Round trip transportation from your Amber Cover Puerto Plata cruise ship terminal! Air conditioned, fully licensed and insured transportation! Certified bilingual horseback riding excursion guides! Horse riding instructions! All necessary horseback riding equipment including riding helmet! Original Dominican lunch - chicken, salad, rice, potatoes and two soft drinks! Time for swimming in a natural
jungle river! Best Price and Worry-Free Back to Ship Guarantee! Travel back in time as you horseback ride through the Dominican Republic countryside. Stop for a swim in a beautiful river, enjoy a home cooked traditional meal, and meet the friendly locals in quaint villages along the way on this full day horseback riding shore excursion adventure from Amber Cove Puerto Plata! You will begin your Cruise Shore Excursion day with a brief, 5-minute taxi ride from the pier to your horseback riding excursion meeting point. There you will check-in with your English speaking guide who will take you for a short ride to the horseback riding ranch. Along the way, you will get briefed on the adventure ahead. Once at the ranch, you will be matched with one of the 10 horses available, according to your riding experience and their personality. Your professional Amber Cove horseback riding excursion guide will make sure you are matched with the horse that best suits your needs. You will also receive basic horseback riding instructions and a riding helmet (not mandatory). Once you’re all set, off you’ll go to explore the foothills of Isabel de Torres, following your horseback riding shore excursion guide down the trail. Isabel de Torres is a Dominican mountain range just southwest of the resort Puerto Plata and soars 2,600 feet in the air. It is also world famous for its mountaintop statue called “Christ the Redeemer,” which is an exact replica of the statue that looks over Rio de Janeiro. And, what also makes this Amber Cove Puerto Plata Shore Excursion so unique is that this area has not been developed for tourism, yet, so you will have the chance to see life in the Dominican Republic as it has been for many generations. Travel through a countryside that has been home to settlers, slaves, and pirates alike dating all the way back to the 1500's. As your horseback riding cruise excursion guide takes you on a slow paced ride past working plantations and through local villages, make sure to have your camera ready! You will have the opportunity to capture shots of a lovely Dominican countryside, magnificent sugar cane fields, lush rainforest foliage, river bends, and the ever present mountain top of Isabel de Torres. Keep an eye out for some of the local animals, birds as well as other flora and fauna. Don’t forget your swimsuits and towels as your Amber Cove Puerto Plata shore excursion guide will stop for a swim in an all-natural river. Enjoy pristine waters surrounded by tropical foliage. Then, once refreshed, you will hop back on your horse to ride along a bit further for your lunch stop. Enjoy a delicious home-cooked Dominican lunch, with 2 soft drinks, that is all included. Lunch is typically chicken, rice, salad and potatoes, but it might vary. Souvenir photos will be taken and available for an extra charge. You might want to bring a treat for your horse...they are very fond of bananas! After your Amber Cove horseback ride cruise shore excursion through the Dominican countryside has come to an end, you will be escorted back to your Amber Cove cruise ship pier refreshed and relaxed knowing you have just seen some of the real Dominican Republic!
