Punta Cana

Photographer: Rachid Oucharia

Located in Cabo Engaño, the easternmost area of the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana has become one of the most sought-after tourist areas due to its wide range of hotel resorts with ”all-inclusive” service. Despite what it may seem, the construction of these complexes was done in a way that, in general, they were integrated into nature, increasing the feeling of being in open spaces and enriching the experience of tropical environment.

The beach is a good example of a wonderful tropical coastline with white sands and crystalclear blue waters, lined with numerous palm trees. In these waters, you can practice all kinds of water sports, such as snorkeling and diving, being able to explore the largest coral reef on the entire island, about 30 km long. In addition, you can take a glass-bottom boat circuit where you can observe the reef.

Other very interesting activities that can be done in the area can be playing golf or horseback riding through the area of the Punta Cana ecological park. Be sure to hire an excursion through the park where you can see iguanas and many different types of birds. in the eleven lagoons that make up the route, called ”eyes”.

Another attraction in the area is the Fun-Fun cave, which has excursions that include a horseback ride, a walk through the lush tropical forest, a 20-meter canyon descent, and a 2-kilometer walk through one of the of major caves throughout the Caribbean. The excursion also includes a refreshing swim in the underground river.

Dominican tourism continues to strengthen its recovery process and reaches record figures with the arrival of almost three million visitors in the first five months of 2022, 621,953 tourists arrived in August 2022, making it the best month of August in the history of tourism.

Photographer: Sergei Remarenko