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Why you’ll love this…

Cruzeiro para Saona em barco rápido e catamarã, com parada para mergulho com snorkel no caminho

Relaxe, tome sol e aprecie a vista no convés enquanto navega pelo Caribe

Relaxe na sua praia privativa perfeita para o Instagram, reservada exclusivamente para nossos hóspedes

Todas as bebidas estão incluídas e você saboreará um almoço à beira-mar com especialidades locais

Guia local especializado com conhecimento inigualável da Ilha Saona e sua natureza

What we expect

Puro relaxamento espera por você nesta viagem para a Ilha Saona. Se você está procurando por aquela escapada perfeita pronta para o Insta, você a encontrou. Saona é um sonho tropical clássico de uma ilha, envolta em flora exótica e orlada de palmeiras ondulantes, areias brancas e infinitas águas azul-esverdeadas. Você chegará à ilha em uma combinação de catamarã e barco rápido, com uma parada para mergulho com snorkel na saída.

Ramon, um dos nossos guias especialistas, diz: "Trabalhamos duro para proteger nosso ambiente intocado e todas as espécies que o tornam tão especial. Fomos o primeiro país a proteger os...

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O que lembrar

Não use nadadeiras para mergulho com snorkel para evitar danos aos recifes

Será determinado no dia qual trecho da viagem será de barco rápido e qual será de catamarã

Não é adequado para gestantes ou hóspedes com problemas nas costas

Não é adequado para hóspedes com mobilidade reduzida

Traga roupa de banho e protetor solar

Traga uma toalha

Traga um chapéu

Sujeito às condições meteorológicas

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Reviews

great

4.3/5

Based on 175 reviews from verified customers

All ratings (175)

Excellent (99)

57%

Great (41)

23%

Average (27)

15%

Poor (5)

Bad (3)

Jamie

February 2026

From Reino Unido

Traveled as With friends - 19 years old

Excellent

Steve

Traveled as As a couple - 9 years old

Average

The overall trip was okay. The visit to the island was nice and the speedboat/catamaran were positives. However, our tour guide was very little help. He did not interact with the guests or offer information about the island or area. On the return journey, he sat on the catamaran with his headphones in and didn't engage in any conversation or offer anything insightful.

SP

Traveled as As a couple

Speedboat & catamaran crews were great, especially the speedboat crew. Guide with us was poor, barely any interaction & no information provided on arriving at Saona. Food at lunch was poor. We did this trip 6 years ago & it was loads better. Weather at beach was a shame but couldn't be helped. Boat crews & fellow guests made the day.

Sully

January 2026

Traveled as With friends - 38 years old

10/10, it was worth paying more for the private beech. Not crowded, plenty of food and drinks for everyone. Out in a fast boat and home on a catamaran. The captain and mate on each boat kept us entertained and filled up with food and drinks. The guide keep us on track and gave clear details of what to expect of the day when we got on to the coach. Safe driver who delivered us back to our hotel.

Mr & Mrs Armsby

Traveled as As a couple - 30 years old

Didn’t cater for vegetarians on this trip, was left hungry all day till 8pm when we got back to the hotel….. they run out of beer on the trip, 2 hours without a drink. Shocking and will be taking this further

MichelleV

Traveled as With friends - 33 years old

Everything enjoyable Only recommendation is to: Add a breakfast stop - it is long day and more often pickup times may affect ability to grab anything before 7am. Suggest to add some wood panel - shore where you get onto the uber boat for the catamaran as the area is very rocky and some glass was found so unsafe. . Recommend people to wear slip on mules or suggest area improvements. Staff and Saona was fabulous!

AdP

Traveled as As a couple - 45 years old

Great

13 hours from leaving to returning to the hotel...billed as 8 hours but it was longer and worth it

Nick

December 2025

Traveled as With family - 28 years old

Danny, our guide was brilliant, very knowledgeable, good fun and made the experience much more enjoyable. Speed boat was not quite a ‘speedboat’ and likewise the katamaran was not the typical image of a katamaran with the netting etc you’d expect. Minor things but 2nd time we have done this experience and nine years ago it was a little better for those reasons.

Jacqueline

Traveled as As a couple - 40 years old

The trip was great, loved the snorkeling, we saw some beautiful fish. The speedboat was great, the guide got everyone to sing happy birthday to my husband, thankyou, it made it more special as it was his 60th birthday. The catermarran was great, needs more entertainment, there was music but nobody was really enjoying it....I loved it!

Martin

Traveled as As a couple - 12 years old

Poor

I did not enjoy anything about this experience The trip included snorkeling when all the corals is dead and no fish. The food was rubbish and the drinks were cheap. The guide was next to useless and when we got back to the coach he disappeared. Saona was full of flies, the beach was full of debris. Nothing about this trip reflects the £100 per head price tag. This was a majorly disappointing aspect of my holiday.

Evangeline

Our guide was super friendly and polite, asset to tui! Always making us feel safe and making us laugh!

Sean S

November 2025

Traveled as With family - 23 years old

The trip itself is promoted as being pure relaxation however the catamaran sail is far from this. We were a family and 2 boys were tired yet no consideration was given to this fact with overly loud music being played catering towards other guests. The surf and turf dinner promotion is also misleading as you are given some fatty lamb, bbq chicken and some prawns. Expectations would have most people assume at least a cut of steak with prawn as a minimum. Overall not the best value for money tour.

Collins

Traveled as As a couple - 33 years old

The guide on this trip was the worst I have ever come across. He spent most of the day on his phone and or asleep on the boat he was not at all informative and miserable the whole time. I have done this trip before with other providers and it was lovely. This time I should of kept my money. Stood around for an hour in the morning waiting as well as nothing nice about the trip. Although the lads working on the catamaran they are the only reason for any score as they were good.

Linda S-C

Traveled as With friends - 42 years old

Enjoyed the trip from getting on the coach to returning at the end of the day. Roberto was a thoroughly entertaining & an informative guide who looked after us throughout the day. Both legs of the trip to the island were fantastic and a lovely lunch was provided on the paradise island.

