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LOS HAITISES<\/h1>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t
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Activities in Los Haitises National Park<\/h2>\n

What to do in Los Haitises National Park<\/p>\n

Puedes encontrar todas nuestras actividades y al mismo tiempo hacer una reserva antes de llegar. Si necesita contactar Guias Certificados por Turismo y Medio Ambiente: (+1) 829 318 9463<\/a> Whatsapp.<\/p>\n

Los Haitises National Park\u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n

Covering an area of 1,600 km\u00b2, Los Haitises National Park is one of the jewels of the Dominican Republic's national park system. Los Haitises, which translates to \"mountainous land\" in the Taino language, attracts multiple visitors who come here by boat to see its magnificent series of rock formations rising out of the water. The park also has lush mangroves along its bay, which is adorned with cays home to multiple bird colonies and a series of caves known for having the most petroglyphs and pictographs in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Birds in Los Haitises National Park<\/h3>\n

You can easily spot the endangered Ridgway's hawk, the Sierra woodpecker, Hispaniolan woodpecker, as well as pelicans, herons, egrets and other majestic birds flying through the park's extensive landscape. Los Haitises also boasts one of the Dominican Republic's rainforests. Explore the park by boat from Saman\u00e1, climb its rainforest to see the flora up close, or kayak through its lush mangrove system.<\/span><\/p>\n

The visit to the\u00a0Los Haitises National Park<\/strong>\u00a0is fascinating. It is an unforgettable tour where we will contemplate as few in the world. It is a paradisiacal place that transports us to the time of the dinosaurs, by the way, in Los Haitises important scenes of the movie were filmed.\u00a0Jurassic Park<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

Los Haitises National Park is one of the main ecological attractions of the Dominican Republic. Los Haitises is a karst or relief in rocks, tropical limestone in mogotes, characteristic of these climatic zones of the earth. In its external morphology it presents hills, corridors and valleys, and in its internal morphology cavities, some of great dimensions like those of the coast. It is a dense coastal rainforest in the southern part of the Bay of Saman\u00e1, is a huge reserve full of caves, Taino pictographs, rainforests, and hundreds of species of birds, many of them endemic. The characteristic that distinguishes this mystical place from other parks on the island is its mogotes or \"lomitas\", which can reach 40 meters in height and cover the entire surface of the park. This phenomenon is caused by the karst geography of the region, and the trade winds that, when they collide with the mogotes, rise and produce rain almost every day of the year.<\/p>\n

El Parque Nacional Los Haitises es una de las joyas de la corona del sistema de parques nacionales de la Rep\u00fablica Dominicana. Los Haitises significa \u00abtierra monta\u00f1osa\u00bb en Taino, y el Parque nutre uno de los pocos bosques tropicales restantes de la isla. El parque, que tambi\u00e9n tiene extensos manglares, cubre un \u00e1rea de 1.600 km\u00b2 (618 millas cuadradas). Una maravilla natural repleta de muchas llaves y cuevas, la selva all\u00ed fue utilizada como un lugar para la pel\u00edcula Jurassic Park. Es f\u00e1cil localizar el Halc\u00f3n de Ridgway en peligro de extinci\u00f3n, el Piculet Hispaniolan, el Carpintero Hispaniolan, la Esmeralda Espa\u00f1ola, los pel\u00edcanos, las aves de fragata, las garzas y muchas otras majestuosas aves en vuelo.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Los Haitises National Park<\/strong>\u00a0was created in the Dominican Republic by Law 409 of June 3, 1976, although Law 244 had already created a Forest Reserve called Zona Vedada de Los Haitises in 1968.<\/p>\n

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Los Haitises National Park boundaries<\/h3>\n

Su l\u00edmite y, por lo tanto, su superficie, ha sido modificado varias veces y actualmente est\u00e1 indefinido. Se encuentra ubicado, en gran proporci\u00f3n, en la provincia de Saman\u00e1 (incluyendo parte de la Bah\u00eda de Saman\u00e1) y se completa en las provincias de Monte Plata y Hato Mayor. Haitises significa tierra alta o tierra de monta\u00f1as, aunque el conjunto de colinas o \u00abmogotes\u00bb tiene alturas que oscilan entre 30 y 40 metros.<\/p>\n

From the hydrographic point of view, Los Haitises and its areas of influence comprise two regions: the lower basin of the Yuna River and the area of Miches and Sabana de la Mar. The Yuna drains through two mouths: the Yuna River itself and the Barracote River. The area also includes the Payabo, Los Cocos and Naranjo rivers, and the Cabirma, Estero, Prieto and other canals.<\/p>\n

