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Where to take excursions in the Dominican Republic - from a guide or on the beach is cheaper?
We fly to the Dominican Republic in November, tell me where to take excursions - is it cheaper from a guide or on the beach?
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Excursions should definitely be taken from a guide, everyone who bought on the beach was very sorry for the Negro private service, the deceivers are still the same ... there will be no rum or lunch, and their transport is dumb.
I advise an excursion to the Caribbean Sea on a catamaran .. unforgettable memories, you can still see the whales, we traveled with a whole company on horseback through impassable jungles ... I remember it was great!
I advise an excursion to the Caribbean Sea on a catamaran .. unforgettable memories, you can still see the whales, we traveled with a whole company on horseback through impassable jungles ... I remember it was great!
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answered 7 years ago
I agree 3018886, we took excursions only from guides and after the hurricanes the situation is difficult. Excursion to the islands of Saona and Catalinita, on the island of Catalinita you can scuba dive or snorkel to sunken ships and a beach with absolutely white sand, and on the island of Saona the guide said that they filmed an advertisement for a boutney bar and there their national reserve, on the way back from the island let them swim with big starfish
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answered 7 years ago
I hear about the Bounty bar in every country where there is pure white sand on the island)))
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answered 7 years ago
In kiosks on site. You can bargain with them, you can see them every day, they do not disappear. Why pay a guide to buy an excursion from them? And what do you need a guide for? I don't see the point in it. Liked with pirates on a big yacht, with a pro performance, sharks and rays
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answered 7 years ago
Last year I was, took all the excursions in the company 2 bananas. Never let me down, great service
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answered 7 years ago
This year, or rather in January 2018, I will again fly to the Dominican Republic and again use this company
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answered 7 years ago
People close to us recommended a Russian guide, and he, in turn, recommended another, since he himself was away. In a few days we wrote off, he sent photos of excursions and asked to bring food from Russia by barter. A trip to Saona Island was agreed in advance for $ 75 (price for one), taking into account a SMALL GROUP of people 8-12 people, which was fundamentally IMPORTANT to us. The recommended guide's name was Igor. At the first meeting, the person behaved suspiciously (asked to leave the hotel, hand over the money in the package, he was in a hurry, hurried us), but we didn’t attach any importance to this, since he was on the recommendation. P.S. a couple met on the bus who were similarly deceived.
TO RESULT: THE GROUP OF PEOPLE MADE, GUYS, 50 PEOPLE, we rode on a slow catamaran for 1.5 hours, instead of 25 minutes on a speedboat, on which we were supposed to travel in a small group. Consequently, a whole hour was lost, which we could spend on the island. The promised BARTER was never seen!
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TO RESULT: THE GROUP OF PEOPLE MADE, GUYS, 50 PEOPLE, we rode on a slow catamaran for 1.5 hours, instead of 25 minutes on a speedboat, on which we were supposed to travel in a small group. Consequently, a whole hour was lost, which we could spend on the island. The promised BARTER was never seen!
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answered 7 years ago
We just arrived, I want to say that we took from the Santo Domingo hotel guide for $ 95 / person. In general, not bad, the guide told a lot of things, we were in the city itself, and in the lagoons, but what we didn’t really like was that we spent a lot of time in souvenir shops. There were also many excursions offered on the beach, but we were afraid to contact. We also went to the island of Saona with a photographer, everything is just super!!! we were alone on the boat, sailed to the island early in the morning and there was no one at all on the beach! On the way back we stopped in the Caribbean and swam. The price is more expensive than if you take an excursion, and without lunch on the island, but the pictures are super, and you will be alone everywhere.
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answered 7 years ago
They gave us $600, friends also traveled with us just for the company, and my husband and I took pictures. The photographer was found on Vkontakte, their page is prophotodominicana.
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answered 7 years ago
For Russian tourists, Two Bananas work best of all. They communicate in Russian, live in Punta Cana for many years and know everything about the country! It is a pity that I found out about them only on my second visit, for the first time Pegasus was skinned like sticky, as a result he sailed on a well-organized breathing boat. Both the service and the quality of transport, the level of training of guides at Bananas is an order of magnitude higher!
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answered 7 years ago
Masha and Maxim - Two Bananas! They are the best! We took the first excursion together with Dimon, sang songs on the road, learned so many new things about the country, culture and life in 1 trip! And they ordered a photo session, with the photographer Pasha!
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answered 7 years ago
Also plus Two Bananas. They rode on a yacht, flew in a helicopter, through the jungle with a breeze, once the weather was non-flying, so they moved it, they didn’t ask for any additional payment. Great guys.
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answered 7 years ago
Only with guides, the excursions are mostly quite extreme, the locals will definitely not help you if something happens.
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answered 7 years ago
Definitely not from a guide, but from private traders - from small Dominican companies near hotels.
We rested in Bee Liv in Punta Cana in the winter, went on one of the excursions from the hotel guide (I won’t name the company, I’ll say that they are all the same) - the price turned out to be 2 times more, the crowd and they always take them to their stores.
After that, we took about the hotel from the Republic Pro excursions to Saona and Redonda - small groups, the price is less, and most importantly - there was no one on the beach in Saona except us!!! Our neighbors who traveled with a travel agent couldn't crowd the beach.
But, what is most disgusting is that travel agents tell tales about how dangerous it is to walk outside the hotel. I noticed this back in Spain or Mexico. Not true!! It's just behind the hotel everything is cheaper and better!
