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Tour ItineraryThis is a magnificent Tour: You spend 4 days of excitement, and 4 Days at an Magnificent Beach
Our Commitment
Adventures-Tours based at Rancho Wendy is committed to offering extraordinary off-the-beaten-path adventures that fulfill your dreams. For over 16 years we have carefully created and fine-tuned our hiking, biking, horseback riding, and multi-sport vacations in the Dominican Republic, a place we call home. Our guides' intimate knowledge of Bonao and its region guarantees you an enriching outdoors experience.
Day 1:
Horseback Riding to magnificent mountain trails and swimming in sweet-water mountain river.
Saddle up the horses includes
Room/breakfast/lunch/ Dinner
Day 2:
Whitewater kayaking.
Starting your day off with a Dominican-style breakfast, it only gets better when you start your excursion on the Río Yuna in Los Quemados and realize this is not just a boring float down a river! The Río Yuna winds through the surrounding green canyons on a run that is consistent class 1 and 2 rapids with more than a few legitimate class 3 sections. There will be some relaxing swimming holes along the run and plenty of time for fun and sun. Return to Rancho Wendy fatigued and ready to rest by the canal-side bonfire in the evening. Please bring any instruments! (pianos discouraged)
Day 3:
Charco Bonito is an exquisite waterfall located near Los Quemados. The hike to the waterfall passes through thick forest and glades, but is not very strenuous.
This hike or ride winds out of Rancho Wendy through Los Quemados and along the river to an incredibly original bridge. Depending on the route you take, this trip can be longer or shorter. The longer path includes passing through a little mountain town in the surrounding hills where Chocolate production is the main source of income. Both trails include meandering paths through the luscious jungles, and if your timing is right don’t forget to look for the local passion fruit for a fresh snack! After stretching your legs a little or just when your rear is ready for a break you’ll find yourself at a pool fed by a beautiful waterfall. You may say that all waterfalls are beautiful and you are pretty much correct! However, not all falls are great water slides as well! If you are with a daring guide and feeling adventurous yourself you can boulder up the cliffs along the serious of multiple falls. At the top of which you will find a much longer cascade: slide down, jump off the next two and finish with a slide down the first or a dive off the cliff next to it.
“Personally, the adrenaline from that serious adventure had me high all day. Doing flips off the falls with the local boys was one of the best adventures I’ve found in the Dominican Republic!”
Testimonial
The magic of the forest lies in its infinite promise of discovery.
Above, below, and all around, one's senses are electrified by this mysterious enclosed world. It was only 4 hours I spent in the Central Mountain forests near Bonao, Dominican Republic, but I emerged exhausted due to a complete sensory overload.
We set off in search of Charco Bonito, a waterfall in the thickly forested valleys beyond Los Quemados. Before anything else, we had to negotiate the crossing of the wide, fast flowing Rio Yuna. Although the water only reached up to my kneecaps, its deceptive currents made me sway like a staggering drunk, much to the mirth of some kids on the bank. So with dignity slightly impaired, we began to step steeply into the forest.
As climates go, few are as hospitable year round as this one.
Every crop, fruit and root worth growing simply thrives here.
As a result the mountain absorbs you with the sweet fragrance of life; fruits maturing and flowers blossoming. Birds and insects grow heady feasting on fallen pods of cacao. While walking we are able to gather succulent guava or chinola fruit almost bursting the branches with their goodness. Although the sun is directly above the canopy, the dewy leaves keep us constantly refreshed as we brush against them.
For a good 20 minutes we can hear the churning of Charco Bonito in the distance, yet its location is so well concealed one could easily miss it. Through ever thickening vegetation we are drawn frantically like starving children towards the water source. And when we arrive no one is disappointed. Charco Bonito turns out to lie in a wonderful clandestine glade, an enchanting respite from the claustrophobia of the forest.
Day 4:
Our dynamic ropes course is a great opportunity for groups and individuals of all ages to safely learn about risk taking, their own perceived limits, how they perform under pressure, how they give and receive support from other people, and how working with others collaboratively can help an individual achieve more than they thought they could accomplish. Put on a harness, climb up the ladder to the first platform, clip into the safety cable, and begin your passage. Overcome the various obstacles and challenges until reaching the final platform. At last, clip into the zip line and slide 250 feet down to the end of the course.
Day 5:
Breakfast and Pack up to leave buy Jeep or Pickup and start your adventures to the Beach. This is a 3 hour Hay ride thru the mountains to a beautiful
beach resort on the ocean.
Day 6, 7, 8.
Bath in the sun, water sports available, Beach games, walk this Magnificent Beach
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