H2O Diving

Saona Island trip departs at 8:00am every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

Saona Island or Isla Saona is a tropical island located a short distance from the mainland on the south-east tip of the Dominican Republic, near La Romana Province. It is a government protected nature reserve and a popular destination for tourists from all over the Dominican Republic, thousands of people arrive in fleets of catamarans and small motorboats every day. The Island is famous for the natural beauty of its beaches, and has been used on many occasions by film-makers and advertisers looking for a stereotypical 'desert island' setting for their film or product. It is promoted amongst European visitors as the setting for the famous Bounty chocolate bar adverts.

The seas around the Island are rich in wildlife, with many species of birds and tropical marine fish, and there are large areas where natural sandbars offshore bring the depth to just a few feet. These are once again popular tourist spots, with small boats stopping hundreds of meters off the beach and allowing tourists into the waist-deep shallows where they snorkel, drink and check out the fields of starfish indigenous to the region.
 

History of Saona Island
The island Saona was baptized "Saona" by Christopher Columbus, who discovered it in may 1494 on his way to the Americas. The name was meant to honour the commune of Savona, where Columbus lived at the time. Columbus named Michele da Cuneo, his friend and a Savonese himself, first governor of the island. Saona Island and the modern city Savona, in Italy, still have twinning relationships; the small powerplant in Saona Island is a gift of Savona.
 

 Trip is all inclusive and includes unlimited soft and alcoholic drinks and a fabulous BBQ style lunch on the beach

Price US$69

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This page was last updated on 02 April 2009