Damajagua Waterfalls Adventure: A Thrilling Shore Excursion for Cruise Passengers
4.8
290 Ratings
Puerto Plata
Experience the thrill of the Damajagua Waterfalls Adventure, a shore excursion for cruise passengers. Hike, jump, and slide through waterfalls and enjoy a lively party afterwards!
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Amber Cove - Meet just outside the Amber Cove port main gates!
  • Damajagua Waterfalls - Jump and Slide your way down 12 of the famous waterfalls of Damajagua! (please note that 12 falls are recommended for those arriving by ship due to the limited time in port).
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • National Park fees
  • Complimentary rum punch
  • Snacks
  • FULL REFUND IF SHIP CANCELS CALL TO AMBER COVE PORT
  • Alcoholic Beverages
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

The Best Damajagua Waterfalls Shore Excursion and Party from outside the main gates of the Amber Cove port in Puerto Plata awaits! Your REAL adventure starts with a narrated, countryside drive to the Damajagua Waterfalls “base camp”, located at the edge of a tropical forest.

You will cross a river and streams before making an approximately 30-minute uphill hike. Your return to base camp will be via a series of jumps and slides through waterfalls and natural water slides carved by centuries of rushing water. Your highly skilled coach and guide, a member of our “Jump Crew”, will be with you from start to finish - making all the jumps and slides with you!

The party starts immediately following your adventure when your coach becomes party host! You will enjoy free-flowing rum punch and lively local music on the return. Your adventure and party is approximately 4-hours leaving you plenty of time to enjoy the Amber Cove Cruise Center.

