Tropical Island Bed & Breakfast
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Samana, Dominican Republic
MarilynPereira@usa.net Phone: 809-538-2829
/ 829-342-5234 (cell)
http://www.tropicalislandbb.com/
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9-DAY
SEMI-INCLUSIVE |
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)
INCLUDES:
Airport pick up & return, accommodations,
tropical breakfast in buffet,
kitchen privileges with refrigerator, assistance from our social hostess to
create itinerary
and personal chauffering to all activities on itinerary.
Services also include housekeeper service, Internet service and use of a
computer
Air-Conditioning optional. Additional charge. See below
(Meals and activities are extra)
SUGGESTED 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.
Upon arrival in
Samana: Our social hostess will give you a brief orientation in order to
answer any questions you may have regarding restaurants, meals,
places to go, and also, to help you create an itinerary for your chauffeur
to follow for the 9 days of your visit.
Then, if you would like, Rodolfo, your chauffeur can take you on a tour
of the little town of Samana and for a visit to Samana's Tropical Flea
Market in the park en front of the dock. Here you will have an
opportunity to meet the many brothers and sisters of the Samana
congregation who are there selling jewelry, clothing, paintings and
beautiful island souvenirs.
After this, you might enjoy a visit to "Pueblo Principe", Samana's new shopping plaza
For late arrivals:
Light meal or snacks.
DAY 2
OPTION #1:
10:00 a.m. - Leave to spend the day at a beautiful resort at the end of the peninsula. Unlimited tropical drinks. Pools. Sports. Beautiful beach with backdrop of of the Samana Sierras. This option is contingent upon availability (no availability during Dominican holidays)
Relax at the private beach and pool
Noon: Luncheon in buffet
6:00 p.m.: Leave for accommodations.
OPTION #2
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.
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
DAY 4
8:00 a.m. - Tropical Island breakfast in buffet.
9:00 a.m. - Leave for Bacardi Island.Boat excursion. Spend the Day at Bacardi Island
Swiming / snorkeling (bring own equipment), sunbathing all afternoon.
NOON: Freshly caught fish, cooked on the beach with Dominican cuisine.
Whale-watch excursion is included.
Morning: Whale-Watch
Noon: Bacardi Island buffet luncheon.
Swimming all afternoon at Bacardi Island
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 he 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 topple tree that has become a natural bridge covered in epiphytes (mainly 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 noce you arrive there and dismount your horse, you will then enjoy a 300 meter hike down to the SALTO DEL LIMON for swimming.
Luncheon buffet: upon your return, a delicious meal of local cuisine will be awaiting you under a tropical cabana.
DAY 6
8:00 a.m. - Tropical breakfast in buffet.
9:30 a.m. - Tour to the other side of the Peninsula to the little town of Las Terrenas. Swimming at Playa Bonita.
DAY 7
8:00 a.m. - Tropical breakfast in buffet.
9:00 a.m. - Leave for "Las Galeras Beach " for the day.
Noontime; Rice & Beans, fish or chicken on the beach.
DAY 8
8:00 a.m. - Tropical Island breakfast in buffet.
8:30 a.m. -
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.
DAY 9
Leave early morning for
airport - picture taking as well as sourvenier shopping along the way if
time
For more options and photos:
please visit: www.TropicalislandBB.com/Semi.htm
Tropical Island Vacation
January 2008
9 Day Semi=Inclusive Tropical Vacation
RATES: US Dollars
NOTE: All rates quoted below are for rooms without air conditioning
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Number of Guests |
Number of Rooms |
Total Cost |
Total: |
Cost
per Day
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One Person |
One Room |
$2,220
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$2,220
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$246
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Two Persons |
Two Rooms |
$2,600
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$1,300
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$144
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Two Persons
|
One Room
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$2,280
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$1,140
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$126
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Three Persons
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Two Rooms
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$2,670
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$890
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$98
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Three
Persons
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One
Room
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$2,380
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$793
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$88
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Four Persons
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Two
Rooms
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$2,750
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$687
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$76
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Four Persons
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One Room
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$2,520
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$630
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$70
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Five Persons
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Two Rooms
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$3,200
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$640
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$71
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| Six Persons | Two Rooms | $3,290 | $548 | $60 |
If arriving and departing through
Santo Domingo International Airport (SDQ)
or Puerto Plata Internatinal
Airport (POP)
Please add $100 U.S. to the total (see
www.TropicalIslandBB.com/Maps.htm
All Itineraries and prices are subject to change.
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