Saona Platinum Beach Day
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- 8 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Sail from Bayahibe to Saona Island aboard a catamaran for a leisurely day on the beach during this full-day tour. Go swimming, lounge on the beach, or take a dance class from the boat's crew. Return to Bayahibe via speedboat, stopping at the Natural Pool on the way back. Buffet lunch, unlimited drinks, and round-trip transportation from Punta Cana hotels included.
- Beach day on the idyllic Saona Island
- Sail from Bayahibe to the island on a catamaran
- Buffet lunch and open bar on the beach
- Return via speedboat, stopping at the natural pool on the way
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Punta Cana
What's Included
- LunchBuffet lunch
- Unlimited drinks (open bar)
- Local guide
- Professional photographer guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
- Lobster and Fish buffet upgrade (available to purchase)
- Massage (available to purchase)
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
Pickup is included from any hotel in the Punta Cana area. For clients staying in private villas/apartments/condos or any other type of accommodation, we will arrange a pick-up point near your place. It is mandatory to indicate your accommodation / hotel when booking As is also important your contact number So that your collection is efficient and does not delay anyone's time We have customer service to maintain direct contact
Arranged start time
Confirm time with the local provider in advance of your experience.
- 08/01/2025 - 07/31/2026
Monday - Sunday : 7:00 AM - 7:30 AM
- 08/01/2026 - 07/31/2027
Monday - Sunday : 7:00 AM - 7:30 AM
Itinerary
1
Punta Cana
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
2
Bayahibe
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
3
Saona Island
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
4
Piscina Natural Saona
2 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Infant meals not included
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 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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Featured review
Dominique_B
My favorite excursion of my trip worth the money and the time, we Had fun the entire time from start to finish!
Reviews
3.9
based on 56 reviews
Taylor_g, Jun 2025
I have never done a review before so it's so bad to make me do this!
I'll try to make this short and hit key points. Please READ EVERYTHING! DONT BUY THIS!
Absolutely disorganized from start to finish, First you pay for transportation, they send you people that don't have proper access to resorts so we were scrambling to find a ride to the front gate since it was so early and driver couldn't enter.
Next they take us to a gas station where we are taken off the van, to sit and wait with no direction of why we are here, 100s of people just running around crowed having no idea what's going on and then rushed on the a bus 20 mins later where multiple people has to get off since they were on the wrong one..(disorganized)
You get to the boats area which is a complete mess, over 30 beach people trying to sell you the same things bothering you and pestering you for what feels like forever as you just sit in unshaded beach area getting destroyed by the sun sweating while waiting in line to get on boats, which people are switching boats pulling them out switching "hosts" just terrible.
Next the ride would have been fun since we were one of the lucky ones that didn't break down half way to the island....but it wasn't fun since my LIFE JACKET DIDNT HAVE BUCKLES!!... they literally put the belt through a broken buckle and just tied it, such an unprofessional appearance and extremely unsafe!
Only positive was beach was beautiful! Water was amazing, food was terrible no care to cover the buffet style food just letting flys sit on food until someone comes to get a plate and oooo best part none of the sales people have CHANGE! (supposedly) Lol such a joke.
The ride back was fine but so long and pretty annoying since they go slow to try and sell the photos to everyone! Our ride back took almost 2 hours no joke so travel time almosted doubled the time we spent out at the Beach! Terrible experience!
BEST PART IS NEXT PLEASE READ THIS!!
So once that long nightmare is over we finally get to our bus which we had to find OURSELVES because our tour guide was more worried about selling photos then telling us the next guy we had to meet with smh. At this point we are on our 4th person...like what!?? Anyway!
We AGAIN arrive at a gas station and a NEW PERSON jumps on and says something about this being our stop so a bunch of us get off and then he says ooooo no you guys are needing to stay on bus and wait for next transport, we and a few others say ok we are going to use the bathroom and come back to bus.
I the husband is sitting outside the bathroom waiting for my esposa to come out and next thing you know they close the door on the bus and just drive off as soon as the other person using the bathroom came back to the bus.....no count was done, no coming to see if anyone was in the store...NOTHING JUST LEFT AND QUICKLY! UNACCEPTABLE. Thank God my wife speaks Spanish and we are young because what if we were old and didn't speak the language? Not to mention our phones were dead!! Just absolutely ruined our day after the beach was what kind of saved it!
Oooo and you may ask well what did the company do to make this right or help you in this situation? If you choose if ignored you and won't respond to messages for 500 you are right Alex! Because exactly what return a call or a message but they were responding to everything before i showed how unsafe and unprofessional their tour is!
I know this was long but I'm trying to save someone from this trash company.
Response from Host, Jun 2025
Hola,
Lamentamos profundamente que su experiencia no haya sido la que esperaba y agradecemos el tiempo que se tomó para compartir cada detalle. Su comentario nos duele porque claramente no cumplimos con el nivel de servicio que buscamos ofrecer, y tomamos muy en serio cada uno de los puntos que menciona.
