South Coast Program
ITINERARY (Tentative)
Day 1: Santo Domingo- Colonial Zone and Eco-Tourism JFK Airport check- in, flight takeoff, arrive in Las Americas airport, transfer to Hodelpa Novus Plaza for hotel check-in, lunch and tour in the Colonial Zone, Los Tres Ojos, dinner.
Lodging: Hodelpa Novus Plaza, Santo Domingo
Day 2: Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Breakfast, hotelcheck-out, Biosphere tour includes boat ride w/ crocodile watching, petroglyphs at Las Caritas historical and cultural heritage site, Visit Lake Enriquillo which has been flooding due to climate change. Hotel El Quemaito check in, dinner.
Lodging: Hotel El Quemaito, Barahona
Day 3: Boca de Cachón Exchange with Boca de Cachon displaced community due to climate change, travel to the border of Haiti, return to Barahona, dinner.
Lodging: Hotel El Quemaito, Barahona
Day 4: Barahona- Los Cocos Wind Farmand San Rafael Eco-Surf School Breakfast, trip to Los Cocos Wind Farm tour, Educational exchange with San Rafael Surf School including mountain tour, agro-forestry project, and lunch. Optionalsurf lesson or larimar stone demonstration, dinner.
Lodging: Hotel El Quemaito, Barahona Offbeat Travel
Day 5: Santo Domingo- Green Depot Travel to Santo Domingo, hotel check-in at Hodelpa Novus Plaza, educational exchange with Green Depot and lunch including chat on how palm tree yagua is recycled and repurposed into household items, student recycling activity.
Lodging: Hodelpa Novus Plaza, Santo Domingo
Day 6: Santo Domingo- Recycling and Renewable Energy Head off to Monte Plata Solar for a tour and chat, then beach time in Juan Dolio.
Lodging: Hodelpa Novus Plaza, Santo Domingo
Day 7: Santo Domingo- ASOFER and El Conuco Educational workshop with ASOFER to learn about renewable energy production in the DR. Special Dinner at El Conuco.
Lodging: Hodelpa Novus Plaza, Santo Domingo
Day 8: ¡Buen Viaje! The team will escort your group to the airport in private transport. We hope you enjoyed your stay in the Dominican Republic!
Itinerary Includes:
- Local guide on call throughout.
- All meals - All transportation
- Each night of accommodation
- All activities as detailed in your itinerary