Monkey Home Tour and Damajagua waterfalls in Puerto Plata.
Description
This Monkey Home and Damajagua waterfalls tour offers pick up at all Puerto Plata hotels, as well as both Taino Bay and Amber Cove cruise ports. A tour to keep an eye out for wildlife such as squirrel monkeys as you go. Then stop and, under the supervision of the staff, place a plate of fruit for the monkeys to approach you. After your visit to Monkey Home, we will then go all the way to Damajagua Waterfalls, where you will be able to take the tour in 7 different pools, jumping and sliding. Throughout the tour, see for yourself how a local lives in the area without electricity or running water. Also learn about the history and cultural traditions of this Caribbean island.
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The Damajagua Waterfalls, also known as the 27 Waterfalls of Damajagua, are a series of natural waterfalls and pools located in the northern part of the Dominican Republic, near Puerto Plata. Visitors can hike through the jungle, jump, slide, and swim through these cascading falls, making it a popular spot for adventure tourism and eco-tourism. The name “Damajagua” refers to the river that feeds the waterfalls.
You’ll visit Monkey Home where you can feed monkeys fruit. Enjoy a smooth ride over to Moneky Home and enjoy a ride with special drivers that can speak English. Keep an eye out for wildlife, such as squirrel monkeys, as you go. Then, stop and with the supervision of staff, put out a plate of fruit to get the monkeys to come to you.
This is for the time that we will be on the two ways of the trip.
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Pickup Locations & Times
Sinces the reservation we start the contact with you guys and we according a pick up and we settled in for the ships arrival to pick it up, its doesnt matter where you gonna be in the zone, also we provide pick up inside Amber Cove, inside of Taino Bay and inside of all the hotels, villa and Arbnb in Puerto Plata.
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Important Information
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(153)
We had an incredible time! Communication was excellent from the start. Aribel was on time to meet us and kept the day running smoothly. Directions to get to the meeting point were clear. Aribel was extremely helpful with everything from storing our bags away to helping us get water shoes and everything else. Travelers should know this activity is a little strenuous. 45 min uphill with a bunch of steps so if that’s an issue you might find this a little difficult. Also, we planned this last minute so we didn’t have water shoes and just rented some. Make sure you bring water shoes with a sturdy bottom. You are going to be walking on rocks uphill and downhill. It felt like I was walking on rocks with bare feet for a big part of the downhill hike but this was completely on me since I did not really research before I went. Even with that though we had an incredible experience. If you like adventure you will really enjoy this. Something else to note is you can bring your phone for photos if you have a waterproof case but I would recommend hiring the photographers they have available to follow you. Our photographer was Jadel and he was very nice and captured a ton of photos that we now have as great memories. We also loved the monkeys. They were adorable and I wished I could take one home with me. Not sure if they were kidding but they had two monkeys separate from the others and they told us they were training them to play basketball and go on a zip line so maybe when you visit you will be able to see the monkeys perform.
Great excursion. Our guide, Francis was very nice, knowledgeable, and made the experience wonderful. Would definitely recommend!
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This was by far my favourite excursion on my trip!! We had a lovely taxi driver named Jairo, he picked us up early in the morning, which gave me and my friend the chance to be the only and very first people to go up into the waterfalls as soon as they opened. Our guide Galvin was friendly and great at taking our pictures and videos, so so appreciative of him!! Visiting and sliding down these waterfalls is a must if you are visiting Puerto Plata it was so much fun, we really enjoyed ourselves. Make sure to have watershoes with you, or shoes you dont mind getting wet. Then Jairo took us to monkeyland where we were once again the only two people there which was working in our favour, I had such a sweet time with these monkeys, they were so playful and friendly i wish i could have taken one home. we also had the lovely chance of entering their butterfly conservatory. Jairo then dropped us off back at the hotel. Overall my absolute favourite excursion. This excursion is a must, you will have a blast!!!
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Great experience with Aribel and Yeury Puerto Plata Travel. DR! Pickup was a breeze in a private Toyota van with AC. Aribel was very entertaining, a great driver, and kept us on schedule. The squirrel monkey experience was super fun. The waterfalls/pools was the best. We wish we could have stayed there all day! Aribel kept out belongings safe and waited at every stop for us. Highly recommend, especially for large families (we had 15).
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All the tour guides were extremely funny and made the experience a lot better. the monkeys were super worth it and the waterfalls are a crazy cool experience
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Amazing! Loved every minute of it!
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It is a 45 minute trail hike up mountain. Not easy. I would suggest you wear water shoes for this. Do not try this if you are older or cannot walk at least a mile up an uphill trail in the heat and humidity. Need waterproof bag for electronics. You WILL get submerged. Everything you own will get soaked. Do not take a hate or sunglasses. Some of the waterfalls have about a 10 to 15 foot jump off a cliff. You dive into the bottom pool and you will be completely submerged. You will also have to swim but you do have life jackets on. One of the best excursions we have been on. 12 and 14 year old did great. The 1st stop is the monkeys. You will thoroughly enjoy this as the monkeys are super sweet. Then you go to the waterfalls afterwards. A locker is included so do take everything with you and place in locked. Women, do not just wear a bikini. Wear shorts over the bikini. You will be sliding down smooth rock slides into the water. But overall I would do it again.
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Awesome experience! Would highly recommend! My husband, daughter and I were cruising and booked this thru TripAdvisor and so glad we did! The communication with Leury was great! He text the morning of introducing himself and we met him at Taino Bay just a short walk from the port. He played great music in his nice clean air condition taxi! We went to the waterfalls first he walked us in and helped us to navigate what we were to do! Picked us up and next stop was to monkey land! He stayed with us watched the time to make sure we got back to the ship on time! The entire experience was really great and would definitely book again!
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Be prepared to hike up steep stairs to get to the waterfall. You will need water shoes! But great excursion
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The men doing our tour in the monkey cage was amazing Exspecially the one who worked at sea world before he came to you was amazing . But both were great. And our tour guide was also very sweet and informative
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