Nos gustaría aclarar que trabajamos constantemente para mejorar la organización y seguridad de nuestras excursiones. Lo que describe —desde los problemas con el acceso al hotel, la desorganización en los puntos de encuentro, el estado del chaleco salvavidas, hasta la situación final con el transporte— no representa el estándar que queremos mantener, y le pedimos sinceras disculpas por ello.
Sobre la falta de comunicación al final del tour, entendemos la gravedad del momento vivido y estamos tomando medidas para que no vuelva a ocurrir, incluyendo protocolos de control más estrictos y mejoras en la coordinación entre nuestro personal.
Nos gustaría poder comunicarnos directamente con usted para comprender mejor lo sucedido y ofrecerle una solución. Si pudiera enviarnos un correo a [email de contacto] o un mensaje directo con sus datos de reserva, lo agradeceríamos mucho.
Gracias nuevamente por compartir su experiencia. Esto nos ayuda a mejorar.
Jessie_S, Jun 2025
To start the day we were picked up by a nice van, just my wife and I. We drove 10 minutes to a gas station and they told us to go inside and wait for few minutes… weird but okay. Then our driver who spoke little to no English left without telling us anything. Then more people going to the island showed up and we were all told to get on another bus. Then we were driven to a souvenir store for people to buy stuff for 10 minutes.after the hour bus ride we arrive at a harbor that was utter chaos. There were easily 500 people in the harbor waiting for their boat to the island. Our guides had us wait at a convenience store for our group to be called. At this time we had 1 guide that willingly translated what he was saying to English (even though this tour is listed as having an English guide). After 45 minutes of waiting our guides start yelling and walking us all to the loading area. We then get on a boat and the guide is giving directions to us in Spanish. Luckily a person on the tour translated for us. We arrived at the natural pool and they brought rum and coke around 1 time and everyone just stood around until the camera guys came and made us take photos to sell us later. Once we got back on the boat to the island, they stopped 50-60 yards off the beach to “ask” for tips. The crew-mate walked down the middle of the tiny ass boat and stopped in front of every couple to get a tip. I didn’t have my wallet ready (because I wasn’t planning on tipping his terrible service) but he stood in-front of my wife and I for 5 minutes until I fished my wallet out. I truly think we would still be sitting out on that boat if I refused to give him something. When we got to the beach the guide in Spanish was giving directions and relying on another guest to translate to us what the food and drink options were. And it was the bare minimum. Open bar really means: Coke and rum, sprite, or water. Anything else you had to pay for. The food was pretty bad. They did not tell anyone what we were eating and when I found a shell of an unknown crustacean in my spaghetti I figured it was time to stop eating. My wife and I had to swap chairs around to have to functioning chairs next to each other which was already annoying. After we were pestered by vendors selling massages and souvenirs I fell asleep and she read for 2 hours. Everyone started loading up to go back to their boats or onto the catamaran to go back to the main island. We boarded the small speed boat to take us out to a catamaran that would sail us back. The catamaran started the drive with ear piercing music which no one was prepared for and the seating was pretty uncomfortable. They offered drinks and the crew danced which was fun. When we got back to the harbor they sent us back to the conscience store for another 45 minutes and then directed us a big group to the buses. The ride home did not start until a random man came on and asked if we wanted to buy mamajuana with our photos on them and then when we refused he left and the drive started. We then stopped at random locations for people going to specific resorts to change buses and let some of the crew off at random destinations. We literally pulled off on the side of the highway and let the camera guy walk down the side of the highway. All in all, if we didn’t have 1 guide who translated a few things and another tourist who also translated for us we would have been screwed. But the island was beautiful and that’s what my wife kept telling herself. We would not do this tour with this company EVER again.
Response from Host, Jun 2025
Hola, lamentamos sinceramente que su experiencia no haya sido la esperada. Tomamos nota de cada detalle mencionado y ya estamos trabajando internamente para mejorar la comunicación, la logística y la atención a bordo. Agradecemos su comentario y le pedimos disculpas por los inconvenientes. Nos alegra que haya podido disfrutar al menos de la belleza de Isla Saona.
Jolynn_T, Apr 2023
Worse experience ever. The company was almost 30 minutes late. Couldn't reach company. We were told we had the option of a private tour when we got to the pier. Nope that was not the case. This was well over 8 hours. More like a 12 hour nightmare. Open Bar means rum and coke or sprite. Nothing else period. Food was horrible and this company has the worse chairs on the beach. Paid for 13 people to waste a day. We didnt back to our resort until 7:00 at night.
Response from Host, Apr 2023
Gracias por preferirno
Dominique_B, Feb 2023
My favorite excursion of my trip worth the money and the time, we Had fun the entire time from start to finish!
