Dominican Republic Countryside Safari Tour from Punta Cana
Overview
- Safari adventure around the eastern Dominican Republic by open-air safari-style vehicle
- Watch a cigar-rolling demonstration by master craftsmen
- Take a leisurely horseback ride in the lush countryside grounds of the sugar plantation
- Taste organic coffee, fruits and chocolate inside a typical Dominican family home
- Enjoy a buffet lunch and round-trip transport from Punta Cana or Bavaro
- Enjoy access to a private beach club on Macao Beach
From EUR80.76
Lowest Price GuaranteeSpend 25 minutes riding on horseback through an old sugar plantation and learn about production of this staple export. Listen to a generations-old master craftsman explain the art of tobacco harvest and sit back for a demonstration of rolling these popular item.
Afterwards, enjoy lunch with a view at a mountaintop restaurant, where you’ll sample plenty of local dishes, as well as Dominican beer and rum. After a delicious meal with your fellow travelers, you’ll visit the home of a local Dominican family and share freshly brewed coffee, mamajuana and other local treats before making your way to Macao Beach.
Enjoy the rest of your day at your leisure at this private beach club that’s known for its white sands, clear blue waters and topical vibe, before making your way back to your Punta Cana or Bavaro hotel.
Reviews
Viator Traveller's Reviews
I would have gladly sacrificed half the time spent in the cigar shop, and sampling coffee, chocolate and Mamawana, for more time horseback. While the promise of a beach visit was kept, getting in the water was not possible - it was a surfing beach. Best part of the tour was virtually limitless Cuba Libre's.
I just recently went on this excursion about a week ago and it was overall a good time. You get to hear a little about the DR, try some mamajuana and visit a very nice beach in the end. My only real issue with this excursion was that our tour guide Alex slandered Haiti while we were on our way to our first destination. While talking about how rich the Dominican Republic is, our tour guide felt the need to state that the reason Haiti is so poor is because of the lack of foreign investment due to the Haitian peoples inability to stop fighting. While saying this, he makes a hand gesture pulling an imaginary guns trigger. Not only is this completely false and inappropriate, it further perpetuates the negative image of Haiti and the Haitian people that is pushed by western media. I think Alex is in need of a history lesson as to why Haiti is in the situation it is in instead slandering an entire country and their people. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he just make a mistake but something tells me he was purposely insulting Haiti. I am aware of the relationship between the two nations and know about the Dominican Republic's historical racist treatment towards Haitians and dark skinned Dominicans that continue till this day and understand how that can cause ignorance. Hopefully he sees this and corrects his mistake.
A must if you want to really experience real life in the DR.We drove through many small towns,seeing schools and the children,the homes and businesses of the people.The farm lands and some of Irma's aftermath on this beautiful island.The people are so welcoming and hard working.Maria's house was very interesting and we loved learning about the coffee,cocoa,vanilla tobacco,seeing and tasting first hand how they are grown.We had a nice lunch and stopped for the horseback ride.That was a bit sad. Dogs run freely throughout the island and all are thin,the horses were very thin.I just wanted to give them food and water. Our guide Mimi and our driver were very entertaining.Mimi is the real deal!!!lots of laughter.We were picked up on time at our resort and had a great and memorable day! Plenty of water provided all day.
The best part of the tour is the lunch!! It was great Dominican Food! The food at my resort was awful so I was happy to get food here! Also the horse back riding and cigar making was awesome too! And the beach is nice! Be prepared to spend the whole day on this tour I left hotel at 830am and got back at 4pm!
This was a great excursion and I appreciate the company calling me at my resort to see if I wanted to reschedule after they had to cancel the excursion on the day we went due to dangerous roads with water and blockage of the bridge we needed to cross. I loved it all except the horseback riding part. The way the excursion reads leads you to believe you will take the horses up a mountain. The terrain we were in was extremely muddy and nothing to really see it was just a big field and the horses seemed tired. So that part was a little disappointing. It would have been better if we actually went on a real trail or along the beach. Also at least been advised to bring proper clothing for getting all muddied up. Other than that this was a great way to spend the day and our guide MiMi was WONDERFUL!!!!! If you want to see a little bit of everything from the beach, the mountain, real coffee, cigars, and souvenirs this is the thing to do!