Saona Island

My trip to Saona Island in January of 2007 with Seavis dive shop in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic

... ! ahhh...they are amazing. I stayed just for one week but it is enough time for be part of the Dominican spirit. I went to Saona Island and I met a lot of friends, local and internation...we enjoyed so much that I will definately return in my next trip in ...

... we boarded a series of boats to get to a catamaran that then carted us an hour and a half up the coast to the island of Saona. The beach was pretty impressive, not a great deal of seaweed that the resort beach had but other than that, there was nothing ...

I woke up and went to the Italian breakfast buffet I was not even hungry, but we had to be prepared for our "Saona Island" excursion at 09:45. The logistics here seems to be a little crazy we had to take a speedboat to Bayahibe (again) where we got on a ...

... I drive to Bayahibe, which will be my last night in DR, as soon as i get to the beach i see a boat about to leave for Saona island. I can get on that boat, but i must hurry... In the hurry i forget to bring along my swimwear - How cruel life can be!! ...

... . It was a great idea to repeat in this stay a trip we had done already in the first: Altos de Chavon, Bayahibe and Saona Island. Unfortunately we can no longer go down the Chavon River on speedboats, due to the dam that interrupted its course, but we ...

... top it off, there were also cave paintings from the indigenous Taino people. Very cool! Another day was spent on an excursion to Saona Island, part of the national park close to Bayahibe. Casey did two amazing dives on the coral reef while I snorkeled and ...

Lovely resort. Nice room. The best part was the Oceanview from my balcony. We did an excursion to Saona Island.There were starfish in the water at a shallow area where we stopped.  The ride in was on ...

... this restaurant was not so much the food but the overview of the mass tourism (boats filled with resorts guests?) coming back from Saona island? The strange thing was that we seemed to be one of the few local tourists here? The others seemed to be herded ...

... stepped along the beach johnny cakes were being sold and happily consumed. From Boca Chica (via another short anchor stop on the island of Saona) we set out for the crossing of the Mona Passage; the notorious sea between DR and Puerto  Rico which is ...

... DR has the some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. We stayed in this little fishing town and the next day went to and island by boat. We listened to Bob Marley and danced bachata. SO good. There were free cubra libres and lunch too! We went to ...