Garry

Traveled as With friends - 43 years old

We were generally very happy with the experience, however being left on the beach for close to an hour waiting for our guide to arrive, only then to have some confusion over who should be getting on the boat (two guests who should not have been there were given access because no name checks were completed before allowing people to embark. This process was only completed when we were changing to the catamaran for the larger part of our trip.).

Blackpoolbb

Traveled as With friends - 48 years old

Snorkeling 200 yards if that from the beach. Corals in poor state, then took to beautiful sandy bank. Then to island, food ok, beach so so, quite shingly, section that was for our use, but another section 2 strides away. Catamaran ok. Staff were the best thing. Definitely overpriced.

Jason

Traveled as As a couple - 35 years old

The island was not as we thought but maybe the storm was responsible for that , the boat crew were superb couldn’t fault them , we were however uncomfortable with the behaviour of the guide mesa , who referred to tipping for most of the day before going around on the way back with his hand out then counting his tips in front of us like his winnings from the horses , we also witnessed him urinating against tree on the island described as a national park , there were children on this trip

SAR

This was an adults 13+ excursion.... or so we thought. There was a child on board and this was not value for money at all. 1st to be picked up so we were on board the coach 2.5 hours. Snorkeling at the 1st stop was up shopping over boats and we got to Snorkel where all the boats are moored in sea full of diesel and pollution not the Snorkeling we had in mind It said a private area on the beach to have diner it was a shared shack with a buffet & bbq to which the food was getting swarmed by flies

Yanni

From Alemanha

Traveled as With family - 4 years old

Der Guide hat sehr wenig geredet und fast gar nichts auf Deutsch (einzelne Sätze) Wir mussten noch lange auf unserem Schiff warten im Hafen umher von vielen Verkäufern die die ganze Zeit das gleiche Verkaufen möchten. Außerdem sollte man Trinkgeld den Betreibern geben obwohl die Bootfahrt nicht sehr gut war.

Mr Lee

September 2025

Traveled as As a couple - 42 years old

The food could a little better. Plus providing bottled water not just a small cup. The boat ride was excellent as was the snorkelling. Perhaps a snorkelling stop on the way back wouldn't go a miss.

Garygatwick.

Traveled as With friends - 45 years old

It was a great day. It takes a few hours to get to the island, but it's worth it. Your in paradise for about 3 hours, you get a nice bbq lunch ,then off you go to another place where you'll see starfish. The boat guy gets in the sea with you and serves drinks. All in all good value for money and a big thank you to the staff that looked after us.

Anna

Traveled as With friends - 34 years old

President Danny kept us entertained all day, the speedboat and catamaran staff where fabulous. Great day out could not recommend enough.

AV

Traveled as With family - 19 years old

I have paid £248 for an excursion that never happened. We are 2 adults and 1 child, and in the morning of 30.06.2025 when the excursion was booked, I arrived at the hotel reception earlier to wait for bus collection. We were told to wait outside hotel receotion entrance, but bus collected people from Security gate down at the barrier hotel.I have called customer service at TUI, where I spoke with a very rude person that didnt help but shout at me.I will never ever purchase any excursions viaTUI

Matt

Only downside was tour was supposed to be only English. There were Spanish speaking people on tour also so guide had to repeat everything in both languages

Alison White

Food on boat was awful. Only cheese and ham sandwiches which were slimey to say the least so did not eat. They had obviously been prepared hours before and not kept cool. Cheese and pineapple/meat offered and was very warm too. Boat ran out of sprite and no water. A few drunks on board and children hanging off side of no boat with no sign of parents. The pork meat offered on Soana Island was extremely fatty and we were rushed to finish lunch. Toilets were awful.

Vinny

Traveled as As a couple - 4 years old

We really enjoyed the island, it's really picturesque, it's just a shame we only had a couple of hours on it. If TUI had put it in the write up that there's a 2 hour coach ride either way, and we'd only get 2 hours on the island, we wouldn't of booked this excursion.

Mark Rogers

Excellent guide and fantastic experience

Matt Ramplin

Traveled as With family - 27 years old

Duncan

August 2025

Traveled as As a couple - 43 years old

Jillian Blair

Traveled as With friends - 39 years old

Mark Leech

July 2025

Traveled as As a couple - 27 years old

From start to finish was really well managed time keep was excellent our tour guide Castro was 10/10 made our trip feel safe and gave us all the information that we needed and always smiling.

Mex

Absolutely fabulous day from start to finish even though we got soaked on return boat. Highly recommend crews we're fantastic and we were very well looked after.

JenG

Love the variety of activities and fun of the open bar in the sea. Only aspect not so great was being told it was all inclusive trip and then finding out a special drink on the island was extra. Don’t mind paying but would have been good to know as to bring more money

Dave

Traveled as As a couple - 17 years old

There was children on the trip .it states age 13+ and there was four kids on the trip under 6yrs of age . On the the speed boat back the music was so loud and dreadful it gave me bad ears for the rest of the night! It was dangerous loud! Also boat staff very unprofessional making rude gestures and started conflict with a family on the speed boat.. want my money back..

Lucy & Aaron

Traveled as As a couple - 18 years old

Our tour guide mesa was amazing. He kept us informed during the entire trip and he had a lovely sense of humor. The boat staff were just as good and ensured we were kept topped up with drinks etc. The swimming pool area was amazing with starfish visible, the ocean was gorgeous. Mesa ensured we knew where we needed to be and when. The island itself is gorgeous, the food and the drink as part of the experience was also amazing. This excursion absolutely made our trip and would highly ret

Michelangelo

Traveled as As a couple - 41 years old

We booked this by mistake as we really wanted to snorkel. In all, we got 20 minutes of snorkelling which was great but we assumed there would be sealife in the water at Saona. There wasn’t. Plenty of humans though! Saying that, the catamaran trip was really good fun thanks to the boat hand who got everyone dancing. The food and drink was average on the island. The beach was beautiful for the 2.5 hours we were there.

Stevo

Traveled as As a couple - 13 years old

The whole day was organised well and were kept up to date with info through the excursion. However we were having a great day until the catamaran on the way back where we were subjected to ear piecing levels of music. My watch didn’t go much below 100db and for 2 hours this was unacceptable. At no point in the booking process or description it say anything about being blasted with music. We were not the only ones on the way back feeling like this, however felt we couldn’t say anything.

