Punta Cana Discovery Package: Dune Buggy Adventure and Catamaran Cruise

Where to begin????? We were picked up at our hotel in an 'open air' bus. The wind and the rain were lashing in the sides as the driver did not bother to lower the flaps! I ended up with an earache!!!!! We arrived at the 'dune buggy' site and were guided to a filthy buggy with disgusting helmets. The steering was extremely sloppy and a bit scary as children came running from homes towards the buggies! And, brakes did not work well!!! There was garbage all along the sides of the roads!!!!! We had to drive through numerous ponds of deep muddy water which splashed over us. We had to throw out our shirts, sandals and our beach bag!!!! This was not the experience we read about!!!!!! I would NOT RECOMMEND this excursion to anyone!!!!

David was great tour guide. He provided excellent information. His insight to flora and fana was superior. In addition, he had a great sense of humor

The dune buggy experience was pretty awesome! We had some rain come through in the morning, and assaulting innocent civilians by blasting through puddles at 50km/hour was a pleasure that I would have paid hundreds more for. David, our tour guide, did a great job of getting our group to avoid large groups of tourists by always staying one step ahead of them. The wait for the bus back to the hotel was longer than expected, but if I had to do everything all over again, I most certainly would.

People were great!!! They made it an absolute great experience! Getting muddy and having an awesome time!

Buggys were fun but landscape not great just bumpy roads. Catamaran was good but if we knew it was a party boat we wouldn't have booked. Music was loud and lots of very inappropriate dancing. We are a young couple so wasnt too bad but not to everyone's taste and not really what we were after. We wanted more snorkeling really as natural pool has no fish just lots of boats with drink and music.

The dune buggy adventure was great fun! Make sure to drive thru the mud puddles and enjoy the fantastic swim at the beach half way thru the experience. Cave swim was also a highlight. The guides take care of you and ensure you have a good experience.

We really had a blast with our family. We actually missed our pickup in the morning from the resort, but our travel co-ordinator Charlene sent another shuttle for us and ensured we could complete both the activities on time as we had to travel back on the next day. NOTE : Please ensure to carry your own bendaña & sun glasses for the Dune Buggy rides, I felt they were charging little high for them ($5 for bendaña & $10 for glasses)

The buggies were okay, but we have done them in other countries where we have had a much better experience. They were easy to drive, but you don't see any pretty landscapes on your journey, it's just via a bumpy dirt road. The beach stop seemed unnecessary, it is a lovely beach but the stop was too short and we got hastled too much by vendors. The cave pool was our favourite - with the heat, a dip was just what we needed. As for the catamaran it started off very disorganised and we didn't know what was going on. We were taken to the beach and sat down for half an hour. Then the rest of our group went parasailing (we weren't made aware of this beforehand, so we're left sitting on the beach waiting). Fortunately the team could see we were getting fed up and let us on the boat early. From this onwards we did have an enjoyable trip and the team were great at cheering everyone up - Jacqueline especially made our day, topping up drinks without asking and chatting with us. We were in good spirits when we finished the excursion, it was just a shame about the way it started and it would have been nice to be on the boat sailing for longer.

Had a great time on both packages. Clear water and sunshine with great crew. Bugs were fun and great staff. Over all will do agin. It was 2 days worth of fun. Thanks to the staff and team of both tours you were amazing. Will come back again for sure.

Transportation to and from was sufficient. Check in was a bit chaotic but didn't take long. The actual trip was disappointing. The beach that the trip goes to is beautiful but there are people there trying to sell stuff so you couldn't enjoy just hanging out. I wouldn't recommend this trip