Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a beautiful country with a nice variety of dry landscapes with thorn bushes and tree-like cacti and more tropical mountain and hilly landscapes with meadows and palm and banana trees. High in the mountains there were still some cloud forests with a lot of precipitation.

The people are friendly, there are many people who call and wave Americano or Gringo to you. People call out to you but are never pushy. Occasionally you will also be asked for money (especially children). Spanish is the main language, few people speak English. Many people like it when you take pictures of them.

Some nationalities can enter Dominican Republic without a visa for up to 90 days.

Dominican Republic

Countries with visa-free access to Dominican Republic

Visa required for entry to the Dominican Republic

Source: Wikipedia.

DR is an easy and safe country that is large enough for a bicycle ride of several weeks.

Food is available in every village except on the Pedernales-Puerto Escondido road.

Drinkable water

You can drink tap water, although this is not recommended. In Santa Domingo it's better to buy water because there is a lot of chlorine in the water and it's not tasty. Bottled water is inexpensive and available in many places.

Best period to cycle

Seasons (dry / wet)

December / January: maximum temperature usually just above 30 degrees. Usually dry and sunny weather. It often had rain in the evening and at night. And of course there was rain in the mountains in a piece of cloud forest. During July-December there is a risk of hurricanes. Wind direction are usually (north) -easterly.