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Saona Island Excursion: Cultural Tour with Altos de Chavón Visit from Punta Cana
3.2
21 Ratings
La Romana
This activity seeks to offer travelers the combination of fun with culture, since we combine the visit to Altos de Chavón with the excursion to Isla Saonna, which is one of the most fun in Punta Cana.
We want the tourist to visit Altos de Chavon or City of the Artists, an emblematic town full of culture, built in a medieval Italian style.
This activity seeks to offer travelers the combination of fun with culture, since we combine the visit to Altos de Chavón with the excursion to Isla Saonna, which is one of the most fun in Punta Cana.
We want the tourist to visit Altos de Chavon or City of the Artists, an emblematic town full of culture, built in a medieval Italian style.
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Altos de Chavon - Arrival is scheduled for around 9:00 AM. The tour will cover the entire city of Altos de Chavón, including a visit to the church and opportunities to capture the stunning landscapes in photographs. The guide will share the rich history of this remarkable place.
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Las Palmillas - DEPARTURE FROM CHAVON AT 09:45 AM
BOARDING AT…
- Altos de Chavon - Arrival is scheduled for around 9:00 AM. The tour will cover the entire city of Altos de Chavón, including a visit to the church and opportunities to capture the stunning landscapes in photographs. The guide will share the rich history of this remarkable place.
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Las Palmillas - DEPARTURE FROM CHAVON AT 09:45 AM
BOARDING AT 10:15 AM
NATURAL POOL AT 11:00 AM
The natural pool, also known as Palmilla Beach, is one of the most beautiful beaches in the Dominican Republic, spanning 8 square kilometers of shallow waters. Located on the southeastern coast of the Caribbean Sea, the water here is only half a meter deep. Guests will spend about an hour enjoying the natural beauty, with rum and soda provided for adults, and Sprite, soda, or water for children. (THIS STOP IS INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM.) -
Isla Saona - Arrival at this island is at 12:15 PM.
Visitors will explore Isla Saona, the largest of the seven islands in the Dominican Republic, covering an area of 110 square kilometers with stunning turquoise blue waters. The island offers a chance to appreciate the Caribbean’s natural beauty. A typical lunch will be served, and there will be time to relax and swim at the beach. An open bar is available, and the stay on this beautiful island will last approximately 3 hours.
DEPARTURE FROM THE ISLAND AT 03:00 PM -
Caribbean Sea - Enjoy a party on the Catamaran in the Caribbean Sea. This beautiful sailboat hosts a Caribbean party lasting about 2 hours, featuring bachata, merengue, reggaeton, salsa, and other music genres. An entertainment team will ensure a spectacular experience. The party can take place either in the morning or afternoon, with an open bar included in the program.
Disembarkation is at 5:00 PM, with arrival at the hotel scheduled for 6:30 PM.
What's Included
- Carbonated beverages
- Alcoholic beverages
- Lunch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Carbonated beverages
- Alcoholic beverages
- Lunch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
Location
Altos de Chavon
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.2
(21 Ratings)
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Jose
May 20, 2023
Saona island and altos de Chavon - Chavon is very picturesque place. Julio took us around and pointed to the best picture spot
Saona island is beautiful and the natural pool was amazing
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Mukti_n
Mar 30, 2023
Great Tour - Wonderful experience! Guides were friendly and knowledgeable. Sanoa island is definitely a must visit!
Review provided by Viator
Cathy_c
Mar 16, 2023
Needs work on transportation and tour guide personnel. - The day started out with "challenges" which ruined the first part of our day. 1) The driver was extremely late!!! We were told 6;30AM, he didn't arrive until 7:45. Our driver had to drive very fast and carelessly to try to make up time, which did not happen. 2) our driver stopped once to use a bathroom, then again for "buckets of gas" which put us behind again! 3)Our tour guide, who was an alcoholic, was drinking a bottle of liquor in the van with us. He was good, but had to keep apologizing that our tour was less than 20 minutes. 4) We were rushed through a place we would have loved to actually "spend time," and PAID to spend time., But could not! 5) Our alcoholic tour guide got us to the dock for our catamaran trip and said he would meet us there upon our arrival back on shore, he was not there, there was no van to pick us fop to return us to our resort, we were left for the boat operators to take care of. Thankfully, they stayed with us, found us a bar to sit at until they found us a ride back to our resort. We were fortunate a tour bus had 8 open seats for us to take. In summary, we thoroughly enjoyed the boat and catamaran trip and would do it again, but will never again use Viator, a very unorganized tour company!
