A beautiful and magical place to visit. The only access is by boat. Tours are available, but if you like it a little more private we found a nice option. We arrived in Sabana del Mar by car and met Moctezuma close to the harbour. He took us to the parking spot at the start of the mangroves, and we went in his small boat for a private tour with excellent guiding in English. The caves, birds and hanging cliffs are all amazing.

This is a beautiful natural park. It takes a bout 30 minutes by boat to arrive from the Samana Peninsula. It is well worth the time and effort. Minutes after arriving at the entrance we saw a manatee feeding just off shore. There are several small islets with hundreds of birds of different species including herons, frigates, vultures and pelicans. There are some interesting caves to explore and the kayak ride through the mangroves was beautiful.

Took part of a tour of the national park, including the caves and a nice stop on an island for lunch. The national park is beautiful!!! The tour guide and staff were very knowledgeable and helpful. We even got to see a whale along the way. The trip was both relaxing and fun. Highly recommend but keep in mind it is a full day, we were picked up at 730am and returned at 7pm

This destination deserves 5 stars, it was fantastic. But there were two transfers between vehicles to get there, one of them at the side of the highway. We asked ahead of time via whatsapp, for vehicle details, but it was hard to get accurate information. On to Las Haitises - fabulous! The mangroves, the boat trip, the views, the cliffs, the caves, the aboriginal markings, the lunch stop, our guide, everything was excellent. We debated between this trip and Saona. I'm fairly sure this was quite a different trip. Our guide was great but spoke a lot of Spanish (fair enough bcs we were with some Spanish speaking tourists). We both speak some limited Spanish so it wasn't a big problem for us, but may be for others. One surprise on the way home that is both good and bad. We stopped at a parking lot and were told to get into a safari truck. I thought for a moment we were being transferred yet again! Grrr. But this was not the case. just bad communications. They took us on a wild ride up Montana Redondo, to a 300m high peak with a fabulous view. Thankfully the tour van was still there to get us home. Overall a terrific day, I cannot say enough about Las Haitises National Park. But the transfers were not good. The operators keep that part quiet so as not to lose business.