It

It has been a privilege staying in Caraibas And the hosts Jaap and Lizanne are beyond excellent . We have had an fantastic three weeks and we so hope we can be repeat quest
Stayed 22 nights in Feb 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 1 Mar 2022
Dear Gerrie & Ches, thank you for your excellent review. It was a real pleasure to have you as our guests. You took great care of our property and appreciated the small details Caraibas is all about. You will remain our most beloved guests and we can’t wait to welcome you again. We are very grateful for your visit and hope to see you in the near future!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Benji H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Could not be better

Great property, perfect hosts. We could not be happier. Nothing more to say.
Response from VrboOwner on 16 Feb 2021
Thank you for taking the time to write this nice review. It was a pleasure to have you as our guests. It gives us great satisfaction to know you enjoyed all the amenities and our personal attention. We hope to welcome you soon again!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Reinhold K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Tolles Haus, sehr nette Gastgeber

Der Service unserer Vermieter war wirklich toll, Jaarp holte uns vom Flughafen ab und brachte uns zum Haus. Er erklärte uns ausführlich das Haus und sein Equipment. Der Kühlschrank war schon gut gefüllt, wir mussten nichts für das ausgedehnte Frühstück am nächsten Tag einkaufen, was angesichts des langen Fluges super war. Es ist alles reichlich vorhanden: ca 12 große Badetücher, ca 16 Handtücher usw., alles in Top Qualität. Der Pool ist mit 20 m länge bestens zum täglichen schwimmen geeignet, wird auch mehrmals pro Woche gereinigt. Das Haus wird einmal pro Woche gründlich gereinigt, die Terrasse mehrfach. Unsere Vermieter bieten einen What‘s App Service, so sind sie immer erreichbar. Falls mal was fehlt besorgen Lizanne oder Jaarp es sofort. Obwohl die beiden nebenan wohnen hat man das Gefühl alleine zu sein. Ein Mietwagen ist empfehlenswert, wenn möglich ein Pick-Up, damit kommt man überall hin. Sonnenschirme für den Strand sind sehr schwer zu bekommen- mitnehmen! Wir hatten schon sehr viele Ferienhäuser, überall auf der Welt, das hier war bisher das sauberste, bestausgerüstete Haus. Wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt
Response from VrboOwner on 29 Mar 2020
Vielen Dank für Ihre umfassende Rezension. Wir sind sehr für Sie dass Sie so einen guten Urlaub bei uns hatten. Und wenn Sie uns nochmal besuchen, werden wir eine Sonnenschirme für Sie haben damit wir das bestausgerüstete Haus bleiben. Vielen dank für Ihren Besuch. Lizanne & Jaap
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Petra d.

prachtig en comfortabel huis

Het huis is erg ruim, comfortabel en van alle gemakken voorzien. Lizanne en Jaap zijn uiterst gastvrij zonder opdringerig te zijn. Het was opvallend hoe schoon het huis en het zwembad waren. We zouden hier graag nog een keer terugkomen. Roland en Petra
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 29 Mar 2020
Wat mooi voor jullie dat het zo goed is bevallen. Jullie hebben lekker kunnen genieten van het comfort en de gemakken van Caraibas. Het was prettig om jullie gastvrouw en -heer te zijn. We zien jullie natuurlijk graag snel weer terug. Bedankt voor jullie verblijf en voor de mooie review. Lizanne en Jaap
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Rob K.

Geweldige vakantie!

De accomodatie heeft ervoor gezorgd dat de vakantie compleet was. Nieuw huis en alles zag er netjes uit. Jaap en liz (eigenaar van het huis) hebben ons uitstekend ontvangen en stonden elk moment voor ons klaar. Wij komen nog een keertje terug en zullen dan dit huis weer boeken!
Stayed 10 nights in Jan 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 29 Mar 2020
Het was ons een genoegen om jullie als gasten te mogen ontvangen. Het geeft een enorme voldoening als onze gasten zo'n mooie ervaring beleven en wij daar een bijdrage aan konden leveren. We kijken er zeker naar uit om jullie weer opnieuw te verwelkomen in Caraibas. Ook dan mogen jullie weer rekenen op onze inzet en aandacht! Zonnige groet vanuit Bonaire Lizanne & Jaap
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jesse J.

Luxurious and very comfortable stay in modern new built beautiful villa opposite to the sea.

When booking our stay we were quite lucky finding the Caraibas home, since the owners just put it online. From the moment we made our reservation the owners Jaap & Lizanne were very helpful with information about our upcoming travel trip, Bonaire itself, and various sightseeing tours. Both have been living on Bonaire for 6 or 7 years, so they know the island very well. Upon arrival (2000 pm) Jaap picked us from the airport. After a few minutes drive from the small Bonaire airport to our new holiday home we arrived at the newly built modern villa / house. The home owners, who live in the neighbouring house, gave us a tour and explained how everything worked. The fridge was filled with food and drinks for in the morning (and some more days :-) The house has 2 big and 1 smaller bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and a open high ceiling living room with a view on the big pool and sea. Everything looks exactly as on the pictures, is modern and made from high quality materials. Anything one could potentially need on holiday, can be found in the house like towels, all utensils to cook yourself if needed, tourist information, air conditioning, flatscreen televisions with amongst others Netflix, and flawless working WIFI, and much more. Beware that most streets in this area are not paved, so one needs to be aware of that. We came to Bonaire to get our PADI open water diving certificates (Beyond the Corals dive school; professional kind people and highly recommended) and therefor we rented a pick-up truck as most visitors do. This definitely helped us when driving around the island. Twice a week, the villa is cleaned, and I believe once a week the pool. Every now and then Jaap & Lizanne check in via Whatsapp to see if everything is fine and if they can assist with anything. As said, they live next-door so any issue would be resolved quite quickly I can imagine. We, the three of us including 1 thirteen year old, stayed form the 20th until the 30th of December 2018, and had a wonderful time. Being a bit spoiled form earlier travelling, I can only speak highly about our warm welcome, superb stay, and pleasant service. I surely can recommend anyone staying at the Caraibas holiday villa. Thank you Jaap, Lizanne, and off course little Willem!
Stayed 10 nights in Dec 2018
Response from VrboOwner on 29 Mar 2020
We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay at "Caraibas" and that you appreciated the modern architecture, high-standard finishings and our service. It was a pleasure to meet you and a great experience for us as owners to host you during Christmas time 2018. Thank you for your trust in us and for taking the time to write such a detailed review. Very much appreciated. We are looking forward to have you as our guests again in the future! Warm regards, Jaap & Lizanne
Verified

8/10 Good

Jean-Paul S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2026

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