Activities in Dominican Republic
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Punta Cana Half-Day Dune Buggy Adventure
4 hours (Departs Punta Cana, Dominican Republic)
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Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! Prepare yourself for a half-day Dominican Republic adventure as you zip through the beautiful countryside on a manual…Not LP reviewed
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Punta Cana Full-Day Dune Buggy Adventure to Lemon Lagoon Bay
9 hours (Departs Punta Cana, Dominican Republic)
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Hop aboard this full-day dune buggy adventure and experience the very best Punta Cana has to offer. Drive a manual transmission dune buggy through rice fields…Not LP reviewed
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Canal Kite Club
Canal Kite Club rents windsurf boards, bodyboards, surfboards, kitesurfing equipment and provides lessons for all these activities. Six hours of kitesurfing lessons (really the minimum needed to have a sporting chance of making it work) cost US$200; a two-hour windsurfing lesson is US$60, the same time for surfing is US$40.
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Fun Tours
The Fun Tours, next door to Iguana Mama, offers the usual range of package tours, including a day trip to Cayo Arena (US$55), and an abridged version of the Damajagua Falls tour (you only go as far as the seventh waterfall).
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Fun Rental
Quad rentals (US$55 per day) and trips to Los Haitises (US$58).
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Iguana Mama
Iguana Mama, the leading adventure-sports tour operator on the north coast, is in a class of its own. Its specialties are mountain biking (easy to insanely difficult, US$65) and cascading. It is the only operator that takes you to the 27th waterfall at Damajagua (US$85), and it has pioneered a new cascading tour to Ciguapa Falls, which only Iguana Mama offers. There’s also a variety of hiking trips, including a half-day walk (US$45) into the hills behind Cabarete (Parque Nacional El Choco), and a full-day trip to Mount Isabel de Torres (US$80), just outside Puerto Plata. Its Pico Duarte trek is expensive, but handy if you want transportation to and from Cabarete (per…
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Victoria Marine
Victoria Marine is Samaná’s most recommended whale-watching outfit. It’s owned and operated by Canadian marine biologist Kim Beddall, who was the first person to recognize the scientific and economic importance of Samaná’s whales, back in 1985. Victoria Marine tours use a large two-deck boat with capacity for 60 people (though most tours have around 40). The skilled captains religiously observe the local boat-to-whale distance and other regulations – most of which Beddall helped create – while on-board guides offer interesting facts and information in five languages over the boat’s sound system. Sodas and water are provided free of charge. Tours leave at 9am and last…
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Grand Paradise Samaná Dive Center
Grand Paradise Samaná Dive Center is located at the far end of Grand Paradise Samaná’s beach. One-/two-tank dives including all equipment cost US$60/114 (US$5 to US$12 less if you have your own). Four- and six-dive packages bring the rate down to US$48 to US$52 per dive, including gear. Various PADI certification courses can also be arranged. Also on offer are snorkeling trips (US$12), whale-watching tours (US$49), trips to Playa Rincón (US$10), and windsurf and sailboat rental and instruction (US$10 to US$15 per hour), all available to guests and nonguests alike. It’s easy enough to walk to the dive shop here by following the path along the beach from town; resort…
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Instituto Intercultural del Caribe
The Instituto Intercultural del Caribe was founded in 1994 and is the Spanish Department of Edase, a German-Dominican Language and Culture Institute. It offers Spanish courses of 20 and 30 hours per week in small classroom settings. There are more than a dozen price combinations, depending on the length and intensity of instruction and whether or not accommodations are included. Call for current course listings and prices. It also offers merengue dance lessons (eight hours of private lessons US$55) and maintains a language school in Sosúa.
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Entrena
Providing Spanish-language instruction since 1982, Entrena has a long list of former clients, ranging from Peace Corps volunteers to professional baseball players. Its base program is a four-week intensive Spanish and Dominican Culture course, which includes six hours of one-on-one instruction, competency-based language training and a homestay (US$1650). Programs can also be coordinated on a per-hour basis (US$8 to US$13) allowing students to take as many or as few classes and hours as they wish.
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Jarabacoa Golf Club
This golf club has a decent though rather nondescript nine-hole golf course that will do for anyone desperate for a golf fix. The course has two par-fives, the longest being 433m. Green fees are US$20 for two laps around the course. Club rental is US$10 with balls – oddly, rental is for one round only, so you have to pay it twice if you play 18 holes. To get there, take the turnoff to Salto de Jimenoa and look for signs for the Campo de Golf, about 3km down.