We rested in Bee Liv in Punta Cana in the winter, went on one of the excursions from the hotel guide (I won’t name the company, I’ll say that they are all the same) - the price turned out to be 2 times more, the crowd and they always take them to their stores.
After that, we took about the hotel from the Republic Pro excursions to Saona and Redonda - small groups, the price is less, and most importantly - there was no one on the beach in Saona except us!!! Our neighbors who traveled with a travel agent couldn't crowd the beach.
But, what is most disgusting is that travel agents tell tales about how dangerous it is to walk outside the hotel. I noticed this back in Spain or Mexico. Not true!! It's just behind the hotel everything is cheaper and better!
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answered 6 years ago
Republic Pro and 2Banana are two Russian speaking companies in Punta Cana. It's just that Bananas have been on the market longer. Definitely better than Pegasus
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answered 6 years ago
With all my heart I recommend the company in Punta Cana Dominicana.pro - our friends recommended them to us several years ago, now we take excursions only from them every time! Find their director Alexander Karpetsky on Vkontakte, a wonderful person who helped us and half of the hotel, took us to the pharmacy for medicines, brought a SIM card with the Internet and, in principle, organizes a wonderful vacation in the Dominican Republic, he has been living there for 15 years! And about the excursions - beyond praise, small groups, bombing guides, on Saona for 5 hours on a very beautiful beach, where we were completely alone for an hour! Next time we will fly again in October, for excursions only to Dominicana.pro
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answered 5 years ago
Resting in Pointe Cana, we also booked an excursion to the Dominican Republic PRO to Mount Redonda and Macau Beach. We stopped our choice on this company, having familiarized ourselves with the conditions of the excursion. Firstly, we liked that the tour groups are small, affordable prices, no prepayment is required. The hotel is much more expensive to take. The guide of our group, Karina, told a lot of interesting things, she was always there, helping to solve all the questions along the way. During the tour, a professional photographer took wonderful pictures. It's very cool to climb the mountain with a truck, fresh air, speed, even breathtaking. On the mountain, we admired nature, my husband even rode on a swing (I did not have the courage). It is also beautiful on the wild Macau beach, waves, landscapes, funny stories of our guide and delicious pirate rum. The sea was clean and calm, we managed to swim a little. Sea of impressions, we are satisfied, I recommend.
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answered 5 years ago
We arrived in September 2019, at first we didn’t think about going somewhere, but at the end of our vacation it rained every day. In order not to sit in the room, they began to look for where to go, where you can’t write, either there is no group for our 2 days, or the group is already full. We found the company #365flamingo on Instagram, wrote that there are places in Saona and Santo Domingo and the prices are 30% cheaper than the tour operator offered us, we decided to take a chance and were very satisfied. The groups are small, the guides are super, especially thanks to Marianne! Then we found out that the guys also have a website. So they were very pleased! Have a good rest and great weather
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answered 5 years ago
We drive to the Dominican Republic once every two years, the last time was in early December. For a long time we do not take excursions either in the hotel or on the beach. First, they searched the net and got hit a couple of times, then they began to ask the neighbors in the hotel: who went where. This time we went with two Bananas to Saona with a wild beach. It's raining in the morning, and then there was so much sun that we seem to have burned out twice! The group was 14 people, there were extra seats on the boat. Guide - Russian Sasha did not let us get bored. It seems that we know everything about our beloved country, but he always found new topics, no matter how much we tortured him! They took it and brought it on time, gave us food and drink, entertained us with contests (my husband won a shiny coin as a keepsake), so we are quite satisfied with our money. And the wild beach on the island is just heaven! Thanks guys! Recommended!
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answered 5 years ago
Only two bananas. The guys are professionals in their field, they took 3 excursions from them, everything is at the highest level! Guides Dimas and Sasha separate respect.
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answered 5 years ago
TWO BANANAS IN NO EVENT DO NOT GO WITH THIS COMPANY ON EXCURSIONS!! A real danger to your lives! Let's start with the fact that they took us last, then when other people were told all the information on the bus, we were left with no information at all about the city of artists and the Saona island itself. The guide clearly read a couple of lines from the book and that was it. 100% not professional. Then they brought me to the town, they also did not give any information, they just showed me where the toilet was, after 40 minutes they put me on a bus and took me away. Then began a HELL trip to the island. They put 30 people in one old longboat, which BROKEN IN THE MIDWAY! We just sat and waited, no one even said what happened. After about 50 minutes, another boat sailed on which we climbed right in the water with things. The other Boat was flying at the speed of light, THE REAL RISK OF FLYING OUT OF IT. No insurance or security. Further on the island was terrible food: empty rice, mashed potatoes, rotten chicken. Alcohol is one kind - the cheapest rum and cola.
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answered 5 years ago
Cheaper is not always better: a year ago we bought an excursion to the saona from the locals on the beach, not only did they not come for us (they rescheduled the next day without explanation when I found this seller on the beach), and we were two on the island hours because of the "drunken" catamaran, it goes very slowly. And of course there was no Russian guide. This year we pre-ordered through the site Two bananas, a review about them: an excellent guide Dimon, high-speed boats are of course a little scary, but we asked to do this and the captain did it without any problems !!! Normal food and a lot of vegetables and fruits (I don’t know where Eugene from the last review found rotten chicken, he probably brought it with him :))) I didn’t go with a guide and didn’t listen to anything - he didn’t learn anything (this is again to Evgeny’s last review). We liked everything, especially the stars! So these bananas are recommended!
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answered 5 years ago