Tours and attractions
Enjoying sun and beach, scuba diving, hiking, sailing, visiting pre-Columbian caves, becoming an explorer, pampering your palate, falling in love. Discover Samaná it offers everything and …. more.
Enjoying sun and beach, scuba diving, hiking, sailing, visiting pre-Columbian caves, becoming an explorer, pampering your palate, falling in love. Discover Samaná it offers everything and …. more.
Explore the inside of the Samaná peninsula, where the mountain range reaches an altitude of 2,100 feet. Arriving at the ranch, you will be greeted by your guides that will give a safety talk and instructions on how to handle your horse.
Each runner will be assisted by a qualified driver horse. Then goes on horseback, making your way down the steep trails that the horse easily navigate. You will discover isolated villages and a variety of local vegetation and wildlife such as coffee, cocoa and a variety of tropical fruits. You will wind your way through the field for about 30 minutes before reaching an area where it will be dismantled and walk the remaining way to the spectacular waterfalls. When you reach the falls, you will be amazed by the cascade of cold water rising 120 feet. Relax near the mist to cool or take a refreshing dip in the natural pool. Subsequently, the walk back will take up their horses where they will have a drink of fresh water before returning to your starting point on horseback
Enjoy rural roads where you can appreciate the flora and fauna of the Samaná peninsula. Interact with typical Dominicans in an ambience outside hotels.
We saddle up and start the horseback ride through the lush forest until we reach El Limón Waterfall. This waterfall is one of the highest and most beautiful ones in the Dominican Republic.
After a refreshing dip in the natural pool in front of the waterfall and free time to enjoy the beautiful surroundings in the midst of the tropical forest, we head back to Rancho Maria.
Sandy beaches, crystal clear ocean, forest dazzling and rich culture: our tour is the perfect experience for your holiday in Samaná and Las Terrenas.
Following a brief introductory briefing, in which essential security procedures are explained, prepare to takeoff on a journey down the path leading towards the first platform.
Be carefree, our operation adheres to the strictest international safety instructions.
We are the only zip line adventure to be certified by the Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT), which oversees canopy tours on a global scale.
As you climb the first cable, your initial reaction may as well be to close your eyes. Now, unless you get over this initial fear, you are sure to miss out on flawless woodlands.
The horizon is covered by myriad panoramic views of the Samaná Peninsula. Trudge through far-reaching stretches, some as far as 450 meters, as you make your away to the last platform.
Feel the crescendo of the Atlantic heightens the adrenaline rush in the Zip Lines Adventures El Limón.
Glide across engrossed skin deep in the midst of plethoric rainforests. Take delight in unbeatable perspectives, appreciating a bird’s eye view.
Dive into a heavenly paradise, in the midst of dazzling tropical rainforests and incredible sceneries overshadowed by virgin white sand beaches.
The house where Theodore Chasseriau was born.
It is located in the village of El Limon in the district called Norberto de los Santos, also known as Katanga.
In the yard of a modern home can be seen buried walls, probably you remain of a house and circular foundations of a possible store. We know that in this area there was a working plantation where an oven that made bread to feed the slaves.
So far they have not been located in the area other vestiges of this type, which is considered to be associated with the plantation house of a Frenchman named Petitón, where probably lived the Curet Chasseriau family and where 20 September 1819 was born the famous French painter Theodore Chasserieu. The presence of a famous French painter who currently has a number of paintings exhibited in the Louvre, is an event of cultural interest.
El Limón is the largest waterfall that exists in the Samaná and one of the largest of the Spanish island.
Its extraordinary beauty has made it a place very visited by tourists from across the country.
It is accessed by two main ways in which different secondary routes out of the ranches located on the edge of the road to El Limón – Samaná.
The beach of Las Galeras is one of the most visited in the extreme east of the Samaná.
Its waters are usually calm and fine white sand. After the beach town of Las Galeras where there are several small hotels and a large all-inclusive hotel you are located; alike, they are traditional food stalls where fresh seafood is served from coastal waters that lie off the beach. This place is visited by locals
Madama Beach is located within the Natural Monument in Samaná and spectacularly beautiful. It can be accessed either by land from Las Galeras, following an ecotourism trail prepared by the Ministry of Environment, or as traditionally arrives, out on a motor boat from the beach of Las Galeras.
Onda beach is just over 50 meters in length fitted between the existing rocky coast between Punta Berto and The Hermit. This is a typical secluded cove of great scenic beauty.
In the villages of Los Naranjos and Las Galeras, it is where organic ginger born, and with it, this interesting route that you can not miss, learn how to harvest and produce in your own home to how to use it in different dishes, which you can taste. The tour offers basic accommodation to meet the basic needs of those wishing to stay in the area.
