Tropical Island Bed & Breakfast

A Homey Bed & Breakfast for Brothers & Sisters
 


 

Samana, Dominican Republic
 MarilynPereira@usa.net  Phone: 809-538-2829 / 809-693-3134 (cell)
http://www.tropicalislandbb.com/
 

 

 10-DAY ALL INCLUSIVE
 (10 Days / 9 Nights)
 Tropical Island Vacation

 

CLOSEST AIRPORTS:

El Catey (Samaná) International Airport (AZS)
[American Eagle & American Airlines.  Connecting flights from Puerto Rico]
and Santiago International Airport (STI)

 Additional charge for arrivals & departures
through Santo Domingo SDQ, & Puerto Plata POP Airports
No chauffering from Punta Cana Airport


 Additional charge for arrivals & departures
through Santo Domingo (SDQ) and Puerto Plata (POP)
 

INCLUDES:
 

Airport pick up & return, B & B accommodations,
all  meals & activities, tours and boat rides to beautiful beaches & waterfalls,
horseback riding,
 Private chauffeuring to all activities

Room with Air-Conditioning.

[Electrical cuts throughout the day are common in all  parts
of the country. During these times there is no air-conditioning]

 

10 DAY ITINERARY

DAY 1

Met at the airport by chauffeur, Rodolfo
Scenic drive through the interior of the country viewing the mountains, countryside, sea

on the way to the little town of Samana.

   

For afternoon arrivals:
Tour of Samana and shopping at Samana's Tropical Flea Market.  Meet the many brothers and sisters who are venders there.

   

Browse through "Pueblo Principe" shopping plaza.

 

Dinner:  Los Chinos.

For late arrivals:  Light meal or snacks.

 

DAY 2

8:00 a.m. - Breakfast in buffet.

9:00 a.m. - El Rancho Tipico.

Spend the day horseback riding at Ranch Tipico in El Valle, along picturesque trail, through the woods, along rivers to waterfall and the sea - tour of cave - buffet luncheon on the beach.  Brothers are in charge and are the tour guides.

  

Dinner:  Le Bar France (French / International Cuisine).
 

DAY 3

8:00 a.m. - Tropical Island breakfast in buffet

9:00 a.m. - Leave for one hour trip to one of the most beautiful beaches in the world - Rincon Beach - on the other side of the peninsula

      
    
 

Enjoy freshly caught fish cooked on the beach with native cuisine. Rum & cokes.  Swimming, sun bathing all afternoon.

5:30 pm - Return to accommodations.

6:30 pm: Dinner: Los Chinos (Chinese / International Cuisine).

 

DAY 4

8:00 a.m. - Tropical Buffet breakfast in buffet.

9:00 a.m. - Leave for Barcardi Island.

 

         
 

Noon:  Freshly cooked fish on the beach with Dominican cuisine.  Cooler with beers or rum and cokes. 
Swimming / snorkeling (bring own equipment), sunbathing all afternoon.

DURING THE MONTHS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY:

Whale-Watch Excursions will be included with the above tour.

See:  www.tropicalislandbb.com/Whales.htm.  This includes whale-watch in the morning, buffet luncheon on Bacardi Island at Noon and afternoon swimming and relaxing at Bacardi Island until late afternoon.

         

Swimming all afternoon at Bacardi Island
 

6:00 pm:  Dinner:  Italian Restaurant  (Pizza & Pasta) or Restaurant Pueblo Principe (i.e.American Cuisine, super hamburgers, best in the country!)

 

DAY 5

8:00 a.m. - Tropical Island breakfast in buffet

9:00 a.m. - Leave for an all-day adventure to EL LIMON, one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the country, on horses, enjoying a guided tour through the beautiful tropical countryside. 

On the way to the falls you can see a very varied landscape, including grassy hills dotted with royal palms, cultivated fields, coffee and cocoa plots, small holdings, riverine forest, oranges and grapefruits in abundance, and some remnants of rain forest.  At one point the path leads under a toppled tree that has become a natural bridge covered in epiphytes (mainliy bromeliads) colonizing the now horizontally curved trunk.  Birds abound in the early morning as well as beautiful butterflies of all shapes and colors.

 

The trail, La Manzana, is about 2 kilometers long, and once you arrive there and dismount your horse, you will then enjoy a 300 meter hike down to the SALTO DEL LIMON for swimming.  Upon your return, a delicious meal of local cuisine will be awaiting you under a tropical cabana.  It's an adventure you won't soon forget!

Afternoon:  Tour to other side of the peninsula to Las Terrenas and swimming at beautiful beach on north shore of peninsula. 

Evening:  Dinner:  Restaurant Pueblo Principe

 

DAY 6

8:00 a.m. Tropical breakfast in buffet

8:30 a.m. - Meet brothers for tour.

