Complete Day Trip by Boat in Samana Bay. 

Los Haitises National Park is one of the main ecological attractions of the Dominican Republic. A magical place that takes us back to the time of the dinosaurs, it’s also were important scenes from the movie Jurassic Park were filmed.

The park constitute a karst (relief in rocks), tropical limestone’s in mogotes characteristic of these climatic zones of the earth. Its morphology presents hills, corridors and valleys. This unique park has a dense coastal wet forest located in the southern part of Samana Bay, and its an immense reserve full of caves, Taino pictographs, humid forests, and hundreds of bird species, many of them endemic.

We initiate our tour in «Cayo Los Pajaros» (Bird Cay) where we will observe the reproductive areas of the birds that inhabit the reserve. Depending of the time of year we may see many
of the newborns being fed by their parents.

We continue onto «Boca de Tiburon» (Mouth of the Shark) a Cay that is home to stalactite formations, formed over time in this humid region. We then navigate through the mangrove canals observing the different types of endangered mangroves and the natural flora found in the park.

We then enter the area known as the «Bosque Humedo» (Humid Forest), where you will experience the silence of nature firsthand, momentarily broken by the birds singing that make this area their home.

During our trip we will also visit various natural caves known as Saint Gabriel, «La Linea» (The Line), and «La Arena» (The Sand) where you will find indigenous art painted on the cave walls and let yourself imagine the many activities that were held in those caves over many centuries ago.

After exploring Los Haitises National Park we embark on our boat to go to the idyllic island of Cayo Levantado (Also knowned as Bacardi island) where you will enjoy a delicious tipical dominican buffet lunch with a selection of regional cuisine.

You may also purchase alcoholic drinks from local vendors such as Pina Colada, Fruit punch, Presidente beer, which are not included as part of the excursion cost.

After lunch, we will enjoy the turquoise waters and white sands of Cayo Levantado and relax in a long chair on the beach with the warm Samana sun or a nice breezy shade from the coconut trees that abounds on the island. At the end of the day around 4:30 PM we will return to Samana port.