Saona Island Day Trip with Lunch, Transportation and Drinks
Description
Just imagine the scenery: beaches with turquoise waters, wild vegetation everywhere, giant starfish, sea turtles, golden sand, coral reefs and a festive atmosphere. This and more is offered by this excursion to Saona Island by catamaran. The tour usually begins with a pick-up at your hotel to take you to Bayahibe, where you will board a catamaran that goes directly to an idyllic beach, the popular Saona Island Natural Pool. As soon as the boat anchors, you can see how the fish surround you and, in addition, you will be able to see asteroids. If your trip to this Dominican island is motivated by the Starfish Sanctuary. On the beach you have the animation of the tour, with good music, snacks and drinks. Around noon, lunch is usually had on this beach and, after a day of fun, you return to your pick-up point.
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Itinerary
A full day, including pick-up transportation, two-way, typical Dominican food, snacks, typical drink toast, mamajuana drinks, a boat and catamaran ride with a stop at Saona Island to enjoy the beach for 5 hours then we return, We have a stop on the boat, or catamaran, in the natural pool where you can snorkel and take photos with starfish. You will be able to enjoy the most charming beaches in the Dominican Republic.
Among the birds you can see the shore gull, the wading bird, the crowned pigeon, and the endangered green parrot. Other fascinating animals such as the rhinoceros iguana, the manatee, the dolphin, and the fishing bat are also part of the island's inhabitants. Saona Island is a picturesque island just a short boat ride from Punta Cana and Bayahibe. It offers unparalleled wilderness and beautiful beaches. It is part of the Catamaran National Park and is a sanctuary for unique species of birds and marine creatures.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
You must always be on the lookout in the hotel lobby, or the place where we agreed to pick you up: you will be carrying a list of the names of each traveler from the transport company. You must not accept help from other transport companies or vendors. You can pick up your vehicle for an additional fee per person for the Uveros Altos and Cap Cana areas.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Alcohol can be consumed from the age of 18
Reviews(9)
Mediocre organization, the trip to Saona Island was endless: 5 hours from the start of the pickup. We came just for the island and left frustrated and impatient to finish. However, the island is magnificent and the natural pool is paradise; it was the consolation prize. It would be good to propose a faster route.
Fue una actividad colectiva se toma más el tiempo
The island is magnificent; I have no regrets at all. The small buffet was also very nice. On the other hand, if you are looking to admire the landscapes in peace on the catamaran, this will not be your thing; the music was excessively loud, and we could not even hear each other speak. The organization was not great either, but I would say it is still worth doing once in a lifetime!
Fue una actividad colectiva se toma más el tiempo
The experience itself, enjoying the island and the sacred pools, was lovely. However, the process of getting to the experience was extremely time consuming and slightly terrifying. Upon being picked up from our hotel one hour after the designated pick up time, we rode in a van that brought us down an abandoned alley. We then got out at a shopping center where we were told in broken English to “wait” with a group of people who did not speak English (all Spanish speakers). Twenty minutes later, we were crammed into a van with a very angry man who was our driver..he proceeded to scream into his phone in Spanish and look at his phone throughout our car ride, making every one in the vehicle visibly uncomfortable. About 2 hours later, after leaving the vehicle, we walked about 15 minutes, were gathered onto a catamaran, and THEN transferred to Lnin an extremely unorganized fashion. Though the catamaran team tried to make the experience fun with music and dancing, after waking up at 7 AM, the blaring music was somewhat unsettling/nauseating. Finally, we arrived at the island. It could have been a nice experience from there but as we were wrapping up and headed home, our “photographer”/guide essentially demanded that we pay for the subpar photos he took of use during the trip. Feeling somewhat obligated, we offer him $10, for which he took as just a tip for himself (this is after already tipping $20), and did not provide any photos in exchange. We didn’t arrive back at our hotel in Punta Cana until about 8 PM. The time spent getting to the island was just not worth the experience..skip it, especially if you only speak English.
Fue una actividad colectiva se toma más el tiempo
Transport on time and very comfortable, Freudy is very friendly and the driver also, well organized, took us by catamaran back and forth, I advise to make the most of the time on the island because it is very short, we had a great time with my family of 10 people. Rich food. We also made the excursion of the buggies very entertaining recommend to bring clothes to launch or dark, water shoes, blocker, cap, glasses and his scarf for the face, there everything is more expensive, carry some money to buy drinks and buy the photos, without bags or towels to walk comfortable, also there are lockers in the ranch, they take you to a cave that fills a lot, is deep but rent life jackets at 2 dollars if you want to enter without knowing how to swim, I would have preferred more time at Macau beach that is beautiful, lasted in total 6hrs approx that excursion by picking up other guests to other hotels and pass to a souvenir shop. They made me very good price for both excursions.
Wonderful experience, very friendly and respectful freudy and robert, excellent transport service,
The experience I had with this Service was excellent all very friendly from the hotel pickup of santo Domingo, as well as the return trip, and Availability (in covers) to support in Canada recommended time this Service very serious and responsible in what they do...
gracias por su apoyo muy amable
A very professional and efficient team of people at work. We were provided the Airport-Hotel-Airport shuttle Service always on time
gracias por su apoyo muy amable
Excellent Service, super respectful staff and friendly. The tour to the island d very nice and very complete. Very punctual
gracias por su apoyo muy amable
Excellent experience, we had a great time, we went with the family and everything met expectations. The visit was wonderful nice places and we bathed a lot.