Tour Operator Culturol
Phone: 1 (809) 538-2208
Limón community is the main stage where accompanied by a local guide, you will walk through fields of coffee, learn their harvest to become the aromatic and rich product. Finally you will enjoy a delicious typical lunch and a refreshing dip in the Salto del Limón.
Las Terrenas is a destination that is suitable for surfing and body boarding, or exclusively for bodysurfing, perhaps the purest form of surf. As there is nothing between the surfer and the wave, a union between man and much more intense experience occurs.
Every town and rural community has its religious festival, whether Catholic or Protestant invocation. The Patron held in El Limón in honor of its patron, the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Starting in June, the day before Corpus Christi Thursday and finish on Friday, nine days. At parties involved and all the people are welcome visitors. They celebrated in a joyous and festive atmosphere where there is no violence, but the dancing and the excitement. Drinks and sometimes typical sweets and food in the stalls. The patron of El Limón are very popular all over the area, being very visited by people from all the neighboring villages.
La Bahía de Rincón is recognized as one of the ten most beautiful in the world. Has a refreshing immersed in the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea ; take a rest on the pristine beaches of Rincón. Under a hot sun yo will lunch a delicious dish with lobster and chicken. We attend a brackish river through crystal clear to the other end of the bay.
We will have refreshments throughout the complete tour.
Explore the inside of the Samaná peninsula, where the mountain range reaches an altitude of 2,100 feet. Arriving at the ranch, you will be greeted by guides who will provide a safety briefing and instructions on how to handle your horse.
Each runner will be assisted by a qualified driver horse. Then he goes on horseback, making their way down the steep trails that his horse easily navigate. Discover isolated villages and a variety of local vegetation and wildlife such as coffee, cocoa and a variety of tropical fruits. You’ll wind your way through the field for about 30 minutes before reaching an area where you clear it, and walk the remaining path to the spectacular waterfalls.
When you reach the falls, you will be amazed by the cascade of cold water rising 120 feet and can take a dip in the refreshing natural pool. Subsequently, the walk back to the horses will be where they will have a drink of fresh water before returning to its starting point.
Tour Operator Culturol
Phone: 1 (809) 538-2208
Salto de La Tosa is a beautiful waterfall that has formed a limestone wash where water falls as if it were a source. The environment is very well preserved, with a dense gallery forest with old trees. It is an ideal place for swimming and still is not well known by visitors
Salto de la Cola del Indio is a beautiful medium-sized waterfall that has a large pond at the foot of the waterfall. Its popularity , despite the beauty and interest of this site, has not consolidated the place as a staging point for tours and tourists, which makes it perfect if you want a private place.
El Caño de las Canas is a vast wetland located behind the beach of Las Canas, in Limón, which still maintains intact its original vegetation cover it, highlighting its dense mangroves of great scenic beauty. The lagoon area is formed by a network of pipes brackish water flowing for larger pond in the middle of the Las Canas. This wetland is of great importance given its state of conservation and biodiversity it contains.
La Laguna del Diablo ( The Devil’s Mouth lagoon ) is a chasm cave located on the edge of the cliff of Cape Samaná.
Is unique in that connects to the sea, many meters below where the chasm opens in the top of the cliff.
When the waves crash against the cliff, at the base of the cave, the water rises to the top pressure by displacing the air and causing a characteristic roar that is overwhelming.
The air displaces whatever is put over the hole in the top.
The Laguna Salada lies within a valley that has an area of 1.5 kilometers in width by 3 km long. A mountainous hill forms a semicircle to the east and south side of the valley: in the east with a height of about 100 meters, forming a cliff next to the lake, and southern mountains rise to 200 meters.
The water is brackish, a green and abundant algae and aquatic plant.
It is the main river in the area and one of the most important of Samaná.
The river runs through the center of the village of El Limón; It maintains its flow throughout the year and at its mouth there is an extensive beach facing a cove opens.
The river has important gallery forests in various parts of the course as well as waterfalls and pools of great aesthetic beauty.
It is a tributary of the Limón river. It maintains its flow throughout the year and boasts some areas of gallery forest. It also has pools of great beauty. Palmarito breaks are completely untouched because access has a rather complicated by the steep terrain surrounding the watercourse.
The biggest jump is about 10 meters high and about 20 meters wide. it is said of this place that is the great unknown in the area, despite having a spectacular beauty and breathtaking natural pool at the foot of the waterfall.
The Caletón beach is just over 100 meters in length fitted between the existing rocky coast between Punta Punta Moron and Lanza del Norte.
It is rarely visited, but an incredible natural beauty. Enjoy connection with nature in the crystal clear waters of the beach El Caletón
Las Canas Beach is a spectacular stretch of sand of almost two kilometers long that develops between the Punta and Punta Canas Berto.
At the mouth of the Canton River beach, creating a deep tube surrounded by mangroves.
