#1- Jurassy Tours Buggy Ride. 3hr. tour through sugar cane fields with 2 stops- one near La Coobacha for drinks and a second stop at Bergantine beach. 2 solid hours of driving "Odessy" type 4 wheelers. Took this tour on a rainey day- boys (13 and 16) had a ball splashing each other as they roared through huge mud puddles on the dirt roads of the fields. Drove through downtown Monte Llano on our way to Bergantine. Cost in brochure was $70- with a group of 4 got it for $55. Jurassy Tours is located on the second floor of the Playa Dorado Plaza. WEAR OLD CLOTHES!! We had mud everywhere and threw ours out after the tour. Lots of fun if you don't mind getting REALLY dirty!!!
#2- Nuestra Escuela surf school- on Encuentro Beach just before cabarete. Good English speaking instructors. Took plenty of time training our first time surf boarders. 2hrs. of training/supervised surfing with a guarentee of "standing up". Jacob (13) was up on the first wave, Carl (16) on his 3rd. After the 2hrs were up the instructor (Frank) said the boys could keep going on their own for the rest of the day no extra charge, and if they wanted to come back the next day could surf for free. Cost was $40US each which for 2 days seems like a good value to me. When you get to the "T" at the beach hang a left, stop when you get to the beach bar, school is on the right. Would definately do these tours again.
#2- Nuestra Escuela surf school- on Encuentro Beach just before cabarete. Good English speaking instructors. Took plenty of time training our first time surf boarders. 2hrs. of training/supervised surfing with a guarentee of "standing up". Jacob (13) was up on the first wave, Carl (16) on his 3rd. After the 2hrs were up the instructor (Frank) said the boys could keep going on their own for the rest of the day no extra charge, and if they wanted to come back the next day could surf for free. Cost was $40US each which for 2 days seems like a good value to me. When you get to the "T" at the beach hang a left, stop when you get to the beach bar, school is on the right. Would definately do these tours again.