Response from Host, Feb 2023
gracias por confiar en nuestro servicios
Claudia_D, Feb 2023
Terrible experience. I would not recommend this to ANYONE. It is a waste of your time and money. We got picked up from our hotel at 0700 we arrived at the beach to get a Catamaran to take us to the island and we waited 40 minutes before anyone approach us and realized we didn’t have a tour guide and no one was assisting us. Poorly organized,and we didn’t get to the island till 1 pm… we went straight to eat and we were told we were leaving the island at 3 pm. How about that 🤬🤬🤬. We paid too much money to have a good time and we didn’t. Choose a different company maybe you’ll have a better luck…
Ray_H, Mar 2022
The Saona Island is beautiful! We spent 2.5 Hours in the beach + 30 minutes in the Natural Pool. Picked up from our Hotel @ 7:30am & back @ 7:30pm (Total of 12 Hours). The travellers should have been provided with this info from the tour description from by the beginning. Hotel pick up by Van to Bus Terminal (30 minutes) >>> Bus with AC[50-60 people] to Emabarkation (1-2 hours including wait time for boat) >>> Boat Ride (1 Hour) to Natural Pool (20 minutes stay) >>> 15 minutes boat ride to Saona Island >>> stay for 2.5 Hours >>> Head back with different slower boat with 80-100 people (3-4 hours) >>> Back to Bus [50-60 people] to Hotel (1-2 Hours). If I knew this ahead of time, I would have just booked a Private Speed Boat for a smaller group.
Response from Host, Mar 2022
Good afternoon Mr. Rey, we We have various options for our clients, which includes the VIP service, which is different from the normal one, where the client can go and return by speedboat and have a private lunch on the Island.
Ashley_J, Aug 2021
Took 5 hours, 2 buses, and 3 boats to even get to the island. They serve no snacks, only rum and a very late lunch almost 7 hours into the excursion. When we finally got to the island, there were ZERO activities, only an extremely rocky and painful beach. The cherry on top was very poor communication/negligence for English speakers and sheer disorganization. The organizers were very insensitive and reckless. By the way - this is NOT an 8 hour excursion, it was over 12 hours. Take your money elsewhere.
Response from Host, Sep 2021
So sorry about your bad experience, we are going to supervise the supplier we have right now and trying to improve the service
JeanYves_G, Mar 2020
Thoroughly enjoyed this tour! Saw some of the island enroute...enjoyed the speedboat and catamaran...natural pool was awesome. Delicious lunch - especially enjoyed the lobster upgrade! Tour guides were well organized and hospitable!
Response from Host, Mar 2020
Good morning Mr. Jean
We are very happy that your experience with us was to your liking, we work for our clients are very pleased with our services. We look forward to your return soon.
Tricia_S, Jul 2018
going to Saona Island is always a pleasure , it just seems like there lacking ... but overall a good trip and a must see and do when in DR !
Michelle L, Mar 2018
Not family friendly and organized chaos. Long bus rides with lots of waiting and switching vehicles. Booze cruise, boat ran out of gas, and speed boat flooded and nearly drowned us as we were trying to get off at island. Food was cold and horrible. It was a traumatic experience for my kids. Very scary
Mia, Dec 2017
This is not for a family with young kids !!! Unless if you want your children to be around a bunch of drunk people including the crew and dancers twerking... Issues: picked up from hotel 40 mins late, boat ran out of gas, bathroom on the boat didn’t work .. I could write more but Viator is limiting
cynthia, Aug 2017
My favorite excursion on our whole trip. From pick up to drop off everything was amazing. The workers on the boat are great they offer drinks and make sure everyone dances and the beach and lunch was beautiful and delicious
ALMA1805, Aug 2017
The place is beautiful. I recommend it and bring lots of sunscreen. We were staying at Now Larimar and were picked up on time. The only confusion is the transferring of buses. That is the only thing I didn't like. One bus picks you up, they make a stop at a gas station and have you wait there and then another takes you. It was a bit crowded in the bus as well. It's a long trip because of the transportation. Would I do it again probably not. Once is enough. When you get to the Island you will be attacked with people trying to sell you coco oil, massages, and jewels. If you aren't interested in any of that just say it as soon as you get there. We were on the beach for about 2 hours. Please bring cash and tip the people who help you on the boats, very nice people.
Monneli1, May 2017
About the Tour Company: was very responsible, they picked us up a bit late because a hotel confusion, I was staying at Bahia Principe Fantasia and it is a very large complex with different hotels.
About the Tour: It is very beautiful, it was a nice experience. What I did not like was all the people trying to sell you stuff, handmade jewelry, massages, pictures, ect. The beach is a bit rocky.. but after Saona Island they take you to a natural swimming pool, this was my favorite part, is absolutely amazing, water is crystal clear. The bad part is they leave you here for only about 30 minutes, I wish the whole tour was in this area..
Ana_G, Jan 2026
Transportation was a failure Platinum company is a disaster from the driver the lack of respect with the time of the customer and the physical appearance was not responsible for a company.. they must invest more in their vehicles.. like a water this lack of fuel.. Sorry to have to give this opinion but it was a reality..
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Response from Host, Jan 2026
Lamentamos sinceramente que su experiencia no haya sido satisfactoria. Tomamos muy en serio este tipo de comentarios, ya que el respeto al tiempo del cliente, la presentación del personal y el estado de los vehículos son prioridades para nosotros. Su opinión será revisada internamente para reforzar nuestros estándares de servicio. Gracias por hacérnoslo saber.
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