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Catamaran Cruise to Saona Island from Punta Cana
10 hours (Departs Punta Cana, Dominican Republic)
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lt;pgt;Relax on the beach, enjoy the crystalline waters or explore the tropical surrounds on a relaxing catamaran cruise to Saona Island. White sandy beaches,…Not LP reviewed
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Hispaniola Academy
Offering six levels of Spanish-language instruction, the Hispaniola Academy is the only language school in the Zona Colonial. A week-long course – the shortest of those offered – consists of 20 lessons per week (ie four 50-minute classes per day) and your choice of accommodations. Prices begin at US$260 (with a homestay) and rise to US$580 (with hotel accommodations). Private classes available. Cooking (private US$48) and dance classes are also offered.
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Gipsy Ranch
The fully equipped Gipsy Ranch riding stables are situated right near Playa Encuentro. Gipsy Ranch charges US$16 per person for an hour’s ride on the beach, or US$52 for a longer, half-day ride. It can also organize longer excursions along the beach and in the nearby hills. The French owner is trilingual. From the entrance to Encuentro, continue down toward the beach and turn left. You’ll find the stables opposite the Coconut Palms Resort.
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Punta Cana Half-Day Dune Buggy Adventure
4 hours (Departs Punta Cana, Dominican Republic)
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Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! Prepare yourself for a half-day Dominican Republic adventure as you zip through the beautiful countryside on a manual…Not LP reviewed
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Punta Cana Zipline Canopy Adventure
4 hours (Departs Punta Cana, Dominican Republic)
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Experience the thrill of a lifetime and hop on the first zipline in the Dominican Republic! Soar from platform to platform, high above the ground and through…Not LP reviewed
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ATM-Tours
Organized tour operator ATM-Tour offers numerous day trips include whale watching in Bahía de Samaná (US$80 per person), land and boat excursions through Parque Nacional Los Haitises (US$70 per person) and hikes to the area’s isolated beaches (US$20 per person). Village tours that include a cockfight and stops in a typical home and primary school, as well as overnight trips further afield, can also be arranged.
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Dominican Republic Mega Truck Safari
9 - 10 hours (Departs Punta Cana, Dominican Republic)
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Leave the urban centers of Punta Cana behind and visit the true Dominican Republic! Join a unique tour of the Dominican Republic on an 8x8 Monster Truck Safari…Not LP reviewed
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Marinarium Shark and Ray Experience
5 hours (Departs Punta Cana, Dominican Republic)
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lt;pgt;Discover the beauty of the underwater world as you snorkel and swim along the biggest coral reefs of Punta Cana, making friends with the giant sting rays…Not LP reviewed
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R-azor Tours
R-azor Tours organizes numerous day trips include whale watching in Bahía de Samaná (US$80 per person), land and boat excursions through Parque Nacional Los Haitises (US$70 per person) and hikes to the area’s isolated beaches (US$20 per person). Village tours that include a cockfight and stops in a typical home and primary school, as well as overnight trips further afield, can also be arranged.
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La Cana Golf Course
La Cana Golf Course is Punta Cana’s top golf course and is located at the area’s top resort. The 18-hole course, designed by Pete Dye, has several long par fives and stunning ocean views. Green fees are guest/nonguest US$115/156 for 18 holes or guest/nonguest US$71/96 for nine, including a golf cart. Club rental is US$30 for 18 holes or US$18 for nine, and golf cart costs US$40 per round.
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Half-Day Dolphin Island Tour from Punta Cana
4 hours (Departs Punta Cana, Dominican Republic)
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lt;pgt;Have fun swimming with dolphins on this half-day tour from Punta Cana! Visit Dolphin Island, an area created in the open ocean to house dolphins in their…Not LP reviewed
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Punta Cana Day Cruise with Snorkeling
8 hours (Departs Punta Cana, Dominican Republic)
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Take to the Caribbean waters off the coast of Punta Cana and enjoy some fun in the sun! You'll sail along the Dominican coastline, enjoy a delicious lunch and…Not LP reviewed
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Adventure Day Trip to Fun Fun Cave
12 hours (Departs Punta Cana, Dominican Republic)
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Explore the magnificent underground tunnels of Fun Fun Cave in the Dominican Republic. On this day trip from the Punta Cana area, you'll have the chance to…Not LP reviewed
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Las Terrenas Divers
Las Terrenas Divers offers dive trips and courses (one tank US$34, equipment US$7, five tanks US$155, open-water certificate US$345) as well as snorkel trips to Isla Las Ballenas (US$15, one hour) and Playa Jackson (minimum three people, US$25 to US$30 per person). You can also rent kayaks, bodyboards and surfboards by the hour or the day.
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Ocean World Dolphin Swim
Varies (Departs Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic)
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lt;pgt;Find out why the dolphin swim is the most popular program at Ocean World! During your 30-minute encounter you'll dance, hug, pet and swim with the…Not LP reviewed
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