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Safari Half Day Experience: Discover Dominican Life and Plantations
4.4
44 Ratings
Punta Cana
Embark on a Safari Half Day Experience in the Dominican Republic to discover the local way of life and explore plantations. Immerse yourself in the culture, visit a typical Dominican house, and enjoy a tour of a plantation with various plants. Don't miss the chance to visit the stunning Higüey Basilica.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Macao Beach - Customers linger in this area
- Higuey - Visitors explore churches and monuments, observe the lifestyle of locals, and visit the Municipal Market
- Basilica Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Altagracia - Customers spend time at this location
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Carbonated beverages
- Bottled water
What's Not Included
- Lunch
Additional Information
Embark on an unforgettable, spectacular, and thrilling journey to get a taste of the culture and lifestyle in the Dominican. A day full of entertainment and memories that will last a lifetime awaits you if you are curious about life beyond your resort. You won’t want to miss this tour! You’ll first visit a traditional Dominican home upon arrival at the local plantation, delve into the history of the house and spend quality time with the unpretentious and friendly family who resides there. Next, your tour of the plantation begins. The site features 500 square meters of diverse plants, with a focus on coffee and cocoa, as well as tobacco, pineapple, sugarcane, papaya, plantains, corn among others. The plantation tour concludes at a grocery shop where a variety of organic products are available for purchase at competitive prices. Now, prepare to head to Higuey where you’ll visit the Higüey Basilica. This magnificent place of worship attracts followers from all over the country, and its grandeur and exquisite architecture will surely leave you in awe.
Location
Macao Beach
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.4
(44 Ratings)
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Alesia_b
Apr 4, 2024
Some Sites of DR in a trip - The guides Gabriel 1 & 2 were very friendly and made the experience even that more memorable. W were able to visit a primary school the children were so sweet. Making cigars, seeing how cocoa and coffee are made and had to opportunity to see an authentic Dominican country house it was beautiful. There were more we experienced on this trip I would recommend this trip well worth it with all the sites seen and the lovely guides
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Joshua_s
Mar 29, 2024
Great tour and cool insights - Great tour guide and we were lucky to be part of a small group of just 6 people including us. Nice stops and try-out options and overall coop experience. Would definitely recommend doing the tour.
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Derek_w
Mar 10, 2024
Must Do While in the DR - Me and my wife had a great time on this tour! You can’t beat the price or experience! Highly recommend!
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Valentin_s
Jan 13, 2024
Fast and cheap excursion to see the live in Dominicana - The excursion is mostly to visit village farm, small tobacco factory and local market. Interesting to see it and it’s very fast 5 hours — we didn’t lose too much time and we didn’t eat out of the hotel which is what we were searching for. It’s 2 times cheaper than the same that offered in the hotel. Everything was perfect! Recommend!
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Traceyann_a
Dec 26, 2023
Safari - We had a tour guide (I forgot his name) and Bronly the driver, they both made the trip memorable. Bronly and the tour guide was attentive and shared an extensive knowledge of the culture, and kept us abreast of what to expect throughout the trip. I would definitely recommend doing this trip and experiencing both gentlemen. My kids enjoyed it!!! 10/10 experience
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Linda_w
Apr 5, 2024
Half day in the countryside - Rum and cokes while driving around The cigar factory too
Need more time to look at the market
Amazed that Leo could speak 5 languages
The hutch was beautiful
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Raymond
Oct 2, 2023
Very interesting - It was a good tour, learn about other country's culture, our guide was knowledgeable and helpful with his communication
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Emily_d
Mar 24, 2024
Interesting but information was lacking - This tour was interesting and it was eye opening to see how the people of Punta Cana live. Our tour guide was not very fluent in English and I think the tour would have been much better if he could have been able to better answer our questions and would have been talking to us throughout the driving part of the tour
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Marcel_a
Apr 3, 2024
Wouldn’t book or recommend this - Guide was speaking only broken German, not all was explained fully in German.
No Safari bus like in the description, only a closed minibus.
Everything super fast, no real time to enjoy.
Market: one short stop, no time to look around or to buy something.
No Macao beach like in the description
Plantage really poor.
5 minutes stop at a public school; this was not part of the description
Wouldn’t book or recommend this.
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Marcelaimaq
Apr 2, 2024
Disappointed - Disappointment
It wasn't a safari jeep like in the photo, but a small mini bus.
The guide couldn't explain why.
But other jeeps drove there.
It didn't go as described.
Macao New Year only at the end, but suddenly only for a couple, even though we had booked it.
We were then driven back to the hotel.
The tour was supposed to be in German, but the guide only spoke very broken German.
A lot of things were lost as a result. A no-go if you've specifically visited German.
Almost walked through the market, there was no time to have a quick look around and buy something in peace.
Plantations were boring, it was more of a sales tour.
Don't do it.
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