Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The Southwest & Península de Pedernales Highlights
Taking the boat ride to
Bahía de Las Águilas
(
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), the most remote and beautiful beach in
the country
Spotting flamingos and turtles on a boat tour to super-salty
Laguna Oviedo
(
Click here
)
Staying in a remote cabin in the cool, tranquil cloud forest of
Cachóte
(
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) and seeing a dif-
ferent side to the Caribbean
Rubbing elbows with iguanas on
Isla Cabritos
(
Click here
)
Cooling off in the idyllic freshwater pool at
Los Patos
(
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) near Paraíso
Renting some wheels and driving along the eastern shoreline of the
Península de Pedernales
(
Click
here
), one of the most beautiful unknown coastal routes in the Americas
Sourcing your own semiprecious stone at the
Larimar Mine
(
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)
Wandering the spectacle that is the
Haitian Market
(
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) in Comendador del Rey
Getting There & Around
Although there's one nominally international airport just outside of Barahona, no commer-
cial airlines flew there at time of research, so your only way to get here is by bus or car.
Caribe Tours has regular service to Barahona and San Juan de la Maguana, but after that
only
guaguas
(small buses) transit the rest of the region. Because of union agreements,
guaguas
plying the coastal highway do not stop at every town along the way, even though
they pass right through them. Be careful to get on the right bus, or else you'll be let off out-
side of town and you'll have to walk or catch another ride in.
CAR RENTAL
If you're thinking of renting a car, two thoughts: there are no rental car agencies of any kind in the
southwest, so rent your vehicle in Santo Domingo; and two, a 4WD is probably unnecessary. Save Ca-
chote, all of the southwest's main attractions are reachable in an economy rental.
