Saona Island Tour: Catamaran, Speedboat, and Buffet

Embark on a full-day adventure to Saona Island by sailboat. Experience the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean Sea, relax on white sand beaches, and enjoy an all-inclusive program with drinks and a Dominican buffet lunch.

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Playa Bayahibe - Port of embarkation, here we take the boat to leave Saona Island
  • Palmilla - Here we stop to bath in the natural swimming pool, and sand bank in the middle of the ocean.
  • Saona Island - Saona Island, a paradise in the center of the Caribbean, its blue waters and its majestic beauty will confirm you because it is the most popular excursion of the destination
What's Included
  • Lunch and Alcoholic Beverages
  • 2.5 hours on Saona Island
  • Buffet lunch covering BBQ, salad, and traditional Dominican lunch
  • Round trip transfers: hotel pickup and drop-off
  • All fees and taxes
Additional Information

Get to know the famous Saona Island, located in the eastern of the Island and bathed by the waters of the Caribbean Sea, Saona has become the most popular excursion of this destination, in a combination of catamaran and speedboat we will take you along beautiful coasts surrounded by coconut trees, Lush white sand beaches and warm turquoise waters, plus…

Location
Playa Bayahibe
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Salim_s
Jan 10, 2025
Saona Island is paradise. - Great experience, it was fun. Great beaches, excellent hosts. Great music and vibes. Lunch was delicious. Beaches were crystal blue and white sand would definitely do this experience again.
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Juansamuelb2024
Dec 19, 2024
Saône Island a Wonder! - A tropical beauty, I recommend this island 100% for future holiday travelers to the Dominican Republic and for those who are already here.
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Nicku_j
Aug 26, 2024
Magical journey - Great vibe to the island, good music and people, driver was on time, the tour operator answered promptly
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Stw
Aug 6, 2023
Fun/Energetic/well worthy.. Monies worth!! - STWTravels was able to take 2 first-time travelers to the excursion, and it was nothing but enjoyment for them and myself. Will be coming back!
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Muhammad_p
Aug 3, 2023
Joy on boat. - Boat entertainment was fantastic. Both stop if boat was great too. This is great experience for everybody who like sea journey.
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Maico_p
Jan 14, 2024
Overall Satisfied - I think is a good overall value for the costs. Communication was good, specially on the day of tour. We opted to just meet up directly with our guides, rather then be picked up. The journey to and from the island, does take a good amount of time. I would say around 4hrs, including boarding and de boarding. Did not have any problems with tour operators. Food and drinks at the island were okay. Not frills there. But again, taking into consideration cost. Is a good trade off.
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Stephanie_d
Aug 28, 2023
Family with kids - Pick ups take 3 hours Half hour waiting for the boat On the catamaran for an hour 20min at blue lagoon Back on the catamaran for 30min At Saona beach for an hour Food is good 3 hour transport back Little disorganised and very loud music on boat but we had a good time
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Tania_s
Oct 16, 2024
Disappointing - Our tour guide was great and he also doubled as our photographer and took some amazing pictures. However, once on the catamaran, the mood was strange. There was something happening between them and two of them were quite upset and crying. We still left a good tip at the end of the boat ride when we arrived at the island, because they did serve us lots of drinks and some of the crew were really trying their best to make our trip fun. Then once we got to the island, my husband and I opted to do shoulder massages and the massage lady afterwards offered me water and not thinking about it I took a sip, to realize it was tap water she had given me. By the next day I was sick. Then at the end of our time on the island, my husband was bullied by one of the very large boat crew members to give him whatever money he had in his wallet. And then I was approached as we were boarding a different boat for our return, a speed boat this time, by one of the older ladies from the catamaran, she pushed into me and told me that now was a good time to give her money. I let her know that we’d already left a generous tip on the catamaran and that my husband also gave the big guy the rest of our money, so at this point I had nothing left to give. I actually felt so pressured that I even started looking at things and calculating what I could give her instead. Our speed boat back was good and we felt safe. However we were all thirsty but the tour had run out of water in the first hour of the tour, so there was none all day. The island was okish, nothing spectacular, the Bavaro beach is nicer. The lunch was ok, nothing special. Overall, I would not recommend this tour.
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Ashley_r
Dec 31, 2023
Beautiful island, awful service - We had a reservation with a tour company through your company. We were told to be at the lobby for 7am, which we were. Your tour arrived 45 minutes late with no apologies. There was no communication ahead of time so I reached out the night before over WhatsApp which the tour company corresponds through, no response back. Also, we noticed that the customers who reserved through the hotel got a better deal ($100 less then we paid) and better service. Once we were on the island it was beautiful, however much to short. On our way back to the hotel we were the only ones who were not driven to the lobby, we were literally stopped on the main road and told to get off on the main road, in the dark.
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Veronica_a
Aug 16, 2023
irresponsible with passengers ! - We booked this excursion on August 10th. We were excited to visit the island. They told us they would pick us up at 08:00 and they arrived at 08:30, then we crossed from Bahiabe by speedboat. We stopped to swim before reaching Saona Island where we had lunch and swam On the shore there were several boats from different companies. After giving orders, the guide called people to leave. We left immediately. We were waiting for the shore of the beach. The guide never looked for us and they left without us! We had to return with another company that had another name We notified the operator that we had contracted and he said he would call the guide no one apologized to us Because of the scare we went through, not very professional. Viatour already knew that he agreed with us and will reimburse us 50%
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