Dominican Republic wildlife tour










Description of Dominican Republic wildlife tour
Price information
Departure information
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Travel guides
I am a grown man, and have travelled all over Africa. But the first time I saw a tiger in the wilds of India, I cried.
Holiday information
Dietary requirements:
We can cater for vegetarian and vegan diets.
Responsible Travel
As the pioneers of responsible tourism, we've screened this (and every) holiday so that you can travel knowing it will help support the places and people that you visit, and the planet. Read how below.
Planet
In the Dominican Republic (as with everywhere we go) we carefully choose accommodation, suppliers and transportation that either minimise their effect on the environment or that help to contribute to its sustainable development. By choosing small, privately owned accommodation where possible we also look to only stay in truly eco-lodges that abide by basic and also pioneering methods of ecological sustainability.Where possible, we make sure that the lodges and hotels that we use support local projects for the protection of the wildlife and local communities which rely on tourism as the principal source of income. We try and make sure that all the accommodation that we use is are ecologically responsible and use solar power electricity and water recycling pumps etc, on this trip we hire the island's (and one of the Caribbean's) leading biologists. He has founded the conservation organisations in Dominican Republic which are now protecting the birds, reptiles and mammals. We are directly contributing to his ongoing work and a heavy donation is included in your cost for the trip. The work of Jorge is doing to conserve the solenodons and other endemic wildlife in valuable and we are heavily involved with this on our trips. We also make sure that all the food consumed is produced locally.
We also contribute and participate in as many studies that the local researchers and scientists are conducting as possible. In the Dominican Republic this is largely facilitated by hiring guides who work for Jorge and are employed from the local villages.
Wildlife Promise:
By bringing people here with a professional zoologist/naturalist as well as professional local guides we aim to showcase the environment in full but also to allow you to learn about the problems facing the ecosystems here and highlight the ways that continued development and human exploitation are affect the species and how cutting edge research is countering the problems as well as showing you examples of success stories. We also keep a record of all the great sightings we see on each tour and record the environmental factors, this data is used by ourselves but also given to the researchers who are working on many of these species. All the information collected in invaluable as the knowledge of some of the animals that live here are little understood. We also donate our pictures to the researchers to aid in their photo identification studies.