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7-DAY ALL-INCLUSIVE
7 days / 6 nights
TROPICAL ISLAND VACATION

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.

Tour to other side of the Peninsula. Swimming at Las Terrenas beaches. Souvenier shopping if desired.

DURING MONTHS OF JANUARY & FEBRUARY: Whale-Watch Excursion may be substituted for the above tour.
See: www.tropicalislandbb.com/Whales.htm This includes whale-watch in the morning, buffet luncheon on Barcardi Island at noon & afternoon swimming and relaxing at Barcardi Island until late afternoon.

Evening: Dinner: Italian Pizza (Italian Cuisine)

9:00 a.m. Leave for the isolated beautiful, almost virgin beach--Playa Colorado--along the northern coast of the peninsula, beautifully framed by the picturesque mountains of the Samana Sierras. Breathtakingly beautiful!

Excellent snorkeling (bring equipment) !

Noontime: Picnic on the beach. Cooler with rum and cokes or beers.

OPTION #2:

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. 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.

Number of Guests	Number of Rooms	Total Cost	Total Cost per Person
One Person	One Room	$2,610	$2,610
Two Persons	Two Rooms	$3,760	$1,880
Two Persons	One Room	$3,520	$1,760
Three Persons	Two Rooms	$4,670	$1,556
Three Persons	One Room	$4,430	$1,476
Four Persons	Two Rooms	$5,800	$1,450
Four Persons	One Room	$5,600	$1,400

All-Inclusive vacation plans available for one to four persons only.