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Tropical natural beauty and whales<\/h2>\n

In the 16th<\/sup> century, pirates hid in the lush, palm-fringed forests, secluded beaches and hidden caves, while European and Haitian forces battled for the deep-water, protected bay. Today, the remote peninsula in the Dominican Republic<\/strong><\/a> a true natural paradise with pristine beaches and beautiful rain forests. The rolling mountains and valleys form the crystal-clear rivers that flow into the Atlantic Ocean as they flow to stunning white sand beaches that stretch for hundreds of miles along the rocky coastline. A dream destination for nature lovers and the ultimate honeymoon.<\/p>\n

Eco-adventures<\/h4>\n

Every year between mid-January and late March, as many as 2,500 giant humpback whales visit Saman\u00e1 Bay<\/strong> to mate, give birth and bask in this tropical landscape. In addition to seasonal boat excursions to spot whales, you can choose from many eco-adventures such as bodyboarding and kitesurfing in Las Terrenas<\/strong>; hiking, birding and caving in Los Haitises National Park<\/strong>; canyoning or horseback riding to explore the El Lim\u00f3n-<\/strong>waterfall to reach and boat trips to beautiful white sand beaches at the foot of 90-meter-high cliffs or to the island of Cayo Levantado<\/strong> offshore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nature’s paradise on the northeast coast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":281673,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"country":[692],"highlight_category":[600],"continent_category":[423],"class_list":["post-281786","highlights","type-highlights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-dominican-republic","highlight_category-hoogtepunt-en","continent_category-caribbean"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/281786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/highlights"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/281786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=281786"},{"taxonomy":"highlight_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlight_category?post=281786"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=281786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}