El Limón, Dominican Republic: Your Ultimate Travel Guide

What To Do

Visit El Limón Waterfall

This waterfall is probably the most famous one in all over Republica Dominicana, people come from the whole country just to see it.

We visited it on our second day, we got a guagua (Local bus) for 50 pesos for 15-20 minutes.

Once you get to the entrance you just need to follow the path all the way up

IMPORTANT! Please don´t join the horse riding tours, there are two paths, the horse one and the normal one.

The first one is very muddy, slippery and difficult to convince you to ride a horse. Horses are not happy, they dont get water or food during all day and its so hard for them to go up all the mud, please avoid this.

If you want a much nicer way and walk through the forest and wild palms, this is your way —> Once you reach the abandoned house on the top instead of keep going straight you will need to turn left where all the palms and grass is (there´s a tiny fence that you can actually move). Once you are in the path is really easy and clear, you will get there in 25 minutes.

If you choose the other one it will take you 1 hour!

Looking for the best beaches in the area? Read our blog post here

Once you are down you will find the main waterfall, El Limón, which depending if its rainy season or not it will have more or less water.

You can actually go swimming but if you prefer somewhere more relaxing and intimate walk down where you will find a second waterfall.

El Limón Beach

El Limón has a main beach that you can visit during your stay, be aware you will need a car to get here or a private taxi as it´s not located in the cityPlaya El Ermitaño

El Ermitaño is also a very popular beach in Republica Dominicana known for its beauty! We didn´t have time to visit it, so we have a reason to go back now!

Playa Punta Popy

A bit further compared to the other beaches, but if you have a car it should be no problem to get here!

Tip: 4×4 cars may be better for some beaches, as they are all wild & remote, especially during rainy days.

How To Get Here

You have 3 options from Santo Domingo.

1. Rent a car/Motorbike
2. Get a direct Guagua from Santo Domingo to El Limón at Asotrapusa bus station, but they only ride a few times a day. We chose this one as it was the fastest for us, our bus was at 9 am and paid 500 pesos
3. Get a Caribe Tour Bus or a guagua to Samana, and from Samana a guagua to El Limón.