ARRIVAL INFORMATION        back

What’s required:  passport and tourist card (US$10 per person).   Most travelers arriving into the Dominican Republic will not require a visa but just a tourist card.    You can order your tourist visa online (google Dominican Republic consulate in your country) or you can easily purchase it on arrival, before going to Immigrations and Custom.

There are some exceptions to the tourist card requirements.   As of January 2010, citizens of the following countries DO NOT require a visa or a tourist card:

Argentina, Chile, South Korea, Ecuador, Israel, Japan, Peru, and Uruguay
Here is the official list of countries whose citizens require a tourist card or visa to enter the Dominican Republic:   http://www.consuladord.com/contenidos…

Arriving in Puerto Plata:  Gregorio Luperon Airport (POP)

The closest airport to Cabarete is POP.
For transportation between the airport Puerto Plata and Kite Beach Cabarete just get one of the 200 Taxis in front of the Airport (20 to $30) this is cheeper than me sending one from cabarete ($35 to $40). Negotiate the rate before you step in the Taxi!
Another possibility is a Taxi Public. Those are marked with a white sign on top. From the Airport to Cabarete is about one Dollar. You will have to change this transportation in Sosua and you have to walk a 0.5 mile, 5000feet, 1km outside the airport.
Driving out of the the airport turn left heading towards Sosua. The first little town you will see is Sosua Ceramico. You will need to follow the street until you pass the police station in Sosua Center. From there you are going straight towards Cabarete. After 5 miles you will get to a little hill from where you might be able to see kites in front of you for the first time. One mile after this little hill you’ll see Extreme Hotels, Kitebeach Hotel and Agualina. We are located in front of Kitebeach Hotel on the Beach side. There is a little parking area in front of the Hotel. You can pass through the receptions of the hotel straight to the beach. Left of  the restaurant you will be able to see the School.

Arriving in Santo Domingo:  Las Americas Airport (SDQ)

If you arrive in Santo Domingo, you will be about 4 hours away (depending on the time of the day) from Cabarete.  Your transport options are:

(a) taxi cab—expect to pay around US$200 for a cab for four people;

(b) buses—there are two large bus companies that come to Sosua (10 minutes from Cabarete).  You will have to take a taxi from the airport to the bus station (around US$35), and then again from Sosua to Cabarete (US$15).  These bus companies are Metro Tours and Caribe Express.   The latter has more scheduled buses to Sosua than Metro.   The cost of the bus ride is around US$10 per person (Metro is a bit more expensive than Caribe Tours, but more reliable and newer buses).  The temperature in buses of both companies is really low.  Do remember to bring a sweater in your carry-on luggage.  Caribe Tours buses tend to be much colder than Metro Buses and also make a few more stops on the way.  Major stops are in Santiago and then again in Puerto Plata before proceeding to Sosua.

Metro  http://www.metroserviciosturisticos.c…

Caribe Tours http://www.caribetours.com.do/

Arriving in Santiago:   Cibao International Airport (STI)

Taxi cab from STI to Cabarete is US$100 for up to four people.  Keep in mind though that the cab driver may take the mountain route (through  the town of Moca).  If you are arriving late at night, this is not a very good option.  Ask the driver to take the route through Puerto Plata instead.

An alternative is to take a cab to the bus station (Metro or Caribe Tours, in the Jardines neighborhood are one block away from each other) and the bus to Sosua.

Departure Tax

The departure tax is US$20 per person.  Passengers flying commercial from North America will likely have already included this tax in the total cost of their ticket.  Charter flights and flights from Europe may or may not have it included.