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4-Hour Tour To San Cristobal From Santo Domingo
  • Tour Category

    Private Tour

  • Tour Types

    Art, Archeology, Cave

  • Duration

    4 Hours

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

Description

Have an authentic cultural experience in San Cristobal and find out about the birth of the fusion of three cultures in America – La Indigina, the European and the African culture. This is what shaped today's Dominican culture. Visit the colonial engine of Boca de Nigua and the Anthropological Center of Indigenous Cultures. See the site where the struggle for African American freedom took place. Wonder at the Pomier Caves before returning to your accommodation. 

Highlights
  • Visit Ingenio by Diego Caballero 
  • Marvel at the First Hydraulic Engine 
  • Explore Pomier Caves
  • Discover the 'First Cry of Freedom' of the African slaves
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    • Meet your official San Cristobal tour guide and start from the city of Santo Domingo. In approximately 29 minutes, arrive at the historical and protected places of Cultural spaces of the New World.

    • Visit the colonial engine of Boca de Nigua, located 13 km to the west of Santo Domingo. It exhibits a mill and boiling room, as well as some historic Spanish colonial architecture. 

    • Proceed to the Anthropological Center of Indigenous Cultures, an exotic exhibition that offers insight into the important work of indigenous-run cultural centres and museums. 

    • Head towards the battle spot of the 'First Cry of Freedom' of the African slaves.

    • Move to the colonial mills of Nigua's mouth.

    • See the Ingenio by Diego Caballero, a set of structures and buildings that during colonial times were dedicated to the industrial manufacture of cane sugar using the power of water (hydraulic ingenuity). Marvel at the first hydraulic engine.

    • Explore the Pomier Caves, the most important network of caves in the Caribbean and sacred space of the aborigines.

What's Included
  • Transport
  • Official English-speaking Dominican guide

  • Tickets

What's Excluded
  • Tips

  • Lunch

Know before you go
  • Not equipped for people in wheelchairs.

Meeting Point

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
Adult
1 To 4 USD 64 Per Person
Child
1 To 4 USD 10 Per Person

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USD 64 / person