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Rock Art
Full Day Tour to 3 Dominican Cultures Afro, Hispanic and Taino
Full Day Tour to 3 Dominican Cultures Afro, Hispanic and Taino
Cemi, at the entrance to the Pomier caves
Remains of Christopher Columbus

Full Day Tour to 3 Dominican Cultures Afro, Hispanic and Taino

By Mixtour
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$137 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

An adventure of three cultures: Afro, Hispanic, Taino.
Get to know the Dominican Republic from a different approach,
the most important prehistoric protected area in the Antilles, place of rituals, magic. Feel the Taino tradition.

In the World Heritage Site of Boca de Nigua Sugar Mills, we tell you how cane was processed to turn it into sugar and other products. : A cry for freedom, a storey written with blood, sweat and reed, African magic and their longing to be free and remember the land from which they were torn.

The Columbus Lighthouse: The magnum opus of the celebrations of the 500th anniversary of the Discovery of America. An impressive work of architecture. The authentic tomb of the Genoese admiral who discovered a new world.

This is the best tour to get to know because the Dominican Republic is unique, three cultures, one town, one tour.

Book now and learn about the origin of a town…that was born from three.

Activity location

  • Cuevas del Pomier
    • San Cristobal, Caribbean

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Hotel Boutique Rialto
    • & Calle Mariano Cesteros
    • 10209, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Caribbean

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Full Day Tour to 3 Dominican Cultures Afro, Hispanic and Taino
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English
Starting time: 7:00 am
Price details
AU$136.90 x 1 AdultAU$136.90
Total
Price is AU$136.90
Until Sat, 30 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transport
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch

Know before you book

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Not recommended for children under 8 years old
  • Not recommended for people with disabilities

Activity itinerary

Cuevas del Pomier
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
From Independence Park we will go to the province of San Cristóbal, where we will take you on an adventure in the Las Cuevas del Pomier National Park, in the San Cristóbal province. For more than an hour you will immerse yourself in the most important cave system in the Antilles in terms of rock art. Our local guides will take you to know mythologies and legends corresponding to the different Taino deities, in addition to taking a trail in the tropical forest, At the end of this tour, the community members will have prepared some samples of their traditional Taino cuisine (chola, or casabe).
Ingenio Boca de Nigua
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
The second stop will be at the Boca de Nigua and Diego Caballero mills, declared a world heritage site for preserving the first colonial sugar mills in America, where you will see the ruins of these mills. Our local guides will give you information about the forced labour to which people from Africa were subjected, their actions of resistance and cultural elements that are preserved in Dominicans to this day. The Nigua community will prepare a delicious typical lunch for us, ensuring ingredients from the Afro-descendant population present in the province.
Columbus Lighthouse (Faro A Colon)
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
We will leave San Cristóbal and return to Santo Domingo. The third stop will be to visit the Columbus Lighthouse Museum, where the remains of Christopher Columbus are kept. There you will learn a little about those first contacts of Europeans with what they knew as the new world.
La Atarazana
  • 30m
The tour ends in the Plaza de la Hispanidad, in front of the Alcázar de Colon Museum, from there you can explore the unique Colonial City, the first in America, at your leisure.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESCuevas del Pomier
    • San Cristobal, Caribbean

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEHotel Boutique Rialto
    • & Calle Mariano Cesteros
    • 10209, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Caribbean

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