Have a number of friends staying at the riu merengue and are looking at doing 27 waterfalls. Price resort gave was 100 Us/person. Anybody have a better and cheaper way? thanks tom
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best and cheapest way to do 27 waterfalls
where are you located? do you have a car? would you need public transport to get to the place?
damajagua is just a short drive from POP, past imbert, past turn towards luperon. once you get to damajagua national park it's very cheap.
http://www.27charcos.com/index.php
do not go after heavy rainfall, the water will be deep, dark and freezing cold. the park has cheap water shoes, helmets and lifejackets available. bring your own goggles if you use contact lenses.
damajagua is just a short drive from POP, past imbert, past turn towards luperon. once you get to damajagua national park it's very cheap.
http://www.27charcos.com/index.php
do not go after heavy rainfall, the water will be deep, dark and freezing cold. the park has cheap water shoes, helmets and lifejackets available. bring your own goggles if you use contact lenses.
And the bus ride about a dollar per person each way. Although if you have a sizable group to share, a taxi would work too.
I agree, the guides will try to convince you to do the short one (12 falls), because then they can do more trips per day and collect more tips.
I would definitely go with a professional guide, at least the first time. Try IguanaMama in Cabarete. They do a really good job with all their tours and I believe they are quite a bit less than $100 p/p. I know they do trips from the cruiseport in Maimon, so I'm sure they would pick a group up from Riu.
He says he is starting at Riu Merenge. From there I would estimate it at 18 miles.