Samana: Buggy Ride & Cayo Levantado

Samana Área 

Samana Province is a place of very diver ecosystem, here we have one the tallest water of the Caribbean “El Limon Waterfall”, and two of the top 10 beaches best beaches of the world, Join us and travel with a local expert from Samana and get the unique experience of visiting the best spots from the capital of Humpback Whales starting from Jarabacoa, this tour will take you around seeing the beautiful landscape of Samana Peninsula. The town of Santa Bárbara de Samaná, better known simply as Samaná, is the hub of activity in the beautiful Samaná Peninsula.  This Peninsula is full of palm-shaded white sand beaches, and offers a combination of busy tourist towns and “off the beaten path” isolated beaches.

During this trip you will be able to take a buggy ride from El limon Stop to different trails and forest while meeting the local people from this community, after a local lunch we will head to Cayo Levantado Island to do some snorkeling and swimming.

Cayo Levantado & Farola Islands 

Levantado is also known as Bacardi Island because of a Bacardi commercial filmed here in the 1970s, the small, picturesque island of Cayo Levantado sits just five kilometers (three miles) from Samaná Bay, and boasts brilliant white sand and palm-fringed beaches. and Farola is the perfect place for some snorkeling and swimming with almost no people around. 

El Limón Community 

The community of El Limon is located in the arid southwest mountains of the Dominican Republic at an altitude of 3000 ft. It is two hours west of Santo Domingo, and six miles from the provincial capital of Ocoa. El Limon has some 60 families, for a total population of about 300 residents. Its economy is based on short-cycle agriculture, mostly onions, eggplant, and tomatoes. Until 20 years ago, when an extensive community irrigation system was installed with support from the regional NGO (ADESJO), most families subsisted by making charcoal.