Full Day Safari Punta Cana: Mountains, Beach & Local Villages

Ride through plantations and villages, then swim at Macao Beach

A full-day safari tour in Punta Cana that combines countryside exploration with beach time, departing from your hotel in a specially equipped truck with a professional guide, bartender and driver. The route passes through sugar cane fields, coffee and cocoa plantations, a local village home, the architectural church in Higuey, and ends with swimming at Macao Beach. Includes hotel pickup and drop-off, unlimited drinks, buffet lunch and horseback riding. The half-day option skips Higuey and the beach swim but keeps the plantations and village visits.

Step-by-step itinerary

Stops and time spent at each

1. Higuey30m · entry included
2. Macao Beach45m · entry included

Full day safari and beach visit

• Visit architectural church in Higuey
• Experience Supreme Safari through villages and mountains
• Swim and take pictures at Macao Beach

The experience

You start from your hotel in the morning and climb into a safari truck built for the terrain and built for comfort: wide seats, shade, and a bartender on board. The guide speaks your language (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian or one of a dozen others) and knows the route in detail. The first stop is Higuey, where you step inside an architectural church that anchors the town, then head back out to the countryside proper: mountains rise around you, and the truck slows at sugar cane fields, coffee plantations and cocoa farms. At each one, you taste what grows there: tropical fruit picked that morning, coffee and chocolate made on-site, a mamajuana drink that locals drink themselves. It is not a museum version of rural life. You visit a countryside home and see how people actually live in these villages.

Lunch is a buffet served somewhere in the middle of the day, and the open bar runs the whole time: water, juice, rum, whatever you want. After eating, you ride horses through the landscape (included in the full-day option), then head to Macao Beach for a swim. The beach is a long stretch of sand and water, and you have time to get in, take pictures and dry off before the truck brings you back to your hotel. The full day runs about seven and a half hours from pickup to drop-off. If you book the half-day version instead, you skip Higuey and the beach swim but keep the plantations, the village, the lunch and the horseback riding.

What’s included

• Hotel pickup and drop-off.
• professional guide in your language.
• unlimited drinks throughout the day.
• buffet lunch.
• horseback riding.
• beach swim at Macao Beach (full-day option only).
• tastings of fresh tropical fruit, coffee and chocolate at the plantations.
• visit to a local countryside home.

Options for this experience

2 options

Half Day TourGuide in 15 languages · 07:30This option covers the safari tour, and pickup is included.

Full Day TourGuide in 15 languages · 07:30The full-day trip covers the safari, horseback riding, lunch, beach time and swimming. Pickup is included.

You pick the guide language when booking.

You'll see the exact price of each option when you check availability.See dates and prices

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 07:30

Book up to5h before

AgesAdult (12 to 90 years) · Child (2 to 11 years)

GroupUp to 32

Live guideEnglish, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Russian and Swedish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.You can choose from 2 pickup points.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Prices and times updated 3 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effortStroller-friendlyInfant seats availablePublic transport nearbyNot recommended with heart problems

Operated by Paseo Tours

Is this one for you?Book the full-day option if you want the complete route: mountains, villages, plantations, Higuey's church and a beach swim all in one departure. The half-day tour works if you have a shorter window and want to skip the church and beach but still taste the plantations and see how the countryside lives.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Norwegian, Russian, Swedish, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, Danish and Dutch.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (2 to 11 years).

What exactly do we taste at the coffee and cocoa plantations?

Coffee and chocolate made on the plantations themselves, plus tropical fruits picked fresh from the trees that morning. The mamajuana drink, a local spirit, is also part of the tasting experience.

Does the full-day tour include swimming at Macao Beach?

Yes, Macao Beach is the final stop on the full-day tour, and swimming is included. The half-day option does not visit the beach.

Is hotel pickup included, or do we meet somewhere else?

Hotel pickup and drop-off are included in the tour price. The truck collects you from your hotel in the morning and returns you at the end of the day.

What is the difference between the full-day and half-day options?

The full-day tour includes a visit to Higuey's architectural church, horseback riding, and swimming at Macao Beach. The half-day tour covers the plantations, village visit, lunch and horseback riding, but skips Higuey and the beach.