immerse yourself in the local culture

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Enjoy an All-Inclusive vacation with a twist.

You get to live in a fully furnished, fully equipped, 2-bedroom apartment in a gated, residential complex - complete with pool, and nightly security . 

You get to live among Dominicans. Greeting and passing them in the hallways. Meeting and chatting with them by the pool. Seeing the parents and kids leave for, and return from work and school respectively. Hearing the kids play after school.

You get to see the sights, hear the sounds, and sample the daily life of Dominicans.

You get to:

live where they live

eat what they eat, 

drink what they drink, 

shop where they shop, 

play what they play, and 

go where they go.

You get all meals - 3 meals per day - breakfast, lunch, and dinner, however all meals are authentic Dominican meals, at least 1 of which meals is prepared daily in the kitchen of your apartment.

You get Dominican snacks and desserts to accentuate your culinary experience.

You get fresh fruit in season daily, and juices from said fruits to enjoy every single day of your vacation.

You get all drinks - Dominican beer, wine, and rum - as well as vodka, gin, whisky, brandy, and champagne to tickle your palate - and you get to prepare and mix your favorite drinks to your liking.

You get to experience, and to explore Punta Cana from the view of a local.

You can do the touristy stuff if you would like, but the excursions availabe with the Culture Trip give you access to the non-touristy places where the Dominicans go - such as to:

an undeveloped beach where you are possibly the only people on the beach - have you ever been to a beach with no beach chairs, no tanning people, and where you have had the beach all to yourself?

a river where people swim in regular clothes like pants and t-shirts, no bikinis nor swim suits, where they bring their food and drinks in the water with them, where the river becomes a place to just hang out  

spend some time with a Dominican family, in their home, sharing a meal with them, and learning about them and their lives

go dancing at the neighborhood corner shop - the colmado - which is where people assemble on evening and weekends

go shopping but not at the ritzy malls, but in the little shops that only locals know about.

Destination Punta Cana offers you the ability to immerse yourself in another culture, to experience what someone else's life is like, to leave your comfort zone and to embrace another perspective - but only for a week.

If you are a connoisseur of fine wines - you can tease your palate with the ONLY WINE PRODUCT GROWN IN THE CARIBBEAN - from the only vineyard in the Caribbean - right here in the Dominican Republic.

If you are a connoisseur of fine cigars - you can savor the aroma, and the flavor of THE CIGAR AFICIONADO'S NUMBER 1 CIGAR OF 2023 - grown, and made here in the Dominican Republic.

The Dominican Republic has produced the Cigar Aficionado's number 1 Cigar of the Year in 5 of the last 9 years:

2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023.

If you are a connoisseur of fine chocolates - you can taste chocolate from the cocoa bean to the bar - from THE LARGEST EXPORTER OF ORGANIC CHOCOLATE IN THE WORLD - the Dominican Republic.

If you are a connoisseur of fine coffees - you can have a cup of ONE OF THE BEST COFFEES IN THE CARIBBEAN.

You can SWIM WITH WHALES IN THE OPEN OCEAN - an activity that you cannot do anywhere else in the Caribbean - other than in the Dominican Republic

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You can GO FRESH WATER FISHING on the largest dam in the Caribbean or you can GO DEEP SEA FISHING, if that is your fancy.

You can PLAY GOLF on any of 15 OPEN GOLF COURSES in the area - including the BEST GOLF COURSE IN THE CARIBBEAN.

You can try your luck at GAMBLING AT THE LARGEST CASINO IN THE CARIBBEAN.

You can go shopping for the semi-precious blue stone - LARIMAR - in the Dominican Republic, where exists THE ONLY LARIMAR MINE IN THE WORLD. 

You can Walk in the Footsteps of History - GO TO THE OLDEST CITY IN THE AMERICAS - Santo Domingo - the capital city of the Dominican Republic.

The Culture Trip offers:

all-inclusive Dominican meals and drinks

for periods of 8 days and 7 nights (1 week at a time)

in a 2-bedroom apartment (sleeps up to 4 people comfortably)

 at a cost of US $350 per person per day, plus government hotel taxes of 18% -  US $413 per person, per day, double occupancy - ($2,891.00 per person, per week). 

The Culture trip provides that which no 5-star resort nor Airbnb can - a free yet hand-held, a flexible yet guided, an open yet protected all-inclusive vacation in a Dominican context (be aware that this is the Dominican Republic so part of the overall experience is perhaps having no electricity or no water from time to time - and having to learn how to cope with same - just as Dominicans have to.