Fishing Tours in Puerto Plata

Puerto Plata

Puerto Plata was founded by Nicolás de Ovando in 1502. A personal decree of Christopher Columbus gave the city its name, because of the shimmering silver color of its coast at sunset. Puerto Plata is cradled between its colonial harbor and a dramatic backdrop and natural reserve, Mt. Isabel de Torres. Still erect from centuries past is the colonial fortress of San Felipe, built in 1541 to defend from possible pirate attack. Many of the turn-of-the-century homes have been lovingly restored, and the charming central park gazebo was recreated from period renderings of the original. The 1970's brought tourism to the Amber Coast, with a meticulous development program directed by the Central Bank's Department of Tourism Infrastructure.

Cabarete has developed an international reputation as host to major windsurfing competitions. With its six kilometers of beach, it offers hotels and condominiums and enjoys a prosperous community life. The land surrounding Cabarete originally belonged to a wealthy colonial landowner of the Davila and Coca family. The name Cabarete appeared for the first time in the early 1800's. A large portion of the land was eventually acquired by Zephaniah Kingsley, a rich plantation owner married to an African, Anna Majigeen. After departing from a Florida torn apart with racial tension, Kingsley started his own colony in Cabarete in 1836, with his mulatto family and freed blacks who worked the land. He built a mahogany house for his Anna overlooking the sea at Cabarete, and often returned to this paradise he created far from the racial unrest of other lands.

Cabarete, located approximately 40 km east of Puerto Plata and 20 km east of the POP Airport, is a charismatic little beach town that attracts sports enthusiasts and sun worshippers from all over the world. Until the late 1980's, this town was not much of a town at all, but a vacation area for a few Dominicans from Moca and Santiago. A couple of foreigners discovered the ideal windsurfing conditions in Cabarete Bay, and this secret spot didn't stay secret very long. Since the late 80's the town has hosted both professional and amateur international windsurfing competitions. In 2000, kiteboarding started to take off, and the town has hosted international professional competitions every year since. Cabarete is considered by many to be one of the top places in the world to windsurf and kiteboard, but that's not all that can be done here. You can surf, mountain bike, horseback ride, go canyoning, and take part in so many other adventures, or just simply enjoy the fun in the sun to be found here. For all the information you need on visiting Cabarete.
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