Saona revisited - Had a disappointing trip in 2023 as trip was badly run but decided to try again and this time booked with our TUI rep Denis. Totally different experience. Travelled out on a speedboat with a stop at the natural swimming pool- saw some very large starfish. Then on to Saona- different beach from last year, more private and secluded, a lovely lunch in a covered hut- even had table cloths on the tables. Wine/ beer/ rum if wanted. Then a lovely relax on the beautiful beach and swimming in the perfect blue caribbean. A totally different experience from last year and my faith has bee restored in Saona. My advice- book with the tour rep.

Saona Island - Our tour guide Alex, photographer Pepsi, and our driver Juan were first class and made the trip fun. It is a long day so be prepared, but you will have fun if you love the water.

Wonderful adventure! - Fantastic excursion!!! Our guide, Benjamin was amazing! He was very knowledgeable, funny and kind. (Our driver, not so much). Our first time on a speed boat...what a trip!!! So fun. Open bar and food on the island were great. Catamaran ride back was smooth sailing. Lots of dancing, drinking and laughs. We will repeat this excursion!!!!

Pretty beach - It’s was awesome excursion! We all loved it. It’s defentily an all day excursion. The beaches are beautiful. Eduardo did an awesome job in providing information about the culture of DR. Highly recommend it.

Great day trip, ran smoothly, beautiful day! - 10/10! Great company, reliable communication, great day on the ocean and on the island. Highly recommend!

Better stay at your hotel - Very regular. If you are in a nice hotel with beach. Stay there. The journey is very far. The “open bar” is just rum with Coke and a rum that is lousy. The food on site is really bad. The attention is regular to mediocre. The beach and the island is beautiful. But the mind is not worth the lay trip.

beautiful sand bar location - Our guide, Alex, was great. We stopped at a beautiful sand bar location which was the best part of the trip in my opinion. The first half of the day is on speed boats, not catamaran. The speedboat captain was pushy about tips. Literally standing at each row of chairs waiting for you to give him something so he can move to the next row. Alex told us they aren't allowed to ask for tips in the morning, but the captain on the boat Alex wasn't on was pushy. The location on Saona Beach was disappointing. This was my 3rd trip to Saona island, and this specific location wasn't great. The beach was beautiful but there was trash in the sand, and the solicitors on this beach were over the top. Made it hard to actually enjoy the beach. The pineapple pina colada ladies were screeching into a crackling microphone about their pineapples for sale every 10 mins or so. That combined with the very loud pushy solicitors really ruined the relaxing beach lounging we were hoping to do. The trip did not last 8 hours as expected. We were picked up at 7 am and dropped off around 6:15 pm...the drop off seemed very disorganized...I'm glad we went but not something I would do again.

The experience was a very... - The experience was a very long day with little preparation for the days activities. The main guide did a great job with communication but the others did not. They would not inform any one with what was going on. We would stop for 20 minutes several times on the side of the road going to and from the boat launch site without any explanation leaving everyone in the shuttle cautious. The island and catamaran was a great experience, we just wished for more snack and drink options.

Very nice vibes with the drinks and dancing lady who kept us entertained. Men boat workers were very inappropriate. - The lady of the boat was amazing she danced with us and brought our rum, she made it very good for us all. The only big downside of it was that the speedboat/boat captain kept being creepy towards the woman. Since I am a native Spanish speaker, they kept making sexualized comments about the women on the boat. One of them even sat next to me and tried talking to me and I was very uncomfortable because he would not stop staring at me despite sitting next to me… it wasn’t until I told him in Spanish to leave me alone that he left but kept making comments with the other male boat people in charge as well as making comments about the woman who is their coworker which was very inappropriate…… my 11 year old nephew heard everything too and there was kids in the boat. Have some decorum.

Great island, but this tour is terrible and way too long. - The island itself is fantastic, but this cruise is way too long and not worth it. Keep in mind, I stayed in Cap Cana and used the company BRX for the booking (your experience may vary depending on what company you book through). This tour is WAY TOO LONG. We got picked up at the hotel (in Cap Cana) at 7am, we didn't return until 8:30pm. Everyone on the tour was pretty much sick of it and ready to go back early. Our crew was terrible, very rude. They provided almost no food on the boat and very little drink. The lunch is okay, but definitely not good. The island is beautiful, the natural pool visit was a waste of time and so was the first island we visited. We got picked up in Cap Cana, then transported to Punta Cana. We then had to transfer from a small bus to a large bus that took us to the marina. The bus was very crowded as 5 or 6 different small buses drop people off for this transfer. I don't know why they leave from Punta Cana, it's way too long of a boat ride from there. They do a similar bus transfer when you leave, but from a different location. Overall, this tour was terrible and I regretted booking it. Our BRX rep said they've cancelled any remaining tours, but who knows. Run away from this one, you go tot he DR to sit at a beach and eat and drink at a resort, not sit in a boat (it's about 2.5 hour ride from Punta Cana to the island). This was a horrible excursion, waste of precious time in the DR.