Las Terrenas - Culture

Las Terrenas is situated in the Samana peninsular, which lies on the north-east coast of the Dominican Republic, part of the rugged island that Columbus named Hispaniola or ‘Little Spain’, a pedigree still palpable today in its lively mixture of Caribbean and Latin cultures. The Samana Peninsula is arguably the island’s most beautiful corners, with colourful little clapboard houses dotted among the coconut palms and pine trees that festoon the lower mountain slopes, splendid beaches in the Las Terrenas area, the 160 ft Rio Limon waterfall in the hills - and the coastal mangrove swamps of the Los Haitises National Park.

From Las Terrenas it is possible to observe yearly from November to March, the spectacle of the humpbacked whales which leave the artic regions, fleeing the cold, to come and give birth on the Silver Banks. On the bottom of its deep waters rest the remains of the galleons and Spanish vessels which were sunk close to its 60 kilometres of white sand beaches and coconut trees its seaports and international airport.

Transports: You can rent car, motorbike and use the "motoconchos"(moto-taxi), very popular in Dominican Republic.

Restaurants: You will find many different international foods: French, Italian, German and of course Dominican and also many plates like lobsters, fishes, shrimps.

Shopping and gifts: This is the country of the ambar but also well known for cigars.