-Day 1 Hola Santo Domingo
Meet your tour director and check into hotel
Day 2 Santo Domingo--Jarabacoa
Museum of Anthropology visit
Travel to Jarabacoa
Details: Santo Domingo tour director-led sightseeing tour
Walk the largest Dominican city, Santo Domingo, also the capital of this Caribbean country. Located by the sea, Santo Domingo boasts a well-preserved colonial district you can explore on foot. Feast your eyes on the 16th-century buildings, palatial houses and beautiful churches. See the oldest cathedral built in the Americas, Catedral Santa Maria la Menor, and Alcazar de Colon, America’s first castle.
Details: Los Tres Ojos National Park visit
Make your way through one of Santo Domingo's most dazzling attractions: Los Tres Ojos National Park is an open-air limestone cave where you can find three stunning lakes ("The Three Eyes").
Day 3 Jarabacoa
Details: Community project orientation
Meet your project coordinator to understand the scope and goals of your project.
Details: Jarabacoa community project
It’s not just exposure to new places that brings growth, it’s participation and personal engagement that challenge travelers to make an impact. We work hand-in-hand with trusted organizations and charities around the world to coordinate volunteer projects that meet the needs of local communities, so when it’s time for your group to travel, you may participate in activities like:
Building maintenance (painting, repairs and cleaning).
Library set-up: Stock, classify and order the library shelves and lead reading sessions with younger members of the community.
Day 4 Jarabacoa
Butterfly pavilion visit
Details: Jarabacoa community project
It’s not just exposure to new places that brings growth, it’s participation and personal engagement that challenge travelers to make an impact. We work hand-in-hand with trusted organizations and charities around the world to coordinate volunteer projects that meet the needs of local communities, so when it’s time for your group to travel, you may participate in activities like:
Building maintenance (painting, repairs and cleaning).
Library set-up: Stock, classify and order the library shelves and lead reading sessions with younger members of the community.
Details: Jarabacoa nature hike
Take a 3-hour hike along a newly developed a 1-mile route, where visitors can interact with the flora and fauna, its environment and its distribution, and learn from the practices that make this a model of sustainable development.
Day 5 Jarabacoa
Details: Jarabacoa community project
It’s not just exposure to new places that brings growth, it’s participation and personal engagement that challenge travelers to make an impact. We work hand-in-hand with trusted organizations and charities around the world to coordinate volunteer projects that meet the needs of local communities, so when it’s time for your group to travel, you may participate in activities like:
Building maintenance (painting, repairs and cleaning).
Library set-up: Stock, classify and order the library shelves and lead reading sessions with younger members of the community.
Details: Horseback ride to Baiguate Waterfall
Ride through the scenic landscape and local villages or the area to reach the Baiguate Waterfall (Salto de Baiguate) cascading into a emerald-colored jade pool below. Take a deep breath to take in the nearby fragrant cilantro fields. For safety reasons, weight restrictions apply to this activity.
Day 6 Jarabacoa--Puerto Plata
Travel to Cabarete Beach
Details: Canopy zipline tour
Experience the thrill of flying in the air, 7,900 feet high on this Countryside zipline adventure. For safety reasons, weight restrictions apply to this activity.
Details: Free time at Cabarete Beach
Enjoy free time in a tropical paradise.
Day 7 Puerto Plata--Santo Domingo
Travel to Santo Domingo via Santiago
Details: Cultural Center Leon visit
Centro León’s historical collections offer insight into the pre-colonial culture of the Taíno people, Spanish colonization, the lives of African slaves, and how modern-day Dominicans retain elements of each of these three cultures and peoples.
Day 8 End tour
Tour Includes:
- Round-trip airfare
- 7 overnight stays in hotels with private bathrooms
- Breakfast daily
- Dinner daily
- Full-time services of a professional tour director
- Guided sightseeing tours and city walks as per itinerary
- Visits to select attractions as per itinerary
- Tour Diary™
- Local Guide and Local Bus Driver tips; see note regarding other important tips
- Note: On arrival day only dinner is provided; on departure day, only breakfast is provided
- Note: Tour cost does not include airline-imposed baggage fees, or fees for any required passport or visa. Optional excursions, optional pre-paid Tour Director and multi-day bus driver tipping, among other individual and group customizations will be listed as separate line items in the total trip cost, if included.
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