A new tour, The Route of the Goat (La Ruta del Chivo) is available on weekends to introduce Dominicans and foreigners alike to the dark side of Dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. Dictator Trujillo was covertly known as “el Chivo,” for the sexual prowess he himself boasted about. On Saturdays (mornings and afternoons) and Sundays (9am to noon), visitors will take the tour in cars from the 1950s and 60s. The guides accompany the tourists inside the vehicles. The weekend tour costs US$100 per person.
On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, the tour is in a mini-bus with a US$35 per person cost.
The tour starts at Avenida del Puerto with the route continuing to the Memorial Museum of Resistance at 236 Arzobispo Nouel Street in the Colonial City. After visiting the museum, tourists again board the vehicles and are taken to see the busts of Juan Tomas Diaz and Antonio de la Maza off Ave. Independencia; they pass the Presidential Palace, Plaza de la Cultura (passing the site of Trujillo’s home), down to the Ministry of Foreign Relations (formerly a Trujillo seafront hacienda), the 14 June Monument to the heroes of the resistance, and the Centro de los Heroes government center, where Trujillo celebrated his world fair, Feria de la Paz y Confraternidad del Mundo Libre. The last stop is at the site where a monument commemorates the spot where the dictator was assassinated on 30 May 1961.
For bookings, contact Edwin Aristy on 809 847-0543 or email earisty@raices.com.do