Half-Day Dominican Republic Safari Tour from Punta Cana
Hop on an open safari truck to see the real Dominican Republic, beyond your resort in Punta Cana! Leaving Punta Cana and traveling towards Higuey, the largest city in the Dominican Republic's eastern region, the excursion makes a stop at a local school where the safari team sponsors a community project that benefits several villages with basic education. Passing through the vast sugar cane fields so common to the east of the Dominican Republic, the tour then visits one of the country's most famous churches - the Basilica de Higuey, dedicated to Our Lady of the Altagracia, the patron saint of the Dominican Republic.
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Traveler reviews
“Great excursion. Home visit. School visit. Coffee making and cigar tutorual. Shopping time with swimming on a gorgeous beach.”
“Fantastic time. Our guide was so knowledgeable and really took the time to explain everything. We got to visit a local food market, school, basilica, traditional home! Exactly what we wanted to experience.”
“Interesting and informative tour. The guide did a good job of improvising when rain started at noon time. ”
“Worst service ever! Told to confirm within 24hrs by what’s app... sent an email and what’s app message Monday for our scheduled tour Tuesday...no response.... since there was no response left a message to please move the reservation and book for Thursday. Finally got a response confirming Thursday. We get woken up Wednesday at 7:30 telling us our tour is waiting for us.... They tell us next tour is either Friday or Saturday... I ask to cancel since we leave Saturday and could not do Friday. I get a message saying we can do the excursion on Thursday . We go to bed early... wake up at 0630, wait for them for 45 minutes... I send them a message and now tell me that due to new government regulations they have to cancel... while I see other guests heading out for another tour... unbelievable........ do not trust!”
“This is more of a minivan trip up the mountain and a ride to the church. The guide made up the trip as we went along. He mentioned he was deported from the USA. He also sent us into the church alone because the Bishop didn’t allow him to go inside for unknown reasons. He did take good pictures of us. We never went to a school and he was not aware it said that on the excursion description. On the way back to the resort, the driver did not have money to pay the toll. He asked us for the money. No preparation. And felt unsafe. Do not book. ”