Great event...a special highlight was the speedboat ride across the sea to the island. Talking about an island is a bit of an exaggeration for me...more like an island in the sea...but a dream island! Otherwise everything was ok, especially since Eusebio, a German-speaking guide, accompanied the trip. Oh yes, a must for snorkelers ....!

Organization in advance great. Notification from the local provider worked perfectly. Long drive from Cabarete. By the time everyone was collected and the way there, it was 3.5 hours. The bus only came at 7 instead of 6.30 a.m. Very bad ways to Punta Rucia. The speedboat ride through the mangrove forest and to the sandbar was great. The reef is very nice and we had 2.5 hours to snorkel. The stop at the cigar factory (hall where you can buy all sorts of stuff) should not have been. Feeling of a sales trip. Otherwise it was really worth it. Our guide was nice and could also speak German and English. Lunch was relaxed and delicious too. Apparently we had caught a time when there were relatively few tourists.

The journey was quite long (from Cabarete with the pick-up of all fellow travelers about 4 hours) and the first stop was clearly too long (at the washrooms). The beach from which the speedboat starts was incredibly beautiful, really turquoise water. The speedboat ride was super cool. And Paradise Island very small but beautiful. The snorkeling there was beautiful and a real experience. The mangroves were nice but not too spectacular, the food was delicious (buffet) and the cigar factory was also interesting.