Move Over Punta Cana! Unveiling The Dominican Republic’s Next 3 Vacation Hotspots

Punta Cana is not outdated information by any stretch of the creativeness. The truth is, it was reported lately that the Dominican Republic continues on a record-setting tear, primarily backed by its famend resort city.

Regardless of the perpetual surge 12 months after 12 months, the D.R. is investing past Punta Cana’s pizzazz, deeper in uncharted territory, or so it appears for vacationers.

We at Travel Off Path have reported on numerous resorts, pristine seashores, and hidden gems unfold throughout this paradise nation, but it surely’s fairly potential you have by no means heard of the next trio aiming to develop into the Dominican Republic’s subsequent 3 trip hotspots.

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3) Bayahibe-Dominiscus: A Resort City In The Making

Very like Mexico’s Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo (which I simply spelled accurately on the primary attempt), and Bayahibe-Dominicus (which I did not spell accurately on the primary attempt), this paradisal duo has merged as one vacation spot, regardless of being two neighboring cities alongside the nation’s southern Caribbean coast.

Journey Weekly reported this week how this lesser-known space is destined to develop into the D.R.’s new powerhouse vacation spot, being nestled between La Romana and Punta Cana, and north of my private favourite Dominican getaway, Isla Saona.

Bayahibe-Dominicus is textbook prime actual property alongside less-crowded shores with quick access between main airports in Santo Domingo and Punta Cana.

There are already resorts right here, however some names aren’t fairly as acquainted to People, similar to Iberostar, which simply underwent an in depth renovation to all 528 rooms in hopes of luring extra vacationers.

If solely extra vacationers knew of Parque Nacional Cotubanama’s protected waters and year-round sargassum-free seashores, that may do the trick…

Bayahibe-Dominicus gives guests a way more laid-back expertise, extra related to nature and wildlife, and much fewer footprints within the sand.

2) Cabo Rojo: New Airport Will Put Pedernales Area On The Map

I would hate to be on Pedernales’s PR staff as they’ve some convincing to do hugging up in opposition to Haiti’s border.

However, the Dominican authorities swears by its security and heavy investments to make not solely the city of Pedernales the nation’s subsequent “it” vacation spot, however the surrounding space too.

Cabo Rojo is the identify you see floating across the interwebs probably the most. The truth is, we have been one of many first to interrupt information on Cabo Rojo’s new airport set to launch by 12 months’s finish.

Since then, native publication CDN reported 10,000 resort rooms are additionally within the works, in addition to new housing developments and port infrastructure.

There can be a heavy concentrate on sustainable tourism as soon as Cabo Rojo’s new megaproject is up and rolling, but it surely actually has a protracted method to go, although it is already being hyped as the “Cancun” of the Dominican with the next 6 resorts committing to planting roots right here:

• Hilton
• Marriott Worldwide
• Iberostar Group
• Sunwing
• Karisma Lodges & Resort
• AmResorts (a Hyatt model) 

The large canines of the trade will certainly go for what’s to be a devoted “resort zone” serving as a self-contained enclave that drones and armed forces will closely patrol to place any uneasiness about Haiti to relaxation.

1) Miches: Punta Cana’s Prime Different Awaits

Positioned on the Dominican Republic’s northeast coast, a far trek from Punta Cana, Miches has been hyped for years, and it seems to be prepared for the large stage.

Simply ask Tyler, our Editor-in-Chief, who had the pleasure of visiting Viva Miches By Wyndham and had a blast!

Who would not? This resort (and its counterparts) supply crystal clear waters and crowd-free seashores, one thing you possibly can’t say about Punta Cana this time of 12 months.

There are miles and miles of what appear to be untouched shores, and much more stunning pure points of interest you would not anticipate, similar to Los Haitises Nationwide Park shut by, the place you’ll find historic Taino caves with petroglyphs and boat excursions traversing lush mangrove forests.

Whereas not the ultimate frontier of Dominican Republic tourism anymore, a lot of the world may trick you into considering it’s, with its distant location and lack of crowds.

There’s arguably no higher time to go to than 2025.