- Thread starter Dolores
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It now takes 6 hours to get to Pedernales by road
In November of last year we drove from Santo Domingo to Bahia de las Aguilas which is where the new resorts are being built. It's a few clicks before Pedernales. It was a extraordinary journey with little car traffic but a ton of lorries driving back and forth bringing construction materials to the region. For us, it was impossible to drive the distance in 1 day so we stayed for 1 night south of Barahona at the Casa del Mar Lodge. (We were the ONLY guests which felt weird.) To drive straight from Santo Domingo to Pedernales it would mean driving at dusk/night on the worst roads of the trip.
Luckily, we have a on-demand 4WD Suzuki which came handy trying to find the glamping site on the beach.
Getting there, there were large sections of the road that were being restored and improved especially south of Barahona. But a ton of potholes in between.
The remote beaches over on that tip of the island are fantastic. Well worth the hassle -
Luckily, we have a on-demand 4WD Suzuki which came handy trying to find the glamping site on the beach.
Getting there, there were large sections of the road that were being restored and improved especially south of Barahona. But a ton of potholes in between.
The remote beaches over on that tip of the island are fantastic. Well worth the hassle -
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Every aditional Day with this Location being hardly Reachable is a good Day for the Environment of Pedernales and the whole area.
This is the very last spot in the DR that is not overruned yet by Tourists and "weekend warriors". I highly recomend to everybody to spend a few days there before this will change.
This is the very last spot in the DR that is not overruned yet by Tourists and "weekend warriors". I highly recomend to everybody to spend a few days there before this will change.
I would go, but it's too hard to get to now. 6 hours just from Santo Trafficjam?
And add that to the time to get there from Cabarete.
We went several years ago and made it a four day trip. We decided that there was no reason to rush and try to do it in one day. We made several stops along the way, and on the way back we cut back to Lago Enriquillo where we saw some rhino iguanas and pink flamingos.
It is a fun trip if you are not in a hurry. The windmills nearby are enormous, nearly 300 feet tall.
It is a fun trip if you are not in a hurry. The windmills nearby are enormous, nearly 300 feet tall.
Agree completely! I first drove to Bahia de las Aguilas/Pedernales right before Covid and have been back several times since due to the natural beauty. I wrote the post linked below a couple years ago when they first announced this development plan to bring in the tourist masses. I only pray the whole area doesn't end up as an over-developed shell of its former self walled-off from native Dominicans as PC seems to...
https://dr1.com/forums/threads/master-plan-for-pedernales.400718/post-5630053
To All.
If you haven't had a chance to drive the coast road in the South and to Bahia de las Aguilas, do it... while there's still time. There's absolutely nothing like it and one day, this may all change
If you haven't had a chance to drive the coast road in the South and to Bahia de las Aguilas, do it... while there's still time. There's absolutely nothing like it and one day, this may all change
No, only a small strip used by the mining company. They're building a new airport to service Pedernales outside Paraiso (which is a little unusual since that's still over an hour away). The only other major airport in the region that exists right now is the Maria Montez airport back in Barahona with very few, if any, scheduled commercial flights. Mostly small charters.
We might be one of the few humans on this board that actually was in Pedernales. I am assuming you got there. The place is an absolute dump...........And I am talking about Pedernales, not Bahia A................
I was in Pedernales, about a mile from the Haitian border. We stayed in a relatively new motel a couple of blocks from the beach across the street from a ballfield. I can't recall the name, but the proprietor was Italian and spoke Spanish and English. Very quiet area. We'd walk a few blocks to the main drag (rt 44) at night to eat and never felt in danger. Interesting places to visit within a short drive, but the town itself was pretty slow.