Beautiful Sanoa

Long journey and having to keep being transferred. Long long day and took a long time to get back to our hotel as we were lastvdrop off . Food amazing loved it and choice of drinks were good. Nice smallish group and our guide was excellent. Very humble and very grateful. Down side everybody expected a tip on speed boat. Catamaran and guide. This is the second time we have done this trip and the island is beautiful. Not to busy as we went early.

Tracy UK

Traveled as As a couple - 26 years old

TEAM CASCO! Guide amazing and fun from start to finish stayed with our group of 25 the whole day. Speed boat snorkeling natural pool private section of lounges on the island. Buffet lunch amazing. Speed boat going catermeran back, always offered drinks and had a sing along and party on way back. Defo recommend private as well planned small group compared to other people's experience of the cheaper option who we met on resort. Shout out to our guid Casco.

Jason Eden

June 2025

Traveled as As a couple - 38 years old

Traveled as With family - 11 years old

Wonderful day and well worth the money for a bit of calm. Roberto was an amazing guide - TUI are very lucky to have him. Perfectly organised, loved that we got the catamaran first and speedboat back as it worked so much better.

Summer

Traveled as As a couple - 6 years old

Our guide Danny (“The President”) was amazing! We started with snorkelling, there were so many fish to see and then a catamaran cruise to saona island. The staff were great constantly providing drinks and food and dancing. Saona island itself was stunning. We also bought fresh pineapple juice in pineapples which was so good. After about 3 hours on the beach we went to the natural swimming pool via speedboat where we got to swim and see/hold starfish. The trip was excellent value for money!

SmithE

Expensive but good day out

Charl

Traveled as As a couple - 11 years old

The whole thing was amazing, i dont think it could be improved on

Jack

Traveled as With friends - 13 years old

Claredg

Traveled as With friends - 32 years old

Anonymous

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Joanne Saynor

May 2025

Traveled as As a couple - 31 years old

Be prepared to spend the whole time smiling and enjoying the island and it's people. Beautiful place friendly wonderful staff. Food was nice too. Thank you for some wonderful memories

Adam

Johnnys was a amazing. Guide and he is a very knowledgeable man fantastic person

Alan Jackson

Traveled as As a couple - 46 years old

It was an overall lovely experience. The beach, lunch and attention to detail is first class. Short boat trip to the snorkelling stop which was a great experience, so much to see. The next stop nearer the island for swimming in shallow water to see starfish and Rays was also very good. It was a fast boat on the outward journey and the far more sedate catamaran on the inward leg. The whole day was exceptionally good , and it will stay with me a long time. Superb

D chappell

Traveled as With friends - 40 years old

Extremely overpriced ... guide talked about himself ... taken to private beach which was awful... guide sat under a shelter and didn't come near... awful food.. overpriced cocktail... the only good thing was the poor young man on the catamaranran around after us... charging 138 pound pp for this trip is disgusting... other guests booked through the hotel and paid 60 pound.. different beach and much better experience.. tui you should be ashamed

Peter

The catamaran leg of the journey was great fun. A little less time on the coach transfer to give a bit more time on the island but overall one of best excursions we have done anywhere.

Kelly and James

Traveled as As a couple - 22 years old

Amazing trip and our guide Castro made the trip even more enjoyable. He was friendly, informative and great fun. the island is absolutely stunning and the natural swimming pool was a great experience. The service on both catamaran and speed boat were brilliant. Overall would definitely recommend

Maggie

Traveled as With family - 30 years old

I personally don’t like loud music and rowdy tourists. But then I guess I should have paid for private boat trip. However it maybe an idea to offer a more quiet experience for people who don’t like to party, noise and drunk loud people. Neurodivergent people would appreciate quiet experience too

Dec

Perfect day in absolute paradise. Not too many people on the boat which was lovely as there was room to move on the boat and private beach was amazing. Best trip I’ve ever been on. Only downside was when we got food, there was a slug on the salad and almost ate it which was grim.

Louise

April 2025

Traveled as As a couple - 37 years old

Really enjoyed the private beach the lunch was amazing ,the island was clean plenty of drinks ,tour guide great. The day was very well organised and structured . Whilst I appreciate there had to be a time for each stop and activity I feel the only thing was I would have loved to have spent more time in the blue lagoon ,this felt very rushed and was the part I was most looking forward to Overall a very good well organised trip it felt very special As we were the first to arrive on the beach

AC

Traveled as As a couple - 3 years old

It was amazing, the tour guide was lovely and really cared about us having a good time. We snorkelled, went to the natural pools, and the island was just breathtaking. I would recommend this experience to everyone who wants to visit. Big shout out to Victor (Obama) who was our guide and was incredible throughout.

From Estados Unidos da America

Beautiful island, gorgeous seas, plenty of food and drink and sunshine. Our guide for the day Danny was excellent. Would do again and definitely recommend

Traveled as With friends - 5 years old

Walking back to the bus before heading back to the hotel was really overwhelming and wasn’t much structure as to finding it but other than that a beautiful day and experience. The tui worker who was with us on our trip was very informative and everyone we encountered on our trip was so friendly and really made the trip one to remember with their attitude and all around good vibes

James Howell

March 2025

Traveled as With family - 46 years old

For some reason it was cheaper to buy the experience on the app than through your rep at the hotel.

John B

Traveled as As a couple - 55 years old

Cramped speedboat journey out and type of music

Joy

Harbour area dodgy, wouldn’t have liked to be alone Boat broke Hours on a boat trying to recoup time. Was too long on the boat itself - needed a speedboat- catamaran too slow Island was beautiful Guide smashing

SSJ UK

Traveled as With friends - 30 years old

Trip was brilliant , varied and very enjoyable. It was great to experience the snorkelling, sand bank and of course the beautiful island. The boats were great. All of the staff were great and worked hard in helping us relax and enjoy ourselves. Johnny our tour guide worked hard all day to orchestrate the day to make it great for all of us. The size of the group was just right. Only negative for the day was the length of day we were out - just over 13 hours from being picked up in the morning.

