Fishing in Monte-Cristi

MonteCristi

MonteCristi, located approximately 135 km west of Puerto Plata, sits among desert-like surroundings on the northwestern tip of the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1506, the town was an important trading port until the 19th century - exporting sugar, mahogany and other crops to Europe. Presently most of the 25,000 inhabitants make their living from farming, fishing and the salt flats to the north.

There is not a lot of tourism in this Victorian-style town, but those that visit can enjoy Cayo Cabrita and El Morro beaches, as well as very good diving. From El Morro , you can swim 300 meters out to Isla Cabrita , an island housing a lighthouse. One of the largest tourist attractions in the park are the navigable channels thick with mangroves and reefs, a perfect refugee for the manatee, an endangered marine mammal. In the Estero Hondo waterway, there are more than 20 species of manatees.

Divers enjoy investigating the several shipwrecks, which include colonial-era galleons. Many come to the area to visit the National Park, Parque Nacional MonteCristi , consisting of subtropical dry forest, lagoons and a 900 foot high Mesa. The Mesa overlooks the spectacularly clear sea below and several small islands located just off shore, known as Los Siete Hermanos (The Seven Brothers), where large sea turtles lay their eggs. There are over 160 species of birds and over 10 species of reptiles that occupy the park. The people of MonteCristi are a big celebrators of Carnival , the days leading up to Easter Sunday, and May 30th, the Patron Saint festival in honor of San Fernando.

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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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