Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Tours
Iguana Mama
( 809-571-0908, cell 809-654-2325;
www.iguanamama.com
; Calle Principal, Cabarete)
This very
professional and family-run adventure-sports tour operator on the north coast is in a class
of its own. Its specialities are mountain biking (from easy to insanely difficult, US$65)
and canyoning. Trips to Damajagua (US$85) go to the 27th waterfall, and Iguana Mama
pioneered a canyoning tour to Ciguapa Falls, which only this operator offers. The highest
jump, which you can avoid by rapeling, is over 10m. There's also a variety of hiking trips,
including a half-day walk (US$35) into Parque Nacional El Choco, and a full-day trip to
Mount Isabel de Torres (US$80), just outside Puerto Plata. Its Pico Duarte trek is handy if
you want transportation to and from Cabarete (per person US$450). Iguana Mama can
also arrange a number of other half-day and full-day canyoning trips in the area (US$90 to
US$125). Action and adventure junkies should ask about the one-week 'Mama Knows
Best' tour - seven days of nonstop adrenaline.
OUTDOOR ADVENTURES
Kayak River Adventures
( 829-305-6883;
www.kayakriveradventures.com
)
Helmut, the German man who runs this
highly recommended operation, is enthusiastic and professional and will tailor canyoning,
kayaking and stand-up paddleboarding trips to your needs (including late morning start
times).
OUTDOOR ADVENTURES
TOUR
Cabarete Coffee Company
( 809-571-0919;
www.cabaretecoffeecompany.com
; Calle Principal, Cabarete; Tue-Thu)
Small
groups (up to 10 people) can take half-day cacao tours (US$75 per person), essentially
'cultural' tours where you lunch in a local's home and hike to a small village in the foot-
hills of the Cordillera Septentrional. They're great for kids, photographers and kitesurfers,
since you're back in town by 2pm when the winds pick up. Tours of a coffee plantation
around Jarabacoa are by reservation with groups of six or more (US$125 per person). Run
by Patricia Suriel of the Mariposa Foundation (
Click here
)
.
Dominican Fisherman
( 809-571-0919;
www.dominicanfisherman.com
; Calle Principal, Cabarete Coffee Company)
This par-
ticular 'Dominican Fisherman' takes small groups out deep-sea fishing (in a self-de-
FISHING
