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Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Punta Cana beach is often referred to as the coconut coast due to its hundreds of swaying coconut palms scattered along the 30 miles of super fine white sand.
This resort area is perhaps the Dominican Republic's most popular vacation destination.
Punta Cana is outlined by a large concentration of all-inclusive resorts, each with their own garden of sun chairs and cabanas. However, despite the number of people who idle the day away here, the beach's size ensures visitors will never feel crowded. Those who don't want to spend their time simply baking in the sun can participate in an array of activities from beach volleyball to parasailing.
BEACHES
The Dominican Republic's beaches are widely celebrated as being among the world's best, and for good reason. Here, more than 1,000 miles of sugar-colored sand is gently lapped by warm waters so clear and blue one has to see to believe. Depending on location, the beaches offer a gentle lullaby for an oceanside nap or enough wind to keep a Technicolor kiteboard adrift.
Super fine white sand sprinkled with coconut palm trees line the east coast while golden sand defines the beaches of the north coast. Adding a third color to the palette are the grey sand playas of Barahona in the west. Some of these areas are populated with resorts featuring a full array of watersports, food vendors, people watching and other activities. While others take visitors to another world of pristine tranquility with peaceful, uninhabited beaches. Here, the only intrusions are a towering coconut palm and the swaying breeze.
ECO AND ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES
The Dominican Republic is one of the few countries in the Caribbean with nine life zones, or ecological zones. This diversity plays a major role in making eco and adventure tourism in the country so remarkable and exciting.
The Dominican Republic has the highest and lowest sea level points in the Caribbean with Pico Duarte at 10,128 feet above and Lake Enriguillo at 144 feet below. In between these elevations is a playground of environments from tropical rainforest to arid desert. These areas are matched with adventures and activities designed to get adrenaline rushing, hearts racing and senses bursting.
THINGS TO DO
Year-round sports, effervescent nightlife, distinctive souvenir shopping, magnificent national parks, and world class gambling make for a jam-packed vacation to do list. But when you see the spectacular beaches, you might just want to pull up a chair and relax.
Outdoor activities like golf, snorkeling, windsurfing, kiteboarding, and boating are a thrilling way to experience the natural beauty of land and sea. With over two-dozen national parks, other quieter options for communion with nature like hiking and bird watching are also available. Indoor activities offer you the chance to strike it rich, dance the night away, or shop for curious mementos like carnival masks, amber, and a strange, liquid cure-all called Mamajuana.
GOLF
A favorite golfing destination, the Dominican Republic has become one of the hottest spots to tee-off in the Caribbean, if not the world. Here golfers will find 19 courses with oceanfront fairways and dogleg lefts around swaying coconut palms. They'll also find courses designed by legends such as Pete Dye, P.B. Dye, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Robert Trent Jones, Gary Player, Tom Fazio and Nick Faldo. Visitors to the Dominican Republic needn't worry about packing golf clubs or even knowing how to golf, for that matter. Each course offers affordable club rentals and internationally recognized golf pros for lessons. Regardless of handicap, the courses of the Dominican Republic promise a challenging and unique experience.
Punta Cana Resort & Club's La Cana Golf Course
Championship Resort course designed by P.B. Dye
Located at Punta Cana Resort & Club, every hole within this P.B. Dye-designed championship course captures the scenery of the Caribbean with 14 ocean-view and four oceanfront holes. In fact, the 18th hole has been said to resemble the infamous 18th hole at Pebble Beach. And, according to Dye, the 7th hole is golfer's purgatory. The Punta Cana Golf Academy offers private lessons with golf pro Kim Jensen and his teaching staff.
Par: 72
Holes: 18
Length of course: 7,152 yards
Fees and lessons: Visit www.puntacana.com
Punta Blanca
Nick Price-designed course
The new five-star Majestic Colonial Punta Cana Beach Resort features a casino, spa and an 18-hole golf course designed by Nick Price. Punta Blanca celebrated its grand opening May of 2007 with Nick Price inaugurating the course.
Par: 72
Holes: 18
Length of course: 7,174 yards
Fees and lessons: Visit www.punta-blanca.com
Cocotal Golf and Country Club
Pepe Gancedo-designed course
The 18-hole course, designed by six-time Spanish champion Jose Pepe Gancedo, uses the natural terrain of an old coconut plantation and includes serene lakes and palm trees in its landscape. In 2002, an additional nine-hole course opened. Located close to Sol Melia Caribe and Sol Melia Tropical resorts in Punta Cana, the club offers lessons at its International Golf Academy with Douglas Falconer, a British PGA-award winning professional instructor.
Par: 72
Holes: 27
Length of course: 7,183 yards
Fees and lessons: Visit www.cocotalgolf.com
Golf de Bavaro
Resort course designed by Juan Manuel Gordillo
Located at the Barcelo Bavaro Beach Resort in Punta Cana, this par 72 18-hole course was designed by Juan Manuel Gordillo in 1991. The course is situated alongside the Bavaro lagoon and is considered excellent for beginners. Surrounded by lush vegetation, it was built specifically to accommodate tourists.
Par: 72
Holes: 18
Length of course: 6,106 yards
Fees and lessons: Visit www.barcelo.com
Corales Golf Course
Resort course designed by Tom Fazio
This oceanfront course at Punta Cana Resort & Club features holes perched on cliffs along the north shore of the resort's luxury enclave called Corales.
Par: 72
Holes: 18
Length of course: 7,200 yards
Fees and lessons: Visit www.puntacana.com
La Hacienda
Resort course designed by P.B. Dye
P.B. Dye collaborated with Puntacana Resort & Club to create the resort's first inland course, La Hacienda. Similar to La Cana and Corales, this challenging course is irrigated with recycled water and uses the newest golf grass, Sea Island Supreme, a Paspalum hybrid.
Par: 72
Holes: 18
Length of course: 7,200 yards
Fees and lessons: Visit www.puntacana.com
Roco Ki Golf Club
Resort course designed by Nick Faldo
An 18-hole championship course, The Faldo Legacy Course will thrill golfers of every ability with its challenging cliffside and ocean-view holes, tropical mangrove forest and lagoon.
Par: 72
Holes: 18
Length of course: 7,073 yards
Fees and lessons: Visit www.rocoki.com
Catalonia Caribe Golf Club / Cabeza de Toro Golf Club
Nine-hole resort course designed by Alberto Sola
Designed by Alberto Sola, the 18-hole and nine-hole courses located at the Catalonia Bavaro Resort in Punta Cana are unique and challenging. Both feature lakes and numerous shade trees and the nine-hole course boasts a driving range and offers onsite lessons.
Par: 72 and 35
Holes: 18 and 9
Length of course: 6,815 yards and 2,600 yards
Fees and lessons: Visit www.hoteles-catalonia.com