Weekend Road Trip in the Dominican Republic: Jarabacoa & Constanza 2023
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No matter how tropical our destination is, we always seem to seek out the mountains amongst the beaches. What’s Up, Unconventionalists? I’m Cassidy, and my family and I have been living in the Dominican Republic this winter while our kids attend a school here. During the school week, we are stationed in Cabrera, on the Northern Coast of the island, but we’ve been using the weekends to explore other parts of the island! This weekend we are headed to the mountainous area of the island: Jarabacoa and Constanza! We’ve been using Maps.Me to guide us around the island since we didn’t purchase sim cards and can use their maps offline; however, the offline map doesn’t adjust its ETA with current traffic or road conditions, meaning the ETA is often WAY OFF…
Since we got in super late Friday night and have to head back to Cabrera Sunday morning, we are keen to make the most of our 1 full day in the area! We hit the ground running this morning at Salto de Baiguate - a local waterfall! This 25 meter waterfall is a majestic site about 15 or 20 minutes outside of town. When we pulled up, we saw 4 or 5 tour buses, so we knew we wouldn’t be alone. The walk to the waterfall is short and sweet, and totally worth it to see this gorgeous waterfall! However, there were so many people there that we barely had standing room at the bottom of the falls.
After leaving the Salto de Baiguate, we headed towards Constanza, about an hour up a steep and winding road. This area is famous for supplying the island with fresh food and particularly famous for “La Ruta de Fresas'' or “The Strawberry Route”. We ate our body weight in strawberries in Constanza! We popped into a local Vivero, or nursery, and learned about the local herbs and different types of orchids. Then we headed back to Jarabacoa from Constanza for the night. There was an awesome pizza restaurant there that had a huge playground for the kids! We are continually surprised by how family-friendly every place in Latin America seems to be!
To be honest, I would not recommend this as a weekend trip. Whether you’re coming from the Northern Coast or from Santo Domingo, the drive is TOO long to spend just a weekend in the Jarabacoa and Constanza area. We drove alot and didn’t feel like we saw much in the area.
Did you know there were mountains in the Caribbean?
#Constanza #Jarabacoa2023 #SaltoDeBaiguate
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