点评:Boca Slagbaai is one of the top places to stop while touring Washington Slagbaai National Park on Bonaire. It has something for everyone. A beautiful bay with a bit of sand on the beach (rare in Bonaire), great swimming and snorkeling, dramatic cliffs into the water and a place to cliff jump if you want, but also has some historic buildings; one of which has a restroom with flush toilets - the only restrooms in the park other than the visitor center, has picnic tables (though they aren't many and on Easter when we visited we ended up on some little benches under trees on the lagoon side of the site, and the lagoon where you're almost sure to see some flamingos. So a bit of everything Bonaire is known for in one location.
As shared we were touring the park on Easter Sunday and it was busy. Lots of locals using the location for a picnic, but we still had a lovely meal. Especially the various colorful songbirds that were around while we ate. After lunch I snorkeled in the bay while my wife waited on shore and waded in the waves a bit. (Note the surf can be strong here and that's why I was the only one to snorkel, but it's not bad at all once you get into deeper water.
Snorkeling was interesting as there is the nice shallow areas of the bay but it gets deep pretty quickly when you get out from the shore or swim towards the corners of the bay. Lots of big boulders in the water to make locations for a variety of marine life. Saw lots of different fish and a parrot fish that must have been 4 feet long and around 50 pounds. It was massive!
Then we spent some time watching the flamingos and drove away slowly along the lagoon stopping a few times for new viewpoints.
This was the best stop in the park. After here it was a pretty long, bumpy road back to civilization but well worth the adventure.
翻译:博卡斯拉格拜是游览博内尔岛华盛顿斯拉格拜国家公园时最值得停留的地方之一。这里适合所有人。美丽的海湾,沙滩上有一些沙子(在博内尔岛很少见),非常适合游泳和浮潜,壮观的悬崖伸入水中,如果你想的话,还可以从悬崖上跳水,此外,这里还有一些历史建筑;其中一处设有带冲水马桶的洗手间——这是公园里除了游客中心之外唯一的洗手间。这里还有野餐桌(虽然不多,我们复活节那天去的时候,最后只能坐在泻湖边树荫下的小长椅上)。泻湖里几乎肯定能看到火烈鸟。所以,博内尔岛的特色在这里应有尽有。
正如之前提到的,我们复活节那天游览公园,人很多。很多当地人都在这里野餐,但我们仍然享用了一顿美味的午餐。尤其是在我们用餐时,周围各种色彩斑斓的鸣禽让我们印象深刻。午餐后,我在海湾里浮潜,而我的妻子则在岸边等我,并在海浪中漫步了一会儿。(需要注意的是,这里的海浪可能很大,这也是为什么只有我一个人浮潜的原因,但一旦游到深水区,情况就完全不同了。)
浮潜很有意思,因为海湾里有一些不错的浅水区,但当你游到深水区时,水深很快就会增加。你可以离开岸边,或者游向海湾的角落。水里有很多大石头,为各种各样的海洋生物提供了栖息地。我们看到了许多不同的鱼,还有一条鹦嘴鱼,大概有4英尺长,50磅重。它真是太大了!
之后,我们花了一些时间观赏火烈鸟,然后沿着泻湖缓缓驶离,途中停下来几次,寻找新的观景点。
这是公园里最棒的一站。之后,返回文明世界的路途漫长而颠簸,但这段旅程绝对值得。