The beach has a very extensive background of sand and surf is open to mostly.
Access by land is very complex and can not be reached by car to the beach right now, so we have to walk but this makes it perfect for a romantic time and alone.
Lanza del Norte beach is one of the beautiful coast of El Limón. It has a length of 800 meters and the sandy bottom is very wide. Most it is protected by the Punta Las Canas and the waves are moderate. On the beach leads a small pipe that drains some existing wetlands behind the waterfront..
Morón Beach is located between the rocky coast east of the mouth of the Limón River and tip Moron.
It has a length of 500 meters and the quality of its white sand is excellent. It is well protected from the wind and has little surf, making it a safe and peaceful bathing spot
El Limón Beach is an excellent sand strip 2,500 meters long that develops between the Coquitos tip and the mouth of the Limón River.
It is open to the swell and the wind and the sand is fine and of excellent quality.
Beachfront, about 1,500 meters offshore, is the Cayo Limón, island of spectacular beauty that enhances the view of the sea from the coast.
There is a modern real estate development beachfront.
The Estillero Bay a closed reef lagoon whose coastal area is formed by a long beach of 1400 meters long, flowing in two pipes connecting wetlands develop land in the sea is.
The beach is very fine coral sand, but due to sediments that drag pipes and to being a body of water closed by a bar of coral, sand color is gray.
The sea is always calm in the bay and it is therefore ideal for the enjoyment of families with children, given the high level of safety of the beach area having virtually no swell place.
There is a modern real estate development on the beachfront and a set of upscale single-family homes.
Portillo Beach is extensive is between Las Terrenas and El Limón.
It is equipped with a domestic airport where scheduled flights land every day. This circumstance makes it a popular place among people with high purchasing power who live in Dominican Republic. It has beautiful corners of calm and transparent waters due to the protection offered reefs that lie offshore. It is an excellent sport boats to anchor and enjoy fine, white sands.
About seven kilometers from Samana direction to Las Galeras, are the ruins of a fort built in 1863 with materials from the dismantling of the fort of Santa Barbara de Samaná.
The site overlooks the passage between the Cayo Levantado and the coast; served to defend the maritime area of the southern coast of the peninsula.
According to history, the site was a military hospital, a prison, artillery installations and use different units for displaced garrison there.
The most appropriate shelter for ships to anchor off the mouth of the Limón river is “El Cañón de Morón“, a cove forming the natural harbor of the place.
In this place a large iron cannon caliber in their day served to protect the port of El Limón is still preserved.
The characteristics of the piece are typical of the early eighteenth century and possibly correspond to an artillery piece brought during Napoleon’s expedition to the island that landed in Samana in January 1802. Originally there were three guns defending the port, as Sir Robert Schomburg in 1853 that saw these artillery pieces in place, although they were already cleared of their carriages.
Is a relic of great cultural value.
El iguanario Los Tocones is on the road to Rincón Bay in the small town of Los Tocones.
It is managed by a local NGO called The Ecological Society Laclos and those responsible for maintaining the property.
They are people of the same village, who welcome tourists and show them the facilities.
Within the space where they live and breed the reptiles there are several dozen iguanas endemic species commonly known as iguana rhino (rhinoceros iguana).
Also, associated with the iguana, which can be seen conucos local crops like cocoa and coffee are developed.
Visitors are charged a small contribution to input mode, as a contribution towards the costs involved maintain facilities properly organized and provide power to the many iguanas that grow in different venues that make up the iguana.
It is located in La Majagua, opposite the recently opened Atlantic Boulevard.
The land covers and the bottom of the lands that extend waterfront have been recently declared protected area.
On the beach there are large coconut plantations and is well connected thanks to Atlantic Boulevard and El Catey International Airport.
Cosón Beach is one of the most interesting beaches in Samaná, it is surrounded by lush nature and has not been altered by uncontrolled developments.
It is in excellent condition and has luxurious residential that make it a particularly suitable place to vacation.
On the beach there are extensive coconut trees planted in it and the Cosón river flows, creating a space of great beauty to the point where its clear waters reach the sea.
Bonita Beach is located in an area where they have settled many luxury residences and a few excellent hotels rooms.
The beach has beautiful spots, as part a generally calm and peaceful sea.
It is a place visited by people seeking tranquility and be able to enjoy the excellent restaurants that are based in hotels in the area.
Currently they are building large high quality residential around this beautiful beach.
The beaches in Las Terrenas are the most popular of the Samaná and are known in the Caribbean tourism environment as a really special place to enjoy. On the one hand they have many tourist establishments of all categories, from all inclusive to half board. On the other hand they have a wide range of cuisine in small restaurants located in front line beach. On these beaches you can practice all kinds of water sports, from kaysurf in the most exposed to the wind, Punta Popy, to water skiing in the areas most collected points from the sandy coast.