Dominican Republic day tours

Ecotourism makes a difference, and in the Northeast of the Dominican Republic with more than 44 resorts it is welcomed by both local people and visitors who want to connect directly. Here, you are guided by our local guides, and even if the language barrier sometimes makes it difficult to understand all, you’ll leave as friends. We stay away from controversial adventure tours (e.g. 4x4, quad biking, etc) but promote eco-friendly walking tours, hiking, etc. Furthermore we keep our groups small to reduce the impact on the nature areas visited.

By taking a day trip with us, you travel responsibly and every dollar spent during such a day trip reaches poor people. We offer you the chance to climb up the mountains with us in Pedro Sanchez, in the Cordillera Oriental, to discover a deep cave or a big waterfall, we offer horseriding in the valley, (each horse has a different local owner), or just a refreshment in the small river, where villagers go, now called 'Balneario Ecoturistico'.

We promote and visit local cultural events such as 'Atabales', or the famous patronales of the village and connect you directly with local nature and local peoples, typical Dominican traditions and culture.

Miches, on the other side of the hill, was a small fishermens village, almost forgotten. When starting our project we looked to integrate some natural attractions of Miches in our ecotour program, and of course a visit to the virgin beaches of Miches and a deep sea fishing trip starting in Miches was part of it. In the meantime, 4 international universities have signed up to work together in the planning of sustainable development, and a future for Miches with ecotouristic activities. The Columbia university (Manhattan, New York) approached us for information exchange, and we now develop new ecotours for Miches as well, integrating the natural attractions there such as Laguna Limon. The other universities are USF (University of Southern Florida), INTEC in the Dominican capital, and the university of Sevilla (Spain).

We eat at local restaurants and you have the opportunity to purchase items from local vendors, thus putting some dollars directly into local communities where they are most needed. We train individuals to become our local tour guides. Soon a volunteer from the US-Peace Corps will arrive to do community work for two consecutive years, teaching the villagers about ecotourism and nature conservation and how they can engage in it. In the past, we have not only created jobs, we have also empowered people to set up their own business in cooperation with us, like Julio, who is now selling his coffee, cacao and fruits at the roadside twice a week.