Cultural Safari

A fun filled day where you will get to inmerse yourself in the Domincan Culture guided by the friendliest staff. Try fresh sugar cane juice, learn how cigars are rolled, be welcomed at a Dominican house, have a delicious typical lunch and end your day enjoying the waters of the amazing Anamuya river.

Camera in hands, get ready to capture unbelievable panoramas and a typical Dominican villages, visit the largest and most important church, on the road you will see schools and famous ’’Colmado’’. Drive across sugar cane and rice plantations. Learn why and how Spanish brought sugar cane culture in this island and the economic impact. See how they used a ’’trapiche’’ – wheel grinder pulled by oxen to extract the syrup of sugar cane. Ride our truck through the Anamuya mountain and have direct contact with the day to day life in the countryside.

Set out to board a safari style jeep and get to know the Dominican countryside. There is fun and adventure behind every twist and turn, join us on our Bavaro Runners tour. Come and experience nature surrounded by teeming jungles and bewildering seascapes.

We begin this day by taking the route to Higüey where, in addition to touring its streets, we will visit the largest and most important church in the country, the Basilica of La Altagracia. Camera in hand, get ready to capture unbelievable panoramas of an unequaled wildlife. Gallop in the outskirts of a lush, tropical countryside paradise.

Cruise across a sugar cane plantation. Witness the traditional way the indigenous people ploughed this crop. Go inside an artisan sugar cane mill, and watch an accurate re-enactment of a colonial-era trapiche (wheel grinder). See this crop transform before your eyes, from cane juice to molasses and vinasse, until becoming the finest Dominican rum.

Perhaps the best mature, ripe tobacco has been harvested in this land, befitting only the finest cigar brands in the world which use them in their manufacturing process. This tour would not be complete without learning hands on from master craftsmen, who generation after generation have hand-made the most coveted cigars. To complete this journey, visit a local family on their home. With smiles they invite you to their farm and their coffee plantation. Also, take a moment to taste the real cacao and many exotics fruits. This cultural immersion is definitely the highlight of your vacation.

Immerse yourself in the wonderful waters of the spectacular Anamuya River, where you will enjoy a swim in the middle of nature.

What To Bring : Swimsuit & Towel - Hat - Comfortable clothing and shoes - Biodegradable sunscreen and repellent