Country Adventure Safari
- Location:Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- Duration:9 hours (approx.)
- TOUR Code:2476PUJ_3
10 reviews of Country Adventure Safari
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A great experience and exposure to the country, as well as a friendly tour guide and good food!
We had a great time the trip was very interesting and educating it opens your eyes to alot of things. Our guide and driver were very friendly and alot of fun.
A worthwhile tour.
The country Adventure Safari was a very interesting experience. We got to see part of the Dominican Republic that one normally does ot see while at a beautiful All-inclusive resort. I am not sure that what we actually saw was typical Dominican Republic life, but it was interesting none-the-less. I think it would be nice if the tour guide had a microphone and speaker so everyone in the truck could hear the narration. with today's technology, that would not be too hard to accomplish. The tour got long toward the end and almost everyone was happy to get back to the hotel. In any case, it was worthwhile and fun. Try it.
Other than we were booked for a Tuesday and didn't take the trip until Thursday, the experience was very worthwhile. We only found out about the change when we called to confirm our pickup time. The guide and driver were excellent. The information was very interesting and well presented. I would recommend this trip.
It was nice to be able to book this before we left for the trip instead of having to settle for what the hotel offered.
The tour was awesome. It made the trip for us. Just make sure you have all the info with you, and have your hotel call to confirm a few days before. Our resort hadn't used Viator much, and at first the tour operator didn't accept our voucher. Luckily, the hotel staff called and worked it out, but we missed our tour and had to go the following day, which was OK because we had booked the trip several days before we had to leave, so we had some leeway. Otherwise, this was our favorite excursion by far!
We had a good guide and a nice trip.
This was a decent trip but not a five star adventure. We started the trip with a stop at a souvenir stand, followed by a trip to a small village where we were encouraged to buy gifts for the school children. After we toured the school and heard the tale of the desperate poverty of the teacher (he makes about 3x what my GF makes in Russia as a teacher) we toured a marijuana/cocoa farm and heard the same tale of poverty as I watched a $20 bill change hands between the truck driver and the farmer (I saw that 4 times for each truck - $80 in one hour is not poverty). The authentic lunch was beans and rice with some overcooked chicken.
There was "horse back riding" but the horse was too tired to do anything but plod along and I felt sorry for them as I could see that they needed medical attention...
The high point was visiting the beach - it is nicer than the one I was paying to visit at the resort. White sand that felt like silk under my feet, almost no seaweed, and crystal blue water.
Johnny BeGood and Miguel were great. If I did another tour I would ask for them. Maybe they do ziplining? ;)
The tour was a good way to get out of the resort and see the countryside, but it felt very contrived. We pulled up to a school where the children sang to us on cue, and as we were leaving an even bigger bus pulled up for the children to sing to. The tour guide kept saying "they are very poor but happy" about everything we saw. He couldn't answer questions in much depth. I'm not sure anyone even lived in the "house" we saw, and the horseback ride lasted about 10 minutes. The lunch was good. We ended at a beach that was pretty rough, the other tours had boogie boards and lifeguards. Also, we were told the tour had been "rescheduled" when we called to confirm, which seemed to happen to everyone that has posted their review. I think they book you for any day and then switch it when you are there. I think this tour would be better if it were a bit shorter and less contrived, but it is better than never leaving the resort.
