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Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic

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The SSV Corwith Cramer anchored in Samana Bay.

On our first day anchored in Samana Bay, we were picked up early for a tour of Los Haitises National Park. Los Haitises is located near the Samana Peninsula, and it’s a part of a growing ecotourism industry in the Dominican Republic.

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The great things about Los Haitises is that it is striking to the fashionable ec0-tourist interested in the finer details of the ecosystems in the Dominican Republic, but also to the casual ‘I-just-want-to-go-kayaking’ tourist. Being a combination of those two, I relished the beautiful tropical forest, the countless limestone keys and mangroves while kayaking around it all. A lot of information thrown our way was made the more interesting by our knowledgeable and friendly guide, Wilfredo.

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