The 3 Dessert Tours That Earn Their Price

1.4×4 ATV Experience, Water Cave, Chocolate and Coffee Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,430 reviews · from $56Our pick

Ride a 4x4 ATV through rural Punta Cana, stop for coffee, chocolate, rum, Mamajuana, and tobacco products, swim in a freshwater cave, then visit Macao Beach. Guides such as Felix and Luis Miguel lead the four-hour outing, with hotel pickup and optional photos.

“The ATV riding was a lot of fun, although shorter than anticipated. Felix was a fun and helpful guide. The water cave was a nice, quick stop, but the coffee/chocolate tasting wasn't the cultural experience I had hoped for. It was a sales pitch and time to buy Dominican products. The ride to Macao beach was the best part of the trip, and we enjoyed swimming for about 25 minutes. If you're really looking to get dirty (mud-soaked), go for the buggy rides. You stay pretty clean on the ATVs. The worst part of the experience was the shuttle. We received notification of our pick-up time and location less than…”

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2.Buggy Adventure Tour with Chocolate and Coffee in Punta Cana

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 953 reviews · from $45Best value

Drive a buggy through Punta Cana’s rough countryside, stop at an organic farm for coffee and chocolate tasting, swim at Los Hoyos del Salado cenote, and visit Macao Beach. Guides such as Alexis, Panda, German, and Chris are praised for keeping the ride fun and safe, but expect dust, mud, sales pitches, and short stops.

“If I could undo my day doing this, I would. It honestly felt like a waste of time. So unorganized, it took them over an hour just to get started even though we kept being told “five minutes, 2 more minutes” kept being pushed back with no updates. Then once it actually started, the buggies were in horrible condition, half of them broke down mid trip and people were dropping like flies. The stops themselves were not fun at all, there was no chocolate provided, and it felt more like they are working with the vendors just to get people to buy stuff from them and THEY ARE AGGRESSIVE at…”

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3.Buggy Ride Into the jungle with cave coffee & chocolate tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 465 reviews · from $53

Spend about four hours riding a buggy through Punta Cana’s backroads, with stops for a clear-water cave, Macao Beach, and a Dominican coffee, chocolate, and cigar tasting. Guides known as Coca Cola, Denali, and Mr. Panda may lead the fun, multilingual group.

“Great experience tour guide was very friendly and pleasant. My friend first time out the country and he loved the tour and the island. See you guys soon”

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