This day was described by my partner as one of the best days of her life. We may have been lucky but I couldn't fault the trip at all. The coach took about an hour but our guide gave us excellent information about the country and the people. Onto the boat. Beautifully calm sea. Rum and coke while on board.... more

We were picked up on time by a very nice bus with AC that took us to where we were took speed boats (tons of fun) to the island. It was amazing looking at the water all the way over there, its just soo clean and clear!! The closer we got to the island the better the views got. We... more

My family and I decided to book this trip on a whim, while walking through Cabarete. We paid $135 US Dollars for two adults and two kids. This included a round trip bus ride from our Puerto Plata resort, boat ride from Punta Rusia to Paradise Island, Rum, fruit and soda on the island, as well as snorkeling gear, and... more

There are mixed reviews about this trip and, yes. it was pretty expensive, but we really enjoyed it and were so glad we did it. It started with a very early start and a bus journey of over an hour. Our guide was Stefan, a Belgian guy who was very organised and quite funny and informative. The road was very... more

We did this via our Thomas Cook rep at hotel. Pick up was 0620 am on 15th May and a boring coach ride of about 1.15 hours took us to the speedboat pick up point. Guide Stefan was excellent. Toilets at speedboat pick up point were gross. Boat was bumpy to say the least but this was normal it seems.... more

We booked this trip through our resort. They're Paradise Island tours, the website is http://www.cayoparaiso.com/ and we did the Columbus Adventure Yacht VIP tour. What's billed as a day in paradise is far from it. We had a 1 hour bus ride in a cramped bus to get to the "yacht." The yacht wasn't bad, despite it being stormy, and... more

Many of the reviews found that Paradise Island was a waste of time, but I would disagree. It was actually one of the more memorable days while we were vacationing in Puerto Plata. BUT: I DO NOT SUGGEST THIS TRIP FOR KIDS due to the boat ride TO the island... small fiberglass boats in choppy open ocean waves and lack... more

We booked an excursion for Paradise Island - which the island certainly might be - but the excursion itself should be called, "a long and boring bus ride". We had been sold by the pictures of a beautiful white sand beach surrounded by crystal clear water and coral reefs. The folks pushing the excursion do a great job of selling... more

My husband and I were very excited about planning our trip to Paradise Island. My husband is an experienced diver/snorkeler, while I am about as much of a novice as you can get, but we were both really looking forward to seeing some of the reef fish. In retrospect, perhaps our excitement inflated our expectations, leading to inevitable disappointment? In... more