jhoraji island

Wir haben den Ausflug als Familie über einen örtlichen Anbieter gebucht. Nach dem wir 3 Stunden bis zum Hafen gebraucht haben in Bayahibe (Stop in Souvenirläden) ging es endlich aufs Speedboot und zum natural Pool. An sich war es sehr schön aber viele Boote mit Touristen. Auf Isla Saona angekommen hatten wir knapp 3h zur freien Verfügung. Es gab Mittagessen - kleines Buffett mit Reis, Nudeln, Gemüse, Fleisch - für uns voll okay und ausreichend ! Es wurden Fotoshootings angeboten, haben tolle Familienbilder bekommen zu einem sehr guten Preis. Zurück ging es mit einem Katamaran - an sich richtig cool, wurde aber zum Partyboot umgewandelt und das war für unseren 1-jährigen nicht soo klasse (sehr laut). Ansonsten hatten wir einen wunderbaren Tag und waren nach tatsächlich 12 h wieder zuhause :)

Where to start... let s start with the good bit. The beach on the island is very nice. But.... This operation is borderline a scam and is certainly totally fly by night, even by local standards. It took us 6 hours to reach the island from Bavaro. 2h30 of minibus collecting other clients,going to run some of the guy errands and what have you. Then one hour on the boat waiting again for other clients, finally 2h of crossing on the catamaran (old junker) . When you get to the island, the horrible food is served and done in 20 min. 2h later, you go back on the boat (2h on the island for 5-6h transport), and the faster boat takes you to swim with a couple of fish and to the very nice sandbank. Then it is in the minibus again for 1-2hours return depending on your stop. All that for $65 per head that I would have happily paid just to be saved the ordeal of going on that day trip. Save yourself a day in hell and use another operator.

Great sailing with Katamaran en beautiful beach on the island. People who drink alcohol will be happy, all day (i mean from early in the morning) get free alcohol on board and on the beach. Lunch is good but be one of the first in line for food otherwise your plate wil be almost empty. Anyway it will be a great day even without alcohol or food. I would like to stay there for a couple of nights if it was possible. First stop if you ask me , the natural pool they should skip. It's almost the same beach as on the island. It wil give you more time to spend it relaxing on the island as we were only 2 hours on the island.