WORLD NORTH AMERICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PUERTO PLATA


Puerto Plata

Puerto Plata of San Felipe de Puerto Plata is a city in the Dominican Republic with a population of about 130,000.

Understand

Known for its pretty sandy beaches, Puerto Plata is a popular resort destination as well as a great place to meet Dominican people and to shop in local commerce.

Get in

Gregorio Luperón International Airport (also: Puerto Plata Airport) () (), has daily flights to most North American cities.

Get around

There are several options for local transportation between the city proper and the surrounding hotels and resorts.

Taxis are the most expensive option and not really more secure than other choices. Buses are slower, but the cheapest, and, once you understand the routes, the easiest way to get around.

GWA-GWAs are simple minivan for normally 7-8 persons that can be easily packed to 22 persons and 2 roosters! GWA-GWA are the main common transportation system but not really organised; you can stop practically anywhere along the main streets and wait for one to stop and climb up, the fare is normally cheap, but you'll probably have to negotiate with the driver or the door operator.

Do
  • The beach Rent a longchair if you really want to appreciate it, because if you don't, the Dominican will ask you all day long if you want to rent them a chair. The only advantage to be extremely patient and tolerant is that their prices drop down with the time! But as everything else, chair rents are also negotiable.


  • Buy

    If you are looking for tourist stuff (paints, rum, cigars, t-shirts, etc.) the best place to go is Sosua, about 10-15 minutes from Puerto Plata.

    Sleep

    Most of the large resorts in the area are directly on the beach and offer 'all inclusive' options for food, drinks, and activities.

    *Puerto Plata (province)
  • San Felipe de Puerto Plata (short: Puerto Plata )
  • Puerto Plata Airport
  • Puerto Plata (musician)

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    Puerto Plata and Sosua - Tour and Shopping 9 - 11 hours

    Puerto Plata and Sosua Tour

    Discover the colonial city of Puerto Plata and beautiful beach of Sosua on this bus tour, on which you will be accompanied by a professional and friendly guide!

    Visit the famous Brugal rum factory, the Fortress and the Amber Museum of Puerto Plata, while your informative guide gives you interesting facts about the areas.

    Sosua is a hub for souvenir shopping at the many beach market stalls. This is your chance to put your haggling expertise into practice! A lovely, relaxing day out!

    Click here for more information and Booking Details


    Puerto Plata Fifteen Dive Package Varies

    Discover some of the best diving in the world! The Caribbean is host to some of the most amazing and most popular dive sites on offer! Experience the colorful underwater world, with an abundance of fish species and other creatures to see in these crystal clear waters!

    Here is your chance to experience the beauty of the Caribbean diving world. This package offers you FIFTEEN local dives!

    Click here for more information and Booking Details


    Shark and Stingray Encounter at Ocean World Varies

    Touch one of the most fearsome creatures of the ocean!

    Beginning with a visit to a warm sandy pool, where a dozen or more gentle stingrays sweep the bottom with their velvety wings, you will glide across the surface of the pool with a mask and snorkel, and touch the backs of these friendly sea creatures. These gentle creatures no longer have their stingers, so you're perfectly safe to swim and enjoy the sensation of their graceful bodies moving around you. It's a good way to prepare you for the next, and most fearsome creature of the deep, the shark.

    Of all marine creatures, none is more fascinating than the shark! Ocean World is the only marine park in the world to offer guests the chance to hold, to touch and to explore the deep sea secrets of the nurse shark. Under the close supervision of trained staff members, you will touch, hold, feed and ultimately swim with a small school of adult nurse sharks. These magnificent creatures, some as long as 7ft, will amaze you with their sandpapery skin, their fearsome teeth and their relaxed attitude towards humans, giving you an understanding and an appreciation of this beautiful and awe-inspiring creature that very few people will ever share! This is truly the adventure of a lifetime and a rare opportunity to meet nature on its own breathtaking terms.

    Have your picture taken by the professional photographers - you'll want brag to your friends back home!

    You also have the option of combining your Shark and Stingray Encounter with a Dolphin Swim Program
    Dolphin Swim: The Dolphin Swim is the most popular program at Ocean World, it ultimately gives you the chance to experience a truly personal encounter with the dolphins. For 30 minutes you will spend some special moments in the water with the dolphins, sharing a kiss, hugging, dancing, feeding, petting and swimming. A 'human hurdle' and a spectacular dorsal fin tow will finish off the program!

    Admission is included when you book this interaction program.

    Click here for more information and Booking Details






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