EXCURSION TO HAITISES NATIONAL PARK - Year-Round Excursions - Eliseo Dishmey:

Excursions to Haitises National Park include a trip to Barcardi Island afterwards for swimming and a buffet luncheon.   
Leave early morning; return late afternoon.  1 to 10 persons:  $55 US per person;  11-25 persons:  $50 US per person.  Buffet Luncheon included

About Los Haitises National Park: 

Los Haitises National Park, located southeast of the Great Bay of the Peninsula of Samana, is 208 square kilometers of hillocks, divided by narrow gullies, which create the impression of numerous tiny islands or keys forming a landscape  full of bays & marshy country with mangroves, hills & islands on the border between land and sea

 

Haitises' Fauna:

The richness of the National Park Los Haitises’ fauna is reflected among the mammals including the manatee (Trichechus manatus) found in the large areas of  mangrove swamps.  These mangroves are populated by protected native species of flora and fauna, such as Hutias (giant rats), turtles, wild pigs.  Bats, tortoises, and the shy Manatee reside in the caves and mangrove systems

                                       
The park is also home to the solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) a small insectivore mammal (above) endemic from the island in the forest.  Due to its remoteness, rugged topography and seasonally heavy rainfall the park is accessible only by boat

Los Haitises park provides a home refuge and nesting sites for 112 species of birds including  Brown Pelican, Magnificent Frigate Bird, Roseate Tern, Ridgeway's Hawk (this is one of the last known nesting places in the world of this species), Narrow-billed Tody, Least Grebe, Night Heron, , Great White Egret, parrots & turtledoves.

 Many unusal and colourful small reptiles & amphibians make their home in Los Haitisis as well.

 Los Haitises; Flora: 

 Los Haitises is also a virtual botanical garden. Its varied flora and fauna in its forests & mangrove swamps, includes more than 760 identified species of plants, 17 species of which are endemic to this one small area. The Haitises’ vegetation includes a latifolias humid tropical forest transforming into a semideciduous tropical forest in the keys and mogotes by the coast.

       
 

Haitises' Caves & Caverns:

The Dominican Republic has the most extensive cave system in the Caribbean many of which contain over 1000 year old artwork. Los Haitises' extensive cave-system with pictographs and petroglyphs is said to have been created by the indigenous people of the island--the Tainos. The Taino Indians dwelt in these limestone caves and left many cave drawings and carvings  on the walls, which can be easily seen when touring Los Haitises. 


          

Fossils & pre-Columbian remains have also been found in the caverns there.  Inside these caverns are magnificient formations of stalactite and stalamites of stunning colours along with prehistoric art made from carvings & drawings.  Underground streams that run throughout the caverns can also be seen.
 

Dinner:  Los Chinos

 

DAY 7

8:00 a.m.  Tropical breakfast in buffet

9:00 a.m.  Leave for "Las Galeras Beach" for the day.  Place for scuba diving for those who are interested in diving (not included).

Noontime:  Rice & beans, chicken, or freshly caught fish, cooked on on the beach.

Evening:  Dinner - Italian Restaurant (Pizza & Pasta) or Restaurant Pueblo Principe : American Cuisine (i.e. super hamburgers!)
 

DAY 8  

8:00 a.m. - Tropical island breakfast in buffet.

Options: 
Field Service  
Sleep-in
Shopping
Beach for the day
Relax in the house

FIELD SERVICE:

6:30 p.m. - Dinner:  Los Chinos

 DAY 9

8:00 a.m. - Tropical Island breakfast in buffet

10:00 a.m. - Leave for LA FUENTE - A very pretty natural fresh-water pool for diving and swimming.

   

Clean, cool, refreshing waters come from under the mountains to form a natural fresh water pool for swimming and diving.  Around this natural pool, nestled below the mountains, a witness family has built a 3-level terrace with tables, chairs, and umbrellas, along with a little restaurant where one can sit, relax, and read.

None:  Dominican meal served on the terrace (Dominican cuisine).

Afternoon:  relax and swim.

6:30 PM - Dinner:  Los Chinos

 

DAY 10

6:30 a.m.  Early morning tropical island breakfast in buffet.

7:00 a.m.  .Leave for airport

 
Tropical Island Vacation
January 1, 2008

All-Inclusive vacation plans available for one to four persons only.
For rates, please E-mail:  Tropical-IslandBedBreakfast@usa.net

If arriving and departing through Santo Domingo International Airport (SDQ), and Puerto Plata (POP),
please add $100 US to the total.  ( See www.TropicalislandBB.com/Maps.htm )

For our Semi-All Inclusive vacation plans, please visit: www.TropicalislandBB.com/Semi.htm

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ADDITIONAL SERVICES include Internet, laundry, cable TV, VCR/lots of good movies.
 

 

 


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