Cayo Levantado, Samana - Dominican Republic

Colonial Tour and Travel Cayo Levantado, is a small island, a beautiful and small portion of land located on Samana Bay, on the northeast coast of the Dominican Republic in the Samana Peninsula. It has a humid forest vegetation, paradisiac beaches, white sands and crystalline waters, nestled in a beautiful landscape.

Cayo Levantado is a place where humpback whales are spotted during the seasons from January to March. In Cayo Levantado, the visitor and the lush vegetation with its beautiful beaches are disputed the reign. Lovers of nature and stunning beauty came looking for a paradise and found it in Cayo Levantado. The whole island is a small gem, located just outside the Samana peninsula and is a perfect place to escape for a day. White sand and salt, turquoise waters like crystal, ideal for snorkeling or for swimming. The island counts on several species of birds like Spanish parrots and owls..

This island is also called Bacardi Island because some of the palms there appear those of Bacardi rum advertising. A beautiful island with hundreds of tourists visiting every day. You can walk on foot through the whole island in only 15 minutes. Now

In short, Cayo Levantado is a place of only 1 kilometer of extension but that has everything that a person can wish for a great vacation, from swimming to snorkeling, if you are going to visit that place so beautiful I recommend that you take your camera And some dollars.

Our tours Including Visit to the Cayo Levantado Island

Colonial Tour and Travel offers several types of excursions that are combined with the visit to Cayo Levantado:

1 - One of them is the visit to the Sanctuary of Humpback Whales, that during the months of December to March of each year these wonderful and colossal cetaceans gather in a beautiful mating ritual, birth of their young and dispute by the females in The Bay of Samana, we approach to a certain distance in safe boats and accompanied by expert guides to observe, to photograph and to film their jumps and games. The delicious buffet lunch on this tour is served on the island of Cayo Levantado, where we will also have time to swim and snorkel on its spectacular beaches. The excursion to the Humpback Whales, also called Yubartas, is wonderful and unforgettable and highly recommended by Colonial Tour and Travel.

2 - Another excursion in which we include the visit to Cayo Levantado is the tour to the Los Haitises National Park, a protected and wonderful reserve framed in the Bay of Samana, with splendorous landscapes that houses many caves with pictographic samples and petroglyphs stamped by the first Inhabitants of the Caribbean, and mountain clumps or mogotes. The fauna of Los Haitises is of a great variety and the one of greater national representativeness of all the protected natural areas in Dominican Republic, due to the diversity of its environments. The lunch on this excursion is in Cayo Levantado and can be done in all periods of the year, it is an ecological tour of great cultural and educational value in comfortable boats, it is recommended for nature lovers and adventurers who wish to know landscapes Impressive as the Los Haitises.

3 - Also, Colonial Tour and Travel counts on the visit to the Cayo Levantado Island without combining it with another attraction, starting from the port of Samana or from Miches in the Bay Samana. It is a beautiful excursion, including accompaniment of a professional guide in any language, land transfers, boat transfers, rest, bath and lunch on one of the beaches of Cayo Levantado, where towels and beach chairs are included. This excursion also in the seasons from January to March is combined to visit the Humpback Whales of the Bay of Samana.

Within this beautiful island is the Hotel Gran Bahia Principe Cayo Levantado, a magnificent 5 star hotel with all the luxury and splendor that has been considered one of the best 10 All Inclusive Hotels in the world. You can also book with Colonial Tour and Travel..