Beth

February 2025

Traveled as With family - 15 years old

It is a long day of travelling but we did expect that from reviews. We were up and out of the hotel for 7:20am, took the coach (bus) to the peer. On speedboat for no longer than 2 minutes before having a snorkelling stop which was a little disappointing for all. We saw stripy fish but it was underwhelming. back on the boat after 10 mins and went saona which was gorgeous! No starfish though! Beautiful waist height sea and pina colada from pineapple ($10). Not ‘supreme’ but private beach was great

Geoff Hancock

January 2025

Traveled as With friends - 51 years old

Lae

Traveled as Alone - 48 years old

I enjoyed relaxing on the beach. I was a bit disappointed that we did not explore the island.

Active Pensioner

Traveled as As a couple - 52 years old

The snorkelling stop was not acceptable as it was a swim off the boat in the harbour with a few fish around. I was expecting a stop off near a reef to snorkel. The return boat trip in a “fast boat” was not good as many passengers got drenched from the spray, yet other types of boats looked ok, not practical having to sit on the coach for the return trip whilst getting the seats wet !!

Donna

December 2024

Traveled as As a couple - 32 years old

The trip was fantastic, would give it 10/10 for everything apart from the fast boat part of the journey. It was uncomfortable, all squeezed on and getting drenched by sea water. Thankfully it was the way back but it certainly put a dampener on what was a great day. The staff on the Catamaran were brilliant, very entertaining!

Debbie D

Traveled as With family - 42 years old

Thoroughly enjoyed the trip- a great organised experience for all the family. The food on the island was plentiful and very good, as was the drinks and snacks on the boats. The only negatives I have would be the coach taking us to and from the trip was far too small, as in crammed seating, no leg room what so ever. For that length of journey a bigger coach would be better. Also maybe a warning from the tour guide that the port is very busy and can be overwhelming.

Alex

October 2024

Only thing would’ve been was toctell us to bring some cash for example we wanted to get the pino colada from the locals on saona island we asked about paying via card but the rep said we could pay later but wasn’t made clear how exactly we could do that. But service was amazing still all of the boat people were helpful and provided excellent service. The tour guide as well was very nice and knew a lot of information

Jodie

Traveled as With family - 22 years old

Angie

Traveled as With friends

A wonderful experience with educated tour guide el presedente aka Danny

Steph

September 2024

Traveled as As a couple - 10 years old

The trip was amazing, the island is so beautiful and we saw starfish! The only comment is that it would have been good if the catamaran was one of the ones with the netting you can sit on

Hoggski

August 2024

Traveled as With family - 37 years old

Coach and boat rides very enjoyable Staff on island bang tips jar at you even if getting water. Food was exceptionally basic twice spaghetti overcooked meat however prawns and fish were good Island is over touristed making locals only interested in your money never mind the high premium for the day. Host and Boat staff were amazing

Anthony Fitzsimmons

July 2024

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Johnny

Traveled as With family - 33 years old

The trip was fantastic from the snorkelling to the boats to the private beach and the food. Nice authentic pina colada which was $10 extra which I think for the price of 6 tickets should have been included. The Catamaran on the way back was great with music and rum. Our 4 kids age range 18 -10 had a blast. It’ll certainly be an experience they’ll never forget.

Leah A

The Saona Island trip was AMAZING, out of this world. The tui rep, I think his name was Raffiell? I'm sure that was his name, he was VERY GOOD! We felt safe all the time. The staff on the catererman boat and speed boat were good too. Kept filling our drinks up. We had a blast. Everything about the trip was beautiful, seeing the big star fish, the clear water, it was paradise. There isn't anything that you could improve on. 1000/1000. We would do it again 100%

June 2024

Coach and speedboat had seen better days, boat was crammed full not an inch to spare. Natural pool beautiful best bit, the starfish we saw whilst whizzing along in the boat which is a shame, would have been nice to stop to see them properly. Beach was nice, toilets disgusting however

Joanne & Steve

The whole experience was fantastic, we went on a motor boat to the island, and a catamaran back. The staff & the tour guide were fantastic. Great day out.

Simon

May 2024

Boat trips to and from the island were really good. The staff in the catamaran were really good, got you involved in steering the boat, dancing and generally couldn’t do enough for you. The speedboat trip back couldn’t have been a polar opposite, the crew never spoke, just came round and poured a drink. The stop off on the shallow sand to see the star fish was really beautiful in turquoise clear water. The island itself was disappointing, food provided was poor and wife ended up with upset tummy

Mich

Traveled as Alone - 35 years old

Had an amazing day. Staff were brilliant. Not sure if it was worth £112 per person but a grand day nevertheless

Emily & Andy

April 2024

Sanoa island was beautiful however this trip is expensive for what you get! When we arrived at the port we got on a boat to the sail boat which we were then told this is where we were to snorkel for approx 10 mins and they boat staff were feeding the fish this was disappointing we then headed to the island! It rained but this cannot be helped, once we arrived at the island it was beautiful and we were left to enjoy the ocean and beach overall the trip was nice but not worth the price of £145pp

HerefordGirl

Traveled as As a couple - 36 years old

Crew were amazing, the multiple stops made it interesting, plenty of good quality food and drink. Timings were good. We were not very lucky on the first (deeper) snorkel stop in Bayahibe harbour, we expected more given it’s a famously well populated spot. Appreciate you can’t make the fish appear, but wonder if there’s a better spot for that first stop. As a good swimmer, I didn’t like having to wear the life jacket.

Yvette

I enjoyed the day with my family and friends, our guide Olive was great, he was funny, friendly and very informative. However, the toilets on the island were awful, they weren't able to flush so this prevented me from drinking as much as i planned to as i didn't want to use the toilet again. All it would have taken was a hot bucket of water at least. The food wasn't the best, the prawns still had waste in them so it put me off my food. Other than that i had a nice day.

March 2024

Traveled as As a couple - 25 years old

Our guide and the whole boat crew created perfect experience. Can't think of any flaws. The island itself is a paradise.

