The only aerial tramway in the Caribbean is located in Puerto Plata. With it, one can ride up to Pico Isabel de Torres, a 793 meter high mountain within the city. The top of the mountain features a botanical garden and a replica of Christ the Redeemer, the well-known statue in Rio de Janeiro.The fortification Fortaleza San Felipe, which was built in the 16th century and served as a prison under Rafael Trujillo’s dictatorship, lies close to the port of Puerta Plata. The amber museum is also a well-known attraction in this city. La Isabela, a settlement built by Christopher Columbus, is located near Puerto Plata.

Ocean World, the world’s first fully interactive marine park, located between Cofresi and Costambar that are adjacent communities occupying two of the nicest beaches just west of the City of Puerto Plata. They are well loved with retired expatriates, and you can find private villas and condos available for small, medium and long term rental.Ocean World is really two parts.

The Adventure Park is the main one, It has 5 main areas; dolphins, sharks, sea lions, birds, and tigers. Everything has an “encounter” that you can buy. An encounter means you can interact directly with the animals (except the tigers of course). Depending on how much you pay their will be anywhere from 8 to 30 people in your group. The encounter is basically aimed at getting nice photos they can sell you later.The dolphins & the sharks are probably the highlights of ocean world. Ocean world has the only tame sharks in the world.

The second part is the casino & ‘Magical Nights Show’.. The casino is nothing special. The “magical nights” is billed as a Las-Vegas style show.. its not! the light show is very modern, but the dancers lip-sync all the songs.

Encuentro Beach

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