Guide to Bonaire
Must See Bonaire
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There are only four places in the world where flamingos breed, and the vast salt pans at the island's southern end is one of them. The pink wonders flock 10,000 at a time to the sanctuary's 55ha (135 acres). Nearby Witte Pan (Pink Beach) on the southwestern coast is one of the island's few good beaches.
Witte Pan bears the scars of Bonaire's darker history in the form of cubby-house-sized stone huts in which slaves working the salt pans used to sleep.
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- national park, park, wildlife