An important aspect is the karst geomorphological formation that determines, among other things, a system of caves with pictographs and petroglyphs such as the caves of La Reyna, San Gabriel and La L\u00ednea.<\/p>\n

The karst zone of Los Haitises is composed of hills (mogotes) close to each other with valleys (bottoms) between them. The mogotes of the interior and the keys of the Bay of Saman\u00e1 have the same origin, differing only in that the bottoms between the keys are occupied by seawater and are less elevated than the mogotes.<\/p>\n

The Los Haitises karst formation has an extension of 82 km, from Sabana de la Mar to Cevicos, for 26 km, south of Saman\u00e1 Bay to Bayaguana. Other similar karst areas are found north of Saman\u00e1 Bay and another south of Sos\u00faa and Cabarete.<\/p>\n

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Flora of Los Haitises National Park<\/strong><\/h3>\n


\n<\/strong>The flora of Los Haitises is characteristic of its two life zones: the humid subtropical forest (Bh-S) and the very humid subtropical forest (Bmh-S). It preserves representative forest remnants of broadleaf species such as cabirma santa (Guarea trichiliodes), cedar (Cedrela odorata), ceiba (Ceiba pentandra), mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), copey (Clusia rosea) and hojancha (Coccoloba pubescens). In addition, there are numerous species of orchids.<\/p>\n

The current vegetation of Los Haitises is mostly forest. The terrain and soil have allowed the development of some forest variants. A distinction is made between the forests between the hummocks, on mineral soil with organic material, and the forests on top of the hummocks, on the rock and almost without mineral soil.<\/p>\n

This park contains the largest sample of the Caribbean mangrove, which is dominated by species such as red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) and white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa).<\/p>\n

Fauna of Los Haitises National Park<\/strong><\/h3>\n


\n<\/strong>The fauna of Los Haitises is of great variety and the most nationally representative of all the protected natural areas in the Dominican Republic, due to the diversity of its environments. Mammals are present in different species of bats as well as the hutia (Plagiodontia aedium) and the solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus); both species are endemic and threatened with extinction.<\/p>\n

As a coastal-marine park, it contains an unparalleled bird fauna, with a majority representation of endemic, native and migratory species that cannot be found in the rest of the country. Some of these species are the pelican or gannet (Pelecanus occidentalis), the earwig (Fregata magnificens), the parrot (Amazona ventralis), the owl (Tyto alba) and the eared owl (Asio stygius).<\/p>\n

Landscape of Los Haitises National Park\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>Los Haitises National Park contains very impressive scenic elements such as the San Lorenzo Bay, the different keys and the mangrove populations. Between Boca del Infierno and El Naranjo Arriba is located the Cayo de los P\u00e1jaros. This is easily recognized by the presence, flying over it at low altitude, almost permanent presence of earwigs and pelicans. The tallest trees grow in the center of the key, which is the highest part. The copey is dominant and its horizontal branches are used by the birds for perching. The fig tree (Ficus aff. laevigata) and the almond tree (Terminalia catappa) make up the other part of the trees. To visit the park, the most used places are Saman\u00e1 and Sabana de la Mar.<\/p>\n

Los Haitises National Park Excursion<\/strong><\/h3>\n


\n<\/strong>We offer this ecological and relaxing excursion departing from all the hotels in the different areas of the Dominican Republic, leaving from the picturesque and romantic Port of Samana in comfortable and safe boats, accompanied by an expert guide, with lunch and drinks included.<\/p>\n

Los Haitises National Park Excursion :
\n<\/strong>The excursion to Los Haitises National Park can be combined in different ways.
\nTransportation in comfortable air-conditioned buses from hotels in Bayahibe-La Romana, Boca Chica, Juan Dolio, Santo Domingo and Puerto Plata.<\/p>\n

Boarding at the Samana Pier in comfortable boats or catamarans with all the security measures until arriving at Los Haitises.
\n1. Walk through mangrove swamps and islets.
\n2. Accompaniment by an expert guide
\n3. Taxes Included
\n4.One night stay in a hotel in Samana (if the excursion is for two days).
\n5.Delicious buffet lunch on Cayo Levantado Island with all drinks included.<\/p>\n

Buffet menu in Cayo Levantado<\/strong><\/h3>\n

-Cold pasta
\n-Russian Salad
\n-White rice, rice and pulses
\n-BBQ Chicken
\n-Steamed fish
\n-Tropical fruits
\n-French bread
\n-Coffee, local beverages<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t

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