Full Day Tour to 3 Dominican Cultures Afro, Hispanic and Taino

An adventure of three cultures: Afro, Hispanic, Taino. Get to know the Dominican Republic from a different approach, the most important prehistoric protected area in the Antilles, place of rituals, magic. Feel the Taino tradition. In the World Heritage Site of Boca de Nigua Sugar Mills, we tell you how cane was processed to turn it into sugar and other products. : A cry for freedom, a story written with blood, sweat and reed, African magic and their longing to be free and remember the land from which they were torn. The Columbus Lighthouse: The magnum opus of the celebrations of the 500th anniversary of the Discovery of America. An impressive work of architecture. The authentic tomb of the Genoese admiral who discovered a new world. This is the best tour to get to know because the Dominican Republic is unique, three cultures, one town, one tour. Book now and learn about the origin of a town...that was born from three.

From Independence Park we will go to the province of San Cristóbal, where we will take you on an adventure in the Las Cuevas del Pomier National Park, in the San Cristóbal province. For more than an hour you will immerse yourself in the most important cave system in the Antilles in terms of rock art. Our local guides will take you to know mythologies and legends corresponding to the different Taino deities, in addition to taking a trail in the tropical forest, At the end of this tour, the community members will have prepared some samples of their traditional Taino cuisine (chola, or casabe).

The second stop will be at the Boca de Nigua and Diego Caballero mills, declared a world heritage site for preserving the first colonial sugar mills in America, where you will see the ruins of these mills. Our local guides will give you information about the forced labor to which people from Africa were subjected, their actions of resistance and cultural elements that are preserved in Dominicans to this day. The Nigua community will prepare a delicious typical lunch for us, ensuring ingredients from the Afro-descendant population present in the province.

We will leave San Cristóbal and return to Santo Domingo. The third stop will be to visit the Columbus Lighthouse Museum, where the remains of Christopher Columbus are kept. There you will learn a little about those first contacts of Europeans with what they knew as the new world.

The tour ends in the Plaza de la Hispanidad, in front of the Alcázar de Colon Museum, from there you can explore the unique Colonial City, the first in America, at your leisure.

• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Not recommended for children under 8 years old
• Not recommended for people with disabilities

• Full Day Tour to 3 Dominican Cultures Afro, Hispanic and Taino
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• This Tour is Provided by Mixtour.
• Tour Timezone & Starts at America/Santo_Domingo.
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