Saona Island Tour with Abanico Beach and Lunch

No one came to pick us up

Tour guide was rude, pointing and not interacting other than on the coach. Catamaran was amazing, such a good atmosphere from the staff. Food was nice at the beach but the bar was soon empty just flies. The trip is about selling you unreasonably overpriced rubbish, like digital photos for $150 which are taken on your phone throughout the day. For maybe $50-70 it could be considered and stay away from the $20 bottles tried to be sold at the end, we couldn’t leave until they fixed their mess

If travelling from Ocean El Faro you are a 2+ hour journey either side of stepping onto the boat. Tour guide transferred us to a larger group within 30 mins of pick up. The whole day was not relaxing, staff were not friendly and you are harassed on the ‘private’ beach when on the island. I would really not recommend paying over £100 for this excursion.

Felt abit nervous to go in this trip as I’d seen some negative reviews especially as we were the only English speaking and had seen priority is usually given to Spanish speakers however it was perfect and our guide (illyas) was amazing we don’t feel like we missed anything at all and he went out of his way for us. Great value for money, it was a long day but it went very fast and nothing was dragged out we felt like it was the perfect amount of time at each place. Great staff on the boats also.

As we were staying in Bayahibe, we avoided the long transfer from Punta Cana which made the experience even better than last time. A taxi picked us up after breakfast and was waiting at the harbour on return. The trip is excellent, the island is pristine and exactly what it looks like in the photos. Going on a speedboat one way and a catamaran the other is great, the stop off at the natural swimming pool is great and there is no shortage of rum and coke all day long. Just book it, you’ll love it

Fantastic day all round. Guide was amazing. Didn’t really enjoy the stop at the shop. Music on catamaran was good but very loud. But we had the best day lived the island wish we could have had longer there.