Tranquil alien setting - The levels of this salty below sea level lake vary with rainfall and evaporaton. Currently a forest previously drowned is appearing like skeletons of dinosaurs from the waters of the eastern side. Birdlife in profusion this is a natural spectacle

Tour of Lake Enriquillo - I visited Barahona in December. Booked a trip to Lake Enriquillo with Ecotour Barahona. Aside from the already gorgeous scenery, wildlife (birds, Iguanas, and crocs); the delicious lunch and our fabulous guide, Yovanny, made the trip fantastic. Nice boat trip around the lake, followed by a short hike to a cave with petroglyphs, lunch and then a stop at a natural spring for swimming. We enjoyed the trip so much that we booked a tour the following day to Flamingo Island. Our guide, Yovanny, spoke excellent English and had a welcoming personality along with good bird knowledge. All in all, a great introduction to the SW part of the DR.

Nice tour of Lake area and crocodiles - I liked the tour because i got to see some wildlife. I was a solo tour, 1 driver, 1 tour guide, and me. Its about a hour drive out of barahona, going thourgh a few different small towns, and nice mountain ranges in the background. We didnt stop at the "lookout point" on the way as some reviews said they did. We went right to the lake Enriquillo park entrance. There we met the park workers/guides and my tour guide paid for park entrance and i got a wrist band. They explained the history of the lake and the wildlife in the area. Then i went with a park guide who spoke english, he was very nice and explained the park to me. Took me out on a boat to 2 different spots along the lake, the first spot had 2 crocodiales, and the second spot had at least 7-8. There was 2 flamingos altho they warned me that they do not live here anymore since the lake level dropped. Saw many other birds of different sizes. Some small fish could be seen in the water. The park guide offered 3 times for me to go swimming when there was 5 crocodiales within 10 meters. At first i thought he was jokeing, but he was serious and said they swim in there all the time. The crocodiales are only 5-7 feet long or so, and only eat things about 1 foot long the guide said. And are not aggressive to humans. After this boat ride we returned and i went back in SUV with driver and eco tour guide. We did not go to any cave to see markings. We did stop at a natural pool, but as i was only 1 passenger, and i saw many pictures of the pool and could see it from the road, i decided we could skip that part. We continued back to the hotel, but they explained the sugar cane production in the area and the process as we passed it. As well as the history of the area and population. Then dropped off at my hotel again. I did wonder why we didnt go to that cave mentioned, but overall it was a great excursion and i got to see the crocodiles as i hoped, and great scenery.