The Mangrove Information Center Bonaire was first established in 2002 as a center where visitors could take tours into the surrounding mangroves. The Center offers daily guided kayak and solar boat tours through the beautiful mangrove forests of Lac Bay on Bonaire’s eastern shore. A great and educational thing to do on a sunny afternoon!
Mangrove forests are globally endangered ecosystems. Whilst mangroves around the world are threatened and many have been destroyed to make way for development or cleared for fisheries activities such as shrimp farming, the mangrove ecosystem surrounding Lac is protected both by local ordinance and as a wetland of international significance under the RAMSAR convention. The Bonaire National Marine Park actively manages not only the mangroves and sea grass beds at Lac, but also the island’s fringing coral reefs.
