Ultra Luxury Dominican Republic Holidays

Punta Cana is the biggest draw when it comes to beaches for the region’s impeccable sandy strips, heaps of water sports activities, spirited night-time entertainment, and exciting resort hotels, but there are many lesser-known beaches to discover if you want to escape the masses.

Many of the country’s 200 or more beaches are undeveloped and afford a tranquil experience for total relaxation. The northern coast offers plenty of options to park up for the day by the ocean at Playa Cabarete—a great windsurfing spot—Playa Grande, or Playa Punta Rucia.

Playa Rincón on the Samaná Peninsula is a picture-perfect spot with pure-white sand and glittering blue-green water, and with plenty of beachfront eateries and bars, it’s the perfect spot to spend the whole day.

With more than twenty-six golf courses, the Dominican Republic is one of the world’s premier golfing destinations. Casa de Campo Resort’s ‘Teeth of the Dog’ course in La Romana is considered one of the best in the country and well worth the trip. This exhilarating course is a hit with seasoned pros and features ocean-hugging holes, beautiful Caribbean winds, and promises a challenging game for all.

There is a wide variety of recreational parks here, each designed to merge effortlessly with the surrounding nature. Most can be found in Punta Cana and offer world-class activities to try your hands at. Scape Park allows for cave exploration, ziplining, and swimming in cenotes, while at Bávaro Adventure Park you can do bungee jumping, paintballing, and Segway tours.

Ocean World Adventure Park in Puerto Plata is a brilliant spot for families with kids, allowing for opportunities to get close to dolphins, nurse sharks, and sealions, snorkel in an artificial coral reef aquarium, and zoom off a giant slide into the lagoon.

If your adventuring kids are big animal lovers too, be sure to visit Monkey Jungle near Cabarete. With something for the whole family, this 280-acre attraction is home to loads of squirrel capuchin monkeys—also serving as a rescue centre for these cheeky inhabitants—and has a huge zipline, pretty botanical garden, and an old Taino cave to go on a thrilling descent 60 feet below ground.

Puerto Plata is well worth a visit for its diverse landscape and stunning location on the Atlantic Coast, providing perfect conditions for an array of water sports. You can also get your culture fix here and visit the intriguing Amber Museum to gaze upon the oldest, clearest amber fossils in the world—it’s not a bad time to purchase some gorgeous jewellery either!

Baseball is one of the Dominican Republic’s greatest passions and the country has produced several world-class Major League players. If you can catch a game during your stay, you’re in for a treat. The season runs between mid- October to late January so there’s ample opportunity to witness one of the country’s six exciting teams in action!