Jukkis

From Finlândia

Traveled as Alone - 24 years old

John S

January 2024

The whole trip was well organised. Just disliked the fact that you were constantly being hounded to spend money.

Natalie

December 2023

Traveled as With family - 24 years old

Excellent tour guide and friendly staff, kept us fed and watered with plenty to choose from during the excursion. Food on the island was really nice and I recommend you purchase the fresh pina colada’s $10USD the best you will ever have. Only reason I didn’t give it 10/10 is because it would have been nice to have a little more time on the beach it was only 2.5hrs and goes really fast after having lunch. The excursion is ALL DAY we got picked up from our hotel at 6:30am arrived bk at 7pm

Liam

November 2023

Traveled as As a couple - 7 years old

The trip itself was fantastic. The island and natural pool were fantastic. Was disappointed by the snorkelling in “the coral reel” as we didn’t actually see any coral, just rocks and sea weed and a very small number of fish. The guide was rather boring, didn’t engage with any of us at all, wasn’t particularly fun and sounded like he was reading from a script. He also left the coach early before we had even got back to the hotels. The staff on the boat itself were much better.

Sandra

August 2023

We didn’t like being taken to a car park and left there for almost an hour before the trip coach picked us up or the unnecessary stop at a gift shop on the way home which wasn’t on the itinerary.

Richard

Traveled as With friends - 37 years old

Toilet on the boat need cleaning more on the trip apart from that a great day out

Snorkeldiva

Traveled as With family - 38 years old

Guide Bobby J was full of energy and looked after us well. The locations and boat crews were fabulous. The facilities at the island were basic which you’d expect but not being able to flush either of the 2 toilets or wash your hands as taps didn’t work let this trip down. I accept basic standards because it’s a basic island but with the stomach bugs a lot of people have been suffering then unhygienic facilities are asking for trouble which is what I got within 24 hours of this trip!

Charlie

Traveled as With friends - 9 years old

The fine print saying you have to confirm your booking 24 hours before. Could of been made more obvious

July 2023

Traveled as With family - 34 years old

Good trip but the motor speed boat is not ideal for elderly or young children it was very fast & bumpy when travelling to the sand bank. The stop at the shop is not required and adds more time onto the long day. Olive Oil the Tour Guide was excellent !

Ksmiller

Beach was not private and food was disappointing

A.Mcquitty

Traveled as With family

We did the same trip in 2019 and it was amazing this time not so much The speed boat home was not a speed boat like the one we had on the original trip this was unsafe boat that was so crammed and not what was expected

Bee

Traveled as As a couple - 20 years old

Good: A few reviews said the transfer time is long, but actually it was fine so do not let this put you off. We had 'Obama' as our tour guide & he was fantastic. I have never seen water so blue! New core memory - sat on boat, rum in hand, Bob Marley blaring, staring at this picture perfect sea & palm lined beach. Bliss. The food on the beach was fantastic. Bring 10usd for a Pina Colada. Worth it! Great day out. Bad: Did not see any starfish. Overpriced at £140pp. I'd expect to pay £80pp max.

Cristina

My family and I have thoroughly enjoyed this day out to Saona Island. Although a very long day (just over 12 hours), it was brilliant, from start to finish. Great guide with very pertinent info about the island and the Dom Rep, fantastic boat staff, the snorkeling and swim in the natural pool was excellent and the island was a dream come true for us. Good lunch on the beach as well and an endless supply of drinks. Would highly recommend

Browns

June 2023

Traveled as As a couple - 19 years old

Only 5 mins snorkelling. Too many people on catemaran. Guide on the bus was annoying waffling on for an hour rather than just properly telling us what was going to happen. Music on the bus too loud. Food not great. Beach was beautiful but 3 hours too long. Felt like constantly being asked for tips - driver, two different boats, buffet staff, bar staff. This trip was very expensive to have to pay out all those. Trip far too long, gift shop stop for 30 mins resulted in us missing dinner

Molly

Traveled as As a couple - 5 years old

Bambi our tour guide was amazing - had so much knowledge of the area and was a really lovely guy! the guys who took us on the catamarans were so fun really making the experience enjoyable especially for those who weren’t feeling great!

Callum

Traveled as Alone - 16 years old

I thoroughly enjoy the two stops in the sea en route to the island, which gave us plenty of time to swim and also snorkel. The guide was excellent as he was very informative and helpful. It was quite a long day but overall very worth it and excellent value for money! Would highly recommend.

Any name

The island full of sea weed and sea was painfully rocky

Rachel & Mark

Traveled as As a couple - 39 years old

Guide was excellent, lunch on the beach was great, plenty of choice and vegetarian options, snorkelling was really interesting to see the fish and the swim in the natural pool with the starfish was a great experience. The fast boat and catamaran crews were great guys who had us all laughing and enjoying the day. whole experience was fantastic, well worth doing!!

May 2023

Traveled as Alone - 5 years old

The guide was very informative and also fun. The staff on the boat were also friendly and wanted you to have a good time pouring endless supply’s of rum! The food on the boat was very basic with ham and tomato sandwiches. We stopped for the opportunity to snorkel. The bbq on the beach was very nice with a private dining area and again all inclusive drinks. Spent 3 hours on the island and took a speedboat back to the marina. It was a long 12 hour day starting at 6:40 but very enjoyable.

Sophie

April 2023

Traveled as As a couple - 15 years old

This was hands down the reason we came back to the Dominican, as we didn’t do it last year and it didn’t disappoint, it’s a must when visiting the DR. It’s paradise, it’s perfect and it was possibly the best experiences of my life

Nicola wells

Traveled as As a couple - 28 years old

Our tour guide was great Dan aka presidente. We had enough time at each bit and the excursion is what you make it, yes it's a long day but it states a day excursion, noone was to pushy in the gift shops which we needed to stop at for a toilet break. I totally reccomend this trip. Us 4 adults had a great time and got to see beautiful starfish. Party on a catamaran and drink lots of rum,

Beale

Traveled as With family - 35 years old

Lorraine

Didn't like swapping boats. An ideal boat trip using a catamaran with nets you can lie on so that folk can sunbathe is what should be used if the word catamaran is in the description. Otherwise state which type it is! Didn't like being too far out from shore when in the lagoon. Whole point is to see starfish. Too many boats there at same time and folk everywhere so visibility was poor. Drinks and refreshments on boats was poor. Lunch was OK. Toilets on island,no flush and no running water

tash

the trip was good but the photographer on the boat was pushy and wanted 90 dollars for a few photos. We got off the boat and he took us to an Atm. Our card was declined and he eventually accepted 30 dollars. The port was very intimidating

Chrissyb

March 2023

Traveled as With friends - 35 years old

A stunning island and wonderful experience.