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Road45399649908
May 8, 2023
Saône Island - The island is beautiful the treatment of our guide was spectacular. The drivers are all very friendly. The only thing I didn't like was the lunch hour on the island little organization for so many people.
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Ariadne_c
Oct 28, 2023
Altos de Chavon and Isla Saona - It was nice but didn't go to be in Alto de Chavon more time due that the driver had to pick up others travelers from different hotel to taken to their pick up point and we were in a hurry. So it was very fast. Saona was nice but we didn't get beers as it was offer and lunch wasn't the best.
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Mengie
Jul 4, 2023
An “ok” tour overall!!! - The beginning of the excursion in altos de Chavon had no guide. The driver took us and didn’t even knew much about the place since it was the second time he was there. It’s sad because it’s such a nice and historic place but we only were able to take pictures nothing much. Saona Island was amazing. The drinks on the bout were limited ( only rum and coke) but the buffet lunch was ok, nothing special. The natural pool and fast boat were the highlight of this tour! I will recommend just booking the Saona Island tour alone and maybe visit altos de Chavon with another company with experienced guides!
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Michelle_s
Mar 21, 2024
If you like a herd you will enjoy this trip. - The Altos de Chavon was Awesome! The trip to Saona Island NOT! To be fair we have previously been on the Saona Island trip. That trip was amazing but showed us how this trip was NOT. The process of loading onto the boat was disorganized. In retrospect, I assume they had so many people get on the catamaran but then the rest on the speed boat to then have speed boat meet catamaran to get rest of group together. I assume this is due to weight-really don't know. The catamaran did not have near enough shade or seating. The crew actually said these words to my husband, "We know there is no lock on the door, that we can see the pussy" This is in regards to the bathroom. When the captain spoke to give instructions over half the boat could not hear her. The drinks on the boat were like (2) liters of coke and 2 bottles of rum. They were out in no time. The crew was NOT friendly on the boat at all. Once we got to Saona Island it was crazy busy. The photographers were telling us to move since people were taking pictures. Well, I'm sorry, so are we. Not trying to be a jerk but we went all the way down the beach for private photos as well. You land and get 1:45 minutes. People stood in line for 30 minutes to get food. We went straight to enjoying our time to avoid the food line. Got back and all food was gone. So no food for us. BTW they picked us up at 6:30 am. We returned by 7:00. Long day with no food. (Yes I was smart and packed a breakfast bar). The difference in other trip through Amstar is they controlled the number of people on island, they gave food on the way there, had no lines, crew was awesome. The only reason we did this one is Altos de Chavon which is beautiful but it needs more than 40 minutes there.
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Skyler_f
Mar 1, 2023
False advertising and terrible guides - Your guides barely spoke English and did not speak to us at all. They did not explain where we were going at all. NO BEER and ran out of rum at the beach. False advertising. Food provided was terrible, except for the chicken (which they also ran out of). Worst tour guides I’ve ever experienced. Party boat was better but still not great instructions and felt like cattle being herded. Find another company for this experience.
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740wendyw
Mar 7, 2023
Don’t take this excursion - Guide did not speak English. We took the tour and he didn’t explain anything. We did not know what was going on the entire trip. On the boat the attracted birds with food and I got pooped on. The food on the Island was disgusting except for the chicken. They ran out of food. They ran out if beet and rum and I didn’t have any. Nonstop aggressive solicitors including the workers on the boat. They demanded pictures get taken even when said no. This trip was awful!! Don’t do it with this company. Go to the island because the ocean is amazing but don’t use this company!!
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Wendy_w
Mar 1, 2023
Don’t take this excursion - No one spoke English, had no idea what they were saying and what would be happening. Ran out of food, food was disgusting. Ran out of alcohol on island. Did not enjoy. This was the worst excursion I’ve ever been on
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