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From Santo Domingo: Cave of Wonders, horses & Beach Tour

Ronnie Mancebo — Thu, 08 May 2025 20:41:31 +0000

Explore the Dominican Republic’s natural and cultural highlights on a guided tour from Santo Domingo, Boca Chica or Juan Dolio. Visit Cueva de las Maravillas, and Guayacanes Beach. Enjoy a delicious lunch on the beach. Get picked up in Santo Domingo, Zona Colonial, at 9am, Boca Chica at 9:45am or Juan Dolio at 10:am. Arrive at 10:30am to the Cueva de las Maravillas. Take a guided tour of the cave for about an hour. Here you also take a horseback ride and get into a maze. After such great time, we drive 30 minutes to get to Guayacanes Beach. Sit on the beach, relax and have a delightful fried fish and tostones, a soft drink is sincluded. Spend 2 hours at this beatufiul beach. There are showers to wash yourself afterwards. Finally, head back home: Juan Dolio at 2:45pm Boca Chica at 3:00pm Santo Domingo 3:30pm.

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Explore sand dunes and reefs

Ronnie Mancebo — Thu, 08 May 2025 19:27:44 +0000

Explore the Dominican desert on a full-day tour from Santo Domingo. Visit sand dunes, salt ponds, and coral reefs. Try sandboarding, snorkel in the ocean, and enjoy a local lunch. Depart from Santo Domingo at 8:00 AM and take a 2-hour road trip to Salinas, with some interesting stops on the way. Arrive at the sand dunes and spend some time learning about them, taking pictures, and of course, sandboarding. No experience is required. After having fun at the dunes, walk through the salt mines and its pink lakes, where you can see the salt process and workers taking salt out of the lakes. Continue to Playa El Derrumbao, where you can go snorkeling. Take a 20-minute walk (one way) under the hot sun to the beach. Walk into the beach with urchins and grab the goggles to watch the coral reefs and fish underwater. Then, walk back and change clothes by the car. Return to a local place for some authentic Dominican lunch. After lunch, return to Santo Domingo, happy and tired at around 3-4 PM.

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Santo Domingo: Los Tres Ojos, Boca Chica & More

Ronnie Mancebo — Thu, 08 May 2025 19:17:23 +0000

The tour starts at 8:30 AM in the Colonial Zone. Monday to Friday, pickup is available only in the Colonial Zone, Ciudad Nueva, and Gazcue. If you’re outside these areas, you can meet us at Puerta del Conde or Parque Colón. On Saturdays and Sundays, pickup is available anywhere within the National District.

The itinerary includes a visit to the Columbus Lighthouse, followed by a guided tour of Los Tres Ojos, a series of stunning underground lakes. Afterward, enjoy an hour at a hidden local beach, with the option to jump from a small cliff. The tour ends at Boca Chica, where you’ll have a delicious lunch by the sea and two hours to relax on the beach. We return to the Colonial Zone around 5:00 PM.

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Hike the Tabernacle Thundering Waterfall

Ronnie Mancebo — Thu, 08 May 2025 18:34:43 +0000

Looking for things to do in Santo Domingo? Join me in my favorite hike in Dominican Republic: El Tabernáculo. Difficulty level: -Medium; when you’re fit/water level is low (dry/cold season) -High; when you’re not fit/water level is high (wet/hot season) It is completely doable in all scenarios. You must not have any injuries. You don’t need to be an athlete, though. (If you want a more challenging and extreme experience, book ‘La Culebra Trek & rappelling’) LGBTQ+ friendly experience/vegetarian acommodating. Pickup at your accomodation included in Santo Domingo (Distrito Nacional, Santo Domingo Oeste, Santo Domingo Norte, Santo Domingo Este) We depart at 6am (pick up might start up to 30 minutes before). It’s a 2-hour road trip with beautiful sights of the mountains to get to the town where we are having a typical dominican breakfast. After breakfast, we begin our journey. It’s a 3-hour route within hiking, swimming, climbing, etc. Swimming is mandatory (no need to know how to swim, you’ll have a life vest). Water is cold. You can leave your bags in the car safely while hiking. After hiking, we change clothes (by the car, there’s no restroom). Then we go back to the town to have a dominican lunch. We come back happy and with good memories to Santo Domingo at 4pm.

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