Kathryn Bird

The boat trips both ways and the island were amazing. Food was plenty and drink too. Just thought it was a long day and would have preferred to be taken straight back to the hotel instead of being taken to a shop.

Rob

Traveled as As a couple - 34 years old

The beach was amazing ,

Alanna

February 2023

Traveled as As a couple - 16 years old

Saona is simply stunning. Straight out of a film. Our guide was nice & knowledgeable. Be prepared to bring cash as it is extremely tip orientated. But it was all well deserved. There was hardly any shade the island is like a sun trap so have hats and suncream ready. Definitely bring water as they don’t provide bottled water. Food looked lovely and a big spread was on but given the state of the facilities we didn’t want to risk being unwell. It was an amazing day though and highly recommend.

It’s a long day but very good. Johnny and his team were amazing hosts! The rum was definitely flowing! Lots and lots to eat and drink and Soana Island is stunning.

Vicky

Traveled as With family - 17 years old

Really great excursion . Saona is a beautiful Island . Roberto our tour guide was a gem and was great fun and full of knowledge . Plenty of opportunities to snorkel . Saw some amazing sea life . Only downside is how long the day is . From hotel pick up to hotel drop off was 12 hours . Some unnecessary stops on the way home to visit a gift shop etc when most people were just wanting to get back .

Robbo

January 2023

Traveled as As a couple - 21 years old

What a place, its what you imagine the Caribbean to be, looked like a postcode. Food was good drinks were good, boat rides great fun snorkeling was brilliant loads to see. Maybe a few more drinks on the boat (as in bottles of water) but very minor. Great day!!

Jess

December 2022

We enjoyed everything about this trip. The island is absolutely stunning, we had 2 boat rides which were great too, the staff were all accommodating and helpful, food service was great, we felt safe the whole time and would definitely do it again if we got the chance!

Vicki

The entire trip went seamlessly and was thoroughly enjoyable

Debbie c

Matthias was amazing tour guide, island was heaven. Was a lovely day

Adi68

October 2022

Fantastic care of our guide Olive and great appreciation and thanks to the entire tour staff, starting with the bus drivers, catamaran and fast boat crews and all the crew on the island Saona.

Liam p

Traveled as With family - 25 years old

I thought the beach and lagoon area was beautiful.....the island area and facilities were very run down....

Jjfinn

Fantastic day out, guide was excellent and the whole day was fantastic. Picks were on time, and there was absolutely nothing to complain about

Ana

Herob

We had done this experience on a previous holiday. Disappointed with catamaran as no netting so no place to sunbathe. Only 2 crew members so service was not as it was last time with Tui no atmosphere onboard. Previous trip we had dancing and party atmosphere. Guide excellent Island and food drink good. Speedboat good and liked that the guy came in water with a floating bar. Overall still a nice day just catamaran part was boring.

Joanne

Traveled as As a couple - 2 years old

The trip on the catamaran on the way was lovely time to relax and enjoy the sea and rum of course. The private island was lovely with a nice size area to swim and relax, food from the BBQ was of good variety, extras also enjoyable. Only down fall is we only spent 3 hours on the island and needed to allow time for dinner, would have been nice to have longer. We did visit shops on the way back which wasn’t expecting would have rather that time on the island

Louisa Lulek

September 2022

This was the best excursion we did, the guide was fabulous, the transfer was great fun, the catamaran cruise was brilliant and snorkelling was so much fun. The food on the Island was really good and plenty of it. Lots of drinks available throughout. I really can't criticise the excursion at all. The only thing for Tui to improve is the pickup times, we were far earlier than we needed to be and other people doing this had a later pick up time so we sat around for quite a while waiting at 6.30am.

Mezza

We enjoyed our trip enormously however as we are older people found the party boat not to our taste. A lot of young people were intoxicated and very inappropriate behaviour.

Alex paterson

Traveled as As a couple - 29 years old

Not sure if we had value for money, 45 people on the boat didn't feel very exclusive

Lewis & Elicia

My only negative for this experience would be the travel involved. About 1:30 on the coach on top of a 1:30 boat ride. However I would strongly recommend due to the amazing service both on the island as well as on the boats travelling too & from. I would like to shoot out Rafael Castro, a truly amazing guide with lots of experience. In addition to this he was very friendly and funny & made the experience amazing. The island itself was beautiful & must do experience! Date of Experience 06/09/22

Tracy

Pros - beautiful island with no sea weed - lovely snorkel points with sea life Cons - guide is very loud which you do not want at 6:45 am - had to stop at TUI office 40 mins into journey to pick up paperwork they forgot - toilet on bus broken not good for travelling with children - toilet on catamaran and speed boat are disgusting - toilet even worse on island. No flushing facilities a lady came with bucket. - food selection not good, unhygienic facilities - no hand wash or soap

Stacey’s

From the minute we were picked up at our hotel we had an amazing time the guide made it so much fun telling us all about our trip threw out the day

Elliott Spry

August 2022

Traveled as As a couple - 8 years old

Castrow our tour guide was amazing and the day itself was beautiful would recommend to anyone!

Andy

The perfect trip. Picked up and dropped back to the resort. The day itself was amazing with snorkeling, time on the island and getting into the ocean to see the starfish. When on the island the water is crystal blue, makes for the perfect holiday photo with the better half. Lunch was lovely and our guides were excellent. The highlight of our trip to Dominican Republic!

Excellent trip to a beautiful island. Our guide Roberto was fantastic. He looked after us all day and nothing was too much trouble. He was superb.