  • Minimum age is 14 years
  • Passengers with canes or walkers may not participate
  • 250 LB weight limit (or weight proportinate to height/physically fit)
  • Swimsuit under clothing; heavy-duty water shoes or sport sandals with a backstrap
Location
Amber Cove
Amber Cove Cruise Park, Cruise Terminal
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(290 Ratings)
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H0nnah
Apr 16, 2024
Thrilling & Beautiful Experience! - Definitely worth it, thrilling experience and beautiful waterfalls. Staff are very kind and funny. I would definitely go again if I get the chance again!
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Lyndon_l
Apr 14, 2024
Tony, Jordan & Oliver were all amazing. - Tony, Jordan & Oliver were all amazing. There were 12 of us and 2 guides & 1 driver. What amazing staff for our little group. While the water levels were down, we were still able to do 7 of the falls, but that also allowed us to spend more time at these falls as they were the best falls. The hike was filled with lots of info as well provided by both Tony & Jordan.
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Jeremy_h
Apr 10, 2024
Sweaty hike, refreshing jumps and a great time! - We had a Great time on this trip. Our guide was Zander and he was awesome! It is a 45 minute hike somewhat uphill but if you are in decent shape you will be fine. It is all shaded so that is helpful. Bring water shoes with semi decent soles or gym shoes you don't mind getting wet because they will. Our daughter brought an older pair and tossed them after. They offer a photographer to go with you at a very reasonable price and he followed our family group of 13 the entire time and took amazing pictures. They did not recommend bringing any phones or anything because of the jumps but I think if I did it again I would bring mine with a good floating water bag and tuck it into my left jacket on the jumps but that's just me. You will be jumping and swimming.
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Amanda_d
Apr 8, 2024
Awesome experience - Our guide Tony and driver Alexi were great! We had lots of laughs on the ride over, had a great experience at the falls and an awesome ride home with rum punch! I was a little worried about the intensity of the hike going up but there’s water, lots of breaks and was very doable even with the heat and humidity.
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Chersti_c
Apr 7, 2024
Loved, loved, loved this excursion. Highly recommend!!! - We loved our adventure to Damajagua Falls. Xander made the trip unbelievable, from start to finish. Our 15 year old twins talked endlessly about how fun it was. Just enough hiking, jumping, swimming, and laughs for a perfect outing. I would highly recommend this excursion. At first, we were a little leery of booking this, due to the conflict nearby, but Xander and Alexis, our driver, made us feel safe and welcome in this wonderful country. We learned so much about the history and current situation in the D.R.
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Juanita_p
Apr 7, 2024
Awesome adventure!! - We had the best time with Captain Xander and Luis our driver. The excursion was awesome and the ride to and from was so much fun! Thank you so much!!!
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Alisha_m
Apr 5, 2024
Toby, Angel, Louis great tour guides - Tony, Angel, and Louis are great!! We met outside of the cruise port it was about a 15 min walk to the transportation which was a nice, air conditioned, and comfortable van. We were offered water for the excursion. Once finished on the way back to the cruise port, the guys offered us some yummy rum punch. They also pulled over to a local family stand where they sold bananas and got us all a banana. Great group of guys. It was worth the short 15 min walk to have a special trip with the three great guys. Also met lovely people while on the excursion. There's also a person selling carved items, jewelry, and paintings which were all so beautiful and affordable and you won't find gifts like this any other place than the DR. It was cheaper booking through Viator than the cruise ship and you also get 10% off your first excursion you book through Viator. Overall: met great people, got great deals, had a great time, well worth it! You'll be happy you booked!
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Chris_d
Apr 4, 2024
Good Times!! - Highly recommend! Xander and his crew make this experience fun and memorable! Walk up was only 30 minutes for us. Water was chilly but we adapted quickly. The ride back was a blast - the music and rum punch were flowing! Definitely a great excursion for when you're in port in Puerto Plata.
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Kyle_h
Apr 7, 2024
Great fun, but tons of waiting - The waterfalls are cool and the jumping is fun. The hike was easy and also pretty cool, and a lot cooler than the rest of the island. Guides took care of us well. The downsides: there was a LOT of standing around waiting. It got to the point where it wasn’t really fun anymore. There needs to be a limit on the number of people. If we were constantly flowing through, it would’ve been a MUCH more enjoyable experience. Also the organization on getting helmets and life jackets was a mess. The pickup location is definitely a long walk too. If the standing and waiting part was addressed, I’d easily recommend this excursion. But because of that, it’s hard to be a solid recommend.
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232candicer
Apr 4, 2024
Overcrowded Tour, 5 Waterfalls/Slides - Have very mixed emotions on our excursion at Damajagua. First of all, pick up time was 8:45 and we made sure we were there 15 mins early. We were taken to a van to sit and wait and 15 mins past our pick up time and they sd there was just one more person they where waiting for. We waited patiently and took atleast 30 mins past so 9:20 am at this point when they finally left. The tour guide Tony was very nice and driver Manolo or Mercedes. Not sure the exact spelling. Both where nice. When we got to the Damajgua Waterfalls. We where told that we can’t bring our belongings. We had to leave them all in the van. Just wearing our swim clothes, water shoes and no sunglasses or any kind. We had a nice drive to the place. Tony said since its only 3 of us that it will be a nice private tour. Once we got there. We got lifevests and helmets. Then he pointed us to another group with three other tour guides and told us that they will be taking care of us and he left and said he was gonna help some other people. We didn’t realize that group had over 50+ people and the whole tour took forever. We stopped so many times to wait on others as they had to make sure people caught up. The entire tour consists of 5-6 water falls that you can either jump or go on the slide or walk down the stairs. Towards the last 2 falls. The tour guides where rushing everyone to get to the end. It was a mess from the first waterfall. We jumped and since there was so many people there that it was a mosh pit and we just stood around in the cold water waiting for people to move. On The last jump. The slide and the place people jumped was so close to each other that I was afraid that someone would jump on top of me so I had to swim fast to the side. Honestly the tour guide made us feel so left out and out of place that we didn’t belong there. They where taking pictures of everyone so they can sell them packages at the end of the tour and since we where not part of their tour. We had a hard time getting pictures of our family since there was only a small space where they could take pictures and they where there taking it for only that group. I wouldn’t have mind paying them if they only made us feel welcomed but that was not even the case. The entire 4.5 hours tour they didn’t even check to see how we are doing. We just felt so out of place. We met some people that was on our cruise and said they bought the Damajagua Waterfalls Tour when they arrived the port. They paid the same as what they charged on here and they had about ten people in their group. Except their tour guide was the one that guided them through the falls and that they where able to just cut through the line and didn’t have the same experience as us. I’d probably do that for next time Im here. Oh lastly, the drive home was nice. Tony made a nice drink and stopped by a nearby fruit stand and got us fresh bananas.
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