Safari Half Day Experience

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4 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Experience life outside the resort in the Dominican Republic on this fun culture-focused tour. You'll be taken to a local village and taken inside a typical home to see how Dominicans live. Then, take a plantation tour and learn about important crops like coffee, cocoa, and others. End with a stop at the Higuey Basilica, where you'll be amazed by the beautiful architecture.

This private tour can be customized to suit your needs
Travel in comfort in a private vehicle
Soft drinks and water are included
A fun way to learn more about the country

What's Included

Bottled water
Soda/Pop
Private transportation

Lunch

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

Customer must be at their hotel lobby, or specified meeting point, looking for tambor y guitarra truck or a bus well indentified

What To Expect

Macao Beach

25 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Higuey

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Basilica Catedral Nuestra Senora de la Altagracia

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps

Not recommended for travelers with back problems
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Featured review

Alesia_B

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

Reviews

4.5

43 reviews

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Half day in the countryside

Linda_W, Apr 2024

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

Some Sites of DR in a trip

Alesia_B, Apr 2024

Wouldn’t book or recommend this

Marcel_A, Apr 2024

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.

Great tour and cool insights

Joshua_S, Mar 2024

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.

Interesting but information was lacking

Emily_D, Mar 2024

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

Must Do While in the DR

Derek_W, Mar 2024

Me and my wife had a great time on this tour! You can’t beat the price or experience! Highly recommend!

Fast and cheap excursion to see the live in Dominicana

Valentin_S, Jan 2024

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!

Safari

TraceyAnn_A, Dec 2023

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

Awesome Experience

Kaysha_L, Aug 2023

Very friendly and knowledgeable tour guide. Private guided tour, suited our needs. Learnt about the culture and saw some great views.

Fun Tour

Leah_P, Jul 2023

We had a great time on the 1/2 day safari. The tour guide was very nice and knowledgeable! We enjoyed seeing a true Dominican home. It was nice to learn how coffee and chocolate are processed. We didn’t care for the market or gift shop but made the best of it!

Must do tour

Ernest_B, Jun 2023

The Cigar factory & process of making the cigars. The employees were very friendly & nice knowledgeable people about the product they were selling.

Local experience

Lucas_M, May 2023

Great time, locat experience and felt less like we were being corraled on a field trip than others. The local lunch and market walk was great. Just be sure to ask your operator what the times are and the pickup point.

Great history lesson

Sherri_M, May 2023

Osbeldo and jr were great ambassadors of the company and their country. We received one on one attention great history about the country and its culture. Would take the tour again!

The guides were very...

Shelia_H, Apr 2023

The guides were very knowledgeable and kind. Made me feel safe and secure. They were very attentive to our needs. Would recommend this trip to family and friends

Amazing cultural tour

Abhimanyu_C, Jan 2023

Visit to the tabac factory, interacting with the locals, viewing the countryside. Our tour guide was amazing (osvaldo). We stopped for empanadas and cuba libres along the way. Just a note: remember haggling is not considered rude at the souvenir shop. The price drops in half :)

We had a great time! Our...

Chasaty_H, Aug 2022

We had a great time! Our tour guide was awesome! I would recommend this to anyone who is interested in learning about the country and culture of DR.

Great tour experience

Roseleine_R, Jul 2022

Very knowledgeable and customer oriented tour guide. Driver was also very courteous, skilled and knowledgeable. They provided a great experience.

Disappointing

Melissa_D, Mar 2022

Wouldn’t know. We were never picked up. Very disappointing. Tried reaching out multiple times but no response

Only Expect the Unexpected

Ken_P, Feb 2022

The tour advertised was not what we received. We were obviously attached to an existing to tour. A tour that included horseback riding and a cigar factory, neither of which we wanted. This added an additional two hours to our excursion (mostly waiting for our tour mates -- AND a previous tour -- to complete their horse rides). The tour of the Basilica and the market were good, but would have been much more worthwhile if our guide had ANY information to offer. We were whisked away from the rest of the group to attend the plantation tour. It was well done by the hostess, but this was actually a tour of a garden not a plantation. The meagre ability for any of the guides to speak English or offer information was disappointing. We were lost, or waiting, or rushed during much of our tour.

Awesome and affordable culture tour

Joshua_P, Jan 2022

Our tour guides were Angel & Junior and they were great. They picked us up on time and it ended up being a private tour. Our first stop was at a local cigar shop. The vanilla cigars were great and they gave me an opportunity to roll one myself. The second stop was a primary school where got an opportunity to see what was being taught. The third stop was to a local plantation. Here we were able to see how chocolate and coffee was made. The final stop was to the basilica. This stop really was just a photo op since we didn't get an opportunity to enter.