Robyn

A perfect trip to a little bit of a paradise. Snorkelling, food, swimming, a beautiful beach and crystal clear waters. Transfers were punctual, staff and guides were friendly and helpful. Lunch and drinks were delicious and plentiful! Definitely try the pina coladas! A fantastic trip we are thankful to have booked.

2Ps

Traveled as With family - 32 years old

Great trip, glad we went for the more expensive option as had a more exclusive beach and good food. Very early start but couldn't be helped, the crew on the catamaran were fantastic and was like bring the hotel entertainment team with us. The speedboat back with the stop at the natural pool was really good too, the eight people in our party all agreed it was the best day of our two week holiday.

Julie

The trip took far too long, we were only on the Beach for 3 hours but was out for 12 hours in total.

Amy

Fabulous trip! Nothing needed to improve, gorgeous day and staff where all lovely and very attentive.

Happy Traveler

July 2022

Should be made very clear during booking that this excursion is not suitable for people who are unsteady on their feet as it involves climbing up steps, similar to step ladders on to boats. One client on our trip, fell banging their head and fracturing their wrist getting off a boat. Guide could also have handled this situation better, as it was clear an ambulance was needed and he was slow in calling for this. Overall though trip was fantastic and Saona Island was beautiful

SJG

The organisation was brilliant! Like a well oiled machine, everything went smoothly and we were kept informed all day by our guide Danny, He also told us really interesting facts about the DR which I loved knowing. Scored down one point because of some rude humour, it didn’t seem to bother anyone else though! Just me being prudish perhaps, but mainly because some English couple got hideously drunk and spoiled the end of the excursion. It was pretty vile? Danny handled it like a pro.

Marshcat

Guide was amazing very informative friendly and interesting. The lunch was pretty poor no lobster as mentioned in the VIP trip. Only allowed one piece of meat on BBQ and drinks very limited. On board snacks vey poor too. Not as exclusive as made out! The classic must be really basic if this is the VIP excursion

El

This trip is as amazing! Our tour guide was great, and made the day so fun. The island was stunning and it was definitely worth paying more for this version of the trip since you get to visit an emptier part of the island. The food was lovely and so was both the speed boat experience and the catamaran party boat

Joanne yorke

Beautiful beach.but the staff were drinking as much as some of the customers and one person was really drunk and nearly fell overboard it wasn't quite what we expected

Mikey

June 2022

Traveled as With family - 40 years old

Had a fantastic day out and can't recommend this experience enough. Out guide Castro was amazing as we're all the staff we met along the way. It was such a good day we said we will probably do it again before we go home ??

Paul and Angela

Good trip for the whole day.can be hard for people with mobility problems as you have to change boats just before to arrive to take you to the beach which is hard to people with mobility as you have to get in water. Food could be improved. Otherwise a good trip.

GF

Toilet facilities on the island where disgusting. No running water. No toilet seats

Lesley Milligan

Traveled as As a couple - 50 years old

Enjoyed it overall but the lunch was very disappointing meat was very dry & overcooked (couldn’t eat it) we booked the Saona supreme but wasn’t worth paying double the cost of the classic, pick-up was half an hour late & was back at hotel much earlier than expected (only spending 2 hrs 30 mins on island) I would recommend the classic but not the supreme

Ailsd

Fab trip to a beautiful island. We couldn’t have asked for a nicer guide

Jane M

Can’t recommend this trip enough. The snorkelling is amazing and was the best day of our holiday. The staff really looked after us. I’m a larger lady and they really helped me feel safe. The guide was super nice and very knowledgeable. Well worth every penny.

The best was the boat rides other than that the food was burnt, the trip was sold as white sand crystal clear sea. The beach is dirty the sea was covered with sea weed there were no shells starfish or even fish visible. It Cost over £200 for 2 adults and I felt it a complete rip off. I would not recommend waisting your money

Glenn

Traveled as With family - 21 years old

Katie and Jack

Overall perfect experience!! Amazing location, staff, food/drink and transportation! Crew and bar tenders on the boats were amazing!! Would definitely recommend this trip!!

anon

the transfers to and back from the hotel to the port for the boat were awful - they were disorganised and we had no idea what was happening. the guide tried his best to sort and was obviously stressed but the return journey in particular was terrible. The actual trip was fantastic - the staff on board the boat were amazing and encouraged us all to dance and take part in the activities. Plenty of drinks - food on the boat was ok and certainly not something i'd complaint but could be improved

Sam

Fantastic day - our guide for the day, Kevin, made sure the day ran smoothly, the staff on the catamaran were great and the island is stunning. 100% recommend this trip to anyone visiting Dominican Republic.

Chanel Dudley

The island itself was stunning. However 4 hours in total on coaches took a big chunk out of the day. We also spent 2 hours on a cataman back which also took a big chunk out of the day. The views however were stunning. The food wasnt that great and was quite small. Overall for how much it cost we felt that the money could have been used on a different trip which would have been better value for money.

George.P

May 2022

A definite must do trip. Was the best trip we did, absolutely beautiful, just like paradise! Our guide known as Obama was amazing and made the trip even better, he was very knowledgeable and funny.

The experience was brilliant and the rep Danny was brilliant he made sure everything we wanted we had my suggestion would be that you advise people to use bite spray on the day we got so many bites on the 3 hour veach stay

N/A

Paid extra for an all inclusive bar, which was advertised as local liquor, this consisted of rum and larger only, this should have been stipulated. The katamaran had no where to laze in the sunshine. We got a piece of bread AM and at lunch the meat was that burnt you couldn’t eat it. No food was offered PM. No water was offered throughout the boat trip. It was advertised as an 8 hour trip, it was 12.5 hours, with a two hour return. No food since 2 pm and got back to our hotel at 7:15 pm.

TUI traveler

The trip is very expensive, and to be told to snorkel just outside the dock/port area where you board the boat was not that good , also I think you should have the party experience of the Karakoram there and back to the island

Lynn

As always a very good trip. Speedboat a good experience. Only downfall is sand flies on the beach make sure you take insect repellent

We enjoyed the whole trip, the transfers between boats seemed excessive for what we did? Obama(tour rep) was amazing and very knowledgeable and all the support staff were really friendly and great

Liz

Snokerling was too early in the morning and only just off the shore where we boarded. Make sure after an early pickup you get breakfast first! Transfer to and from boats is not easy.

