Fished out of Punta Cana last month, so thought I'd post up a report.
The trip wasn't fishing focused, but we did get out one day, so might help anyone considering a trip to Punta Cana
We stayed at Bahia Principle resort (http://www.bahia-principe.com/en/resorts-in-dominican-republic/resort-ambar-blue/) for a week between Nov. 4-12. Great resort with amazing food and beaches.
Nice when they serve caviar with the breakfast buffet!
The resort is over the top, highly recommend it!
Although, I did hunt around (TripAdvisor) for reviews of charters, it seemed to be a pretty mixed bag of good or bad experiences. So figured I would just check with resort staff and other guests once we arrived.
Didn't have much help from the resort staff, either they didn't know anything or just directed me to the 'guest services'. I waited a few days and ran into a couple of guys from the U.S. east coast, that were walking around the beach with casting rods. Talked to them and they said the trip out, with the guest services, was decent so decided to go that route.
It was $120US for myself and $80US, for my partner as she wasn't into fishing, for 5hrs on a shared boat. Kind of nice option if your girlfriend or wife just want's to get out on the water for the day and could careless if she landed a fish or not. Tried to book for the next morning (they did a morning or afternoon trips) but they were booked, so had to wait another day; probably shouldn't wait too long once you arrive as they may all be filled up.
We were picked up at the front lobby of the hotel at about 6am, in a nice mini van. From there we stopped at another 4 resorts and picked up other people. All in all it took just over an hour to get to the marina; which was about 15-20mins away. I would recommend, if you can, find the name of the marina and boat and arrange your own transport for about $20US.
We got to the marina and there was a bit of confusion as to the number of passengers, not a good sign!!! There were 13 of us (two non-fishers), for the two boats!!! I had tried to ensure the number of fishers on the shared boat' and was told 3-4 maybe 5. So that was a bit of a bummer, but hey your on vacation and kind of have to roll with it!!! Though there were 3 Americans' with us that were right pissed!!!
Nice 42' boat with quality gear and overall in good shape. The captain and deckhand were great, they we real fisherman and were actually pissed with the 'company' for booking so many! They had a huge Igloo cooler full of beer, water and pop and said help yourselves!
Once we got the groups divided, we headed out.
Continued...
The trip wasn't fishing focused, but we did get out one day, so might help anyone considering a trip to Punta Cana
We stayed at Bahia Principle resort (http://www.bahia-principe.com/en/resorts-in-dominican-republic/resort-ambar-blue/) for a week between Nov. 4-12. Great resort with amazing food and beaches.
Nice when they serve caviar with the breakfast buffet!
The resort is over the top, highly recommend it!
Although, I did hunt around (TripAdvisor) for reviews of charters, it seemed to be a pretty mixed bag of good or bad experiences. So figured I would just check with resort staff and other guests once we arrived.
Didn't have much help from the resort staff, either they didn't know anything or just directed me to the 'guest services'. I waited a few days and ran into a couple of guys from the U.S. east coast, that were walking around the beach with casting rods. Talked to them and they said the trip out, with the guest services, was decent so decided to go that route.
It was $120US for myself and $80US, for my partner as she wasn't into fishing, for 5hrs on a shared boat. Kind of nice option if your girlfriend or wife just want's to get out on the water for the day and could careless if she landed a fish or not. Tried to book for the next morning (they did a morning or afternoon trips) but they were booked, so had to wait another day; probably shouldn't wait too long once you arrive as they may all be filled up.
We were picked up at the front lobby of the hotel at about 6am, in a nice mini van. From there we stopped at another 4 resorts and picked up other people. All in all it took just over an hour to get to the marina; which was about 15-20mins away. I would recommend, if you can, find the name of the marina and boat and arrange your own transport for about $20US.
We got to the marina and there was a bit of confusion as to the number of passengers, not a good sign!!! There were 13 of us (two non-fishers), for the two boats!!! I had tried to ensure the number of fishers on the shared boat' and was told 3-4 maybe 5. So that was a bit of a bummer, but hey your on vacation and kind of have to roll with it!!! Though there were 3 Americans' with us that were right pissed!!!
Nice 42' boat with quality gear and overall in good shape. The captain and deckhand were great, they we real fisherman and were actually pissed with the 'company' for booking so many! They had a huge Igloo cooler full of beer, water and pop and said help yourselves!
Once we got the groups divided, we headed out.
Continued...
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thanks for sharing
