Puerto Plata’s crown jewel attraction offers a day of hiking through thick forest, crossing footbridges and passing numerous flora before eventually reaching a rocky hilltop where you’ll begin making your way down by jumping or sliding down a series of waterfalls!
Humpback whale watching season in Samaná Bay attracts visitors from around the world from mid-January through March, when the giant mammals come to mate and give birth in Dominican waters. You can actually swim and snorkel with these majestic creatures, but only in the Silver Bank Sanctuary–or Santuario de Mamíferos Marinos Banco de la Plata, located north of Puerto Plata’s coast–and only from three boats approved by the Dominican government.