Lucy18

Absolutely beautiful! The places on the tour are incredible, the snorkelling, the metre high swimming pool in the middle of the sea and the private beach is amazing. The catamaran was so much fun and we made some friends for life! El Presendente (Dany) was hilarious and completely made the day perfect. I can't wait to go back!

Paul

April 2022

Traveled as With family - 55 years old

Well looked after - a beautiful day out

B Worth

Traveled as With family - 20 years old

We booked the private beach Sonoa Island tour, nothing about it was “private”. We arrived at the beach and we’re ushered to our “private area”, there weren’t even enough beach lounge chairs for everyone on our boat. Then within 5 min of arriving our “private” beach was invaded by another 4 boats full of people on their “private” beach tour. All tour groups were separated by a few meters between each set of beach loungers. The staff were great throughout but I really do think your description of “private” is very misleading and you should be more transparent about the setup in the tour description on your website. We were also picked up around 30min late from the confirmed pick up time. We couldn’t get hold any of the local contacts provided by Tui. We tried Tui chat/messenger and that provided no help at all. I would also like to ask why when we’ve booked and paid for an experience, we then need to confirm it 24 hours before or risk losing the money due to “no show”. That seems ridiculous. Firstly the local number you provided to confirm was never answered once. We called over 20 times, and even got our hotel to call with the same result. I then had to call the UK and sit on hold for ages and spend £12 on a call just to tell and operator I will be going on an excursion I had already booked, confirmed and paid for….? Not a pleasant experience. I will not be using Tui to book experiences again. I’d much rather just book locally through the hotel.

Becky

March 2022

Loved the trip out to the island on the boat with the bar open, music playing and stunning views of the coast. The island itself was amazing. Just regret not taking my snorkel as so many fish.

This tour was described as “exclusive” “private beach” “surf and turf” and cost us £125 each. We were expecting a luxury trip with a private beach, great drinks and a lovely lunch. Saona island was stunning but not exclusive at all and was littered with other tours. The cheap and nasty plastic sun loungers were broken. There was nothing luxury about this experience. And the lunch was very basic. The Overall theme with tui is over promise and under deliver. We had a good time but feel like we were sold a luxury experience and had to reduce our expectations dramatically again. Even the drinks, served in tiny plastic cups when we were expecting cocktails on a private island. I would do this tour again but wouldn’t pay more than £75pp.

Ayres

February 2022

Very busy boat as too many people. Breakfast far too small for such a long day. By the time we got offered ours we only had the veg option too. My main concern and baring in mind covid was on the boat no sink snd no hand sanitizer by the toilet. When we all got off the boat we all went for lunch snd was offered sharing food that was passed around the table. I found this irresponsible. Our coach was 30 minutes late picking us up which was a bit annoying too. Lastly both myself and my husband had upset stomachs the following day. I appreciate this can’t be pin pointed to this excursion but I think it is worth mentioning. The tour guide was lovely and the island was lovely too. I do think the price differences for this tour could be made clearer though.

Jmill92

The island itself was beautiful. And overall had a great time but this trip was not value for money. The tour guide and boat captains were all great fun and made the day to be honest To improve: This was billed as more premium option with private beach and as such the increase in price. The catermeran we got on had no seats or cushions which required is to sit on the floor or stand for 3 hours very uncomfortable. At this premium price point I would at least expect comfortable seats and enough for everyone. Food provided was poor. A very early start and breakfast provided was a small stale sandwich. Again at this premium price this has to be improved. When we got to the island we were last of the tour groups to arrive. As such there was limited food remaining and was rushed to finish eating so they could clean up. Drinks. There were plenty which was fantastic. But being served in single use plastic cups needs to be improved. We need to be protecting the amazing scenery we were visiting. Snorkeling. We did this in the harbour where we got on the boat. Surely there's a reef to sail to do this? We were told we would have 3 hours on the "private" beach the main reason we upgraded. We arrived and had 1hr20 mins to eat lunch and enjoy the beach not the 3 hours that was advertised. The "speedboat" back was not a speed boat at all. Again the seats were incredibly uncomfortable for a 40 minute journey. The forced shopping at the end of the tour was unnecessary. We were running late, and it was 7pm most of us had been up well over 12 hours to then before going to the hotel be forced around a shopping centre was not what any of us wanted. We were all way too tired to even contemplate buying gifts at this stage.

Neil

Traveled as As a couple - 23 years old

The staff were brilliant, but the boat was a bit dated, the toilets were terrible, no hand washing facilities in the toilets. The snorkelling was on the edge of the harbour. The island facilities were terrible. Toilets were flushed by some poor woman with a bucket of dirty water, again, no hand washing facilities, bottle tops all over the sand where you get your food, sun beds were broken, but the food and drinks were good. Not worth £252 per couple. We’ve been on better trips for less than half that price!

Cameron

January 2022

Snorkelling was great and wish it was for longer.

Jessica

Amazing trip , so taken care of the whole time ! Everyone is so friendly and helpful , had a lovely time and the island is beautiful.

Oli

December 2021

I enjoyed saona island and it’s private nature. The boat staff were great and the tour guide was very good and friendly. The boats speaker quality was a bit irritating with a lot of feedback so not pleasant when played at a certain volume. The snorkelling stop was not good at all. We saw no fish and when comparing to a cheaper excursion to Catalina island with an alternative tour operator you could not compare the two, Catalina coral reef was beautiful. Staff at saona island beach were not too welcoming, got to the point where i stopped ordering a drink because I felt like I was expected to tip every time and when I did tip, not even a thank you. It got to the point where even the boy taking out the trash asked me for money. Overall a good place to visit as the scenery is beautiful. I would have rather paid less and not attempt the snorkelling. Catalina island is a much better visit if you want customer service throughout, beautiful snorkelling spots and a high quality catamaran experience.

November 2021

One of the best days we’ve ever had, beautiful place and the guide and guys on the boats were brilliant