Auriga Ecolodge Bonaire

03/03/2024

𝗗𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗽 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 zijn van onschatbare waarde vanwege hun unieke functies. Ze fungeren als kraamkamers voor veel vissoorten. De wortels bieden een veilige omgeving voor jonge vissen om op te groeien, weg van de meeste roofdieren in ondiepe wateren.

𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 organiseert kleinschalige tours door de mangroven en organiseert nog meer trips. Lees meer over 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲!

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21/06/2023

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Staying at Auriga and Gecko Ecolodge is a unique Caribbean experience. You can stroll through the surrounding kunuku (countryside) and learn how the local people live. Take a short hike and watch the waves crash upon Bonaire’s “wild side”. Imagine a vacation where cool trade winds constantly b...

12/04/2022

Another unusual hike . Beautiful views.

07/04/2022

Hiking in unusual places

09/03/2022

Inside the bedroom of the gecko lodge is again a beautiful painting made by Maria Clara from .art . Love it !

08/03/2022

🏕️ The 2nd ecolodge is a fact . This one is called Gecko lodge and is smaller than the older Auriga lodge. Of course with a beautiful painting from Maria (.art ). Which will be published soon.

30/10/2021

An old horse stable became a spacious kitchen , so my guests can do some creative cooking if they want to.

27/10/2021

Auriga ecolodge seen from above including the new "chill out green house".
After many years of keeping goats and donkeys outside , the lodge is hidden in the green. So fresh !!

17/10/2021

A spider eating a paperwasp. With strange spiky looking things in the rest of his web. Would that be the spiders eggs ?
If somebody knows , I like to hear it. Nature never stops amazing me.

30/09/2021

Yesss. Johan van Blerk (founder of Terra Barra )has placed the first bee hive on my land at the eco lodge. More will follow. I am very excited about those new habitants and I hope they will prosper !

28/09/2021

A group of rare black bellied whistling ducks in a pond near my eco lodge. What an amazing sound they make. Could not get a better picture with my phone unfortunately. There were also a couple of southern lapwings nearby.

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21/06/2021

TCB host pers van National Geographic Traveler Nederland en DUIKEN Magazine

09/06/2021

I must have been thousends of times in this cave , and it still doesn't stop amazing me to see the beauty of the light at the cave entrance.

08/06/2021

I love working natural products. Specially bamboo if possible. Together with the plants it gives the "chill out green house" a great atmosphere

08/06/2021

Unique and new at the eco lodge : a chill out green house. Just take it easy and take your "time out" while hanging in a hammock surrounded by beautiful plants , sounds and enjoy the cooling effect of the shade screen.

25/05/2021

Maria,from marea.art made her 4th wallpainting in my ecolodge. The result is again fantastic. Love to work with this girl ! The design is totally hers with some requests from me. I hope it will give my future guests at the lodge a deep sleep with beautiful dreams.

12/05/2021

A lot of work on the ecolodge and around the lodge is done by myself and by hand. At this moment a bed is made. Dutchman proof (= 2.00 mtr long).

11/05/2021

first part of the renovation of the lodge is done resulting in a cooler and more spacious first floor with ample space for the much needed hammocks !

11/05/2021

we took some kids of Pelikaan school for an educational tour into the "cave and karst Park". We hope the children have learned more about the caves and the delicate balance of our ecosystem on Bonaire.