😊 loved the location, staff, locals, environment, food, volunteers. I cant stress enough how much I loved all of this. If you want a true DR experience, you need to come here. The food here is heavenly like literally. The volunteers who worked there were super chill and we even tagged along with them to a local club in Samana. The city is very safe and friendly. We stayed at the beach rooms and on the second day they upgraded us to the suite above which was very open and one with the nature. Like our very own jungle home. Eco tourism at its best.
☹️ For the $200 we paid, I just wish the mosquito net closed (came back with a lot of itchy bites), bathrooms a bit cleaner and there was hot/warm water available (guess this is the reason we got upgraded). DO NOT book any tours through the hotel cos it's a complete rip off. For a twenty minute boat ride to an island they charged $40 per person. Their tour book said it includes few things. All we got was a boat ride and pick up back ( which was along with a different group). No snorkeling gear either cos apparently they were all broken!! If you go to playa El Valle beach and ask some locals they might take you for $5 to $10 dollars.
My Android phone never connected to their WiFi. I'm okay with all this if I hadn't paid $200 per day. Still had a good experience because of the friendly people.
