Punta Cana: Saône Island in Catamaran, Small Groups, With Food

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Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

8 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

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Overview

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle
Dominican lunch style and Open bar

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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Operating hours
.7:00 am

What To Expect

Saona Island

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Not recommended for travelers with back problems

No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 60 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.8

based on 20 reviews

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Worst experience ever

LeeAnn_S, May 2026

Do not book this trip! From our resort it took 3 hrs to get to the boat taking us to Saona Island, with a 20 min pitstop at a market to buy stuff. The catamaran took 2 hrs to get to thw island with blaring, distorted music. Also, they stopped at another place prior to let us out into the water without letting us know this wasn't the island and stay near the boat. They tried to sell us food (empanada with spam and cheese), rum and coke (that was free), and DR beanies. We had to jump from this boat to a smaller boat in a rainstorm. It felt very unsafe. No one spoke English and it was a bunch of yelling in Spanish telling us what to do. Once on the island, we were served more rum/coke and a not so appealing lunch. We were only there for 1 1/2 hrs before we had to leave. There was nothing beautiful about the island that we could see. Definitely not as described. Small group tour was about 40 plus on the boat. We could not wait to get back to the resort.

Good not great

Armando_V, Sep 2025

Overall good, definitely not a small group and we left our hotel at 7am and didn’t make it back until 6pm (more than 8hrs and travel time was 2.5hrs each way since we were staying at breathless, also had 2 buses and several stops later), the catamaran felt crowded and drinks were hard to get and no food included on the ride there other than buying something (empanas for $1 each), the lagoon was nice but no drinks on the water which was a disappointment, and the buffet had no seafood or many options (only given we’ve done this before and had lobster and steak included, but this one only had very dry chicken and pork with pasta), also felt herded along which wasn’t pleasant. Speed boat ride back was extremely rough on our backs. Overall had a good time but not sure I would do this specific one again. Loved the people and crew, tried to make it fun, but didn’t go out of their way to get drinks or food.