Noorina S.

Review of Caribbean Nexus Tours

Booked these tours through Sunwing and they were e...

Booked these tours through Sunwing and they were excellent. Timing and organization was perfect. We were picked up at our hotel and brought to a middle meeting point where we boarded a comfortable coach bus with AC and USB ports (on select buses).

Saona island: tour started at 7am and ended around 5pm. Absolutely recommend this tour. You will be on a catamaran and speed boat. There is no indication which you ll do first but it doesn t really matter. Doesn t affect your experience. If you get there faster in the morning, you have a slower comfortable trip back where you can drink and dance. Saona island is breathtaking and you make a quick stop to a lagoon where they have starfish. 12 years ago you could pick up the starfish and take pictures with them but they are now protected (rightfully so) because tourists were killing them so they re harder to spot. Still a lovely stop for snorkeling. Make sure to bring biodegradable sunscreen, hat, bathing suit, money, towel, change of clothes and snorkeling gear.

Santo Domingo: thanks to a new highway it takes 3 hrs to get to the capital in comparison to 10 hrs (12 years ago). This tour is so well planned. You start at a park where you explore los tres ojos (3 caves) which care STUNNING. This alone makes the tour worth it. Then you explore Santo Domingo. There is some walking and stairs so you ll get your daily steps in but it wasn t exhausting. You explore Diego Garcias home and some spots in Santo Domingo. Lunch was delicious and the venue where we ate was clean and beautiful. We had servers and a specialty fruit punch (no alcohol). Then there s a train tour of the city with a recorded audio that highlights and explains different sites. End of the tour gives you time to go shopping for souvenirs. Don t do all your shopping at the first store cause you get to walk the streets.

Highly recommend these tours!!!