Taino Bay → Cabarete
Taino Bay sits right in Puerto Plata city, so you are on the coastal highway almost as soon as you step off the ship. We meet you outside the terminal gate and follow the coast east through Sosúa.
Cabarete · Puerto Plata · Dominican Republic
Getting to Cabarete, sorted before you land
Puerto Plata is the airport you want, and the coast road brings you straight into town. However you arrive — and however many boards you are travelling with — a local driver is already waiting, at a price agreed before you leave home.
The short version
How to get to Cabarete, in 30 seconds
Cabarete is a beach town on the north coast of the Dominican Republic, in the province of Puerto Plata, sitting on the coastal highway just east of Sosúa. It is built along one street between the sand and the hills, and it is known worldwide for kitesurfing, windsurfing and surfing. The closest airport is Gregorio Luperón International (POP). SG Caribbean Transfers & Tours runs private door-to-door transfers from POP to Cabarete at a fixed US$33.95 for 1 to 6 guests, boards included, with no prepayment: you pay your driver in cash when you arrive.
- Nearest airport
- Puerto Plata — Gregorio Luperón Intl. (POP)
- Fixed transfer price
- US$33.95 one way, 1–6 guests
- Nearest cruise piers
- Taino Bay · Amber Cove, both in Puerto Plata
- Region
- Puerto Plata province, north coast of the Dominican Republic
- Payment
- Cash on arrival — US dollars or Dominican pesos
- Driver languages
- English · Español
Arriving by air
Every airport to Cabarete, with the real price
Puerto Plata is the airport almost everyone uses, and the one we quote a fixed price for. The others are on the far side of the country — worth knowing before you book a cheap flight into the wrong end of the island.
| Airport | Code | Fixed price |
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| Puerto Plata — Gregorio Luperón Intl. | POP | US$33.95 |
| Santiago — Cibao Intl. | STI | US$98.95 |
| Samaná — El Catey Intl. | AZS | On request |
| Santo Domingo — Las Américas Intl. | SDQ | US$219 |
| Punta Cana Intl. | PUJ | US$425 |
Add US$5 per passenger above six. Every price in the table is confirmed and fixed in writing before you travel; only the Samaná fare is still quoted on request, because we will not put a guess on a public page. Prices are per vehicle, not per person. Ask us for the journey time on your route and we will tell you what it really takes on the day you land.
What happens on the day you land
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You send us the flight number
One WhatsApp message is enough — no account, no form, no card details. Tell us how many boards or bags are coming with you and we send the right vehicle. We reply with the price confirmed in writing.
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We watch the flight, not the clock
If you land two hours late, the pickup moves two hours later. Your driver waits at no extra cost — delays are our problem, not yours.
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Name sign at arrivals, then straight to your door
Your driver meets you inside with a sign, helps with the luggage and drives you to your hotel, apartment or surf camp in Cabarete. Ask for a supermarket or ATM stop on the way and it costs nothing extra.
Arriving by cruise ship
Cabarete is a real day out from either pier
Both of Puerto Plata's cruise terminals sit west of Cabarete, so the drive follows the coast east through Sosúa. It is the longest of our beach runs from the piers — and still an easy independent day, provided somebody is watching the clock for you.
Amber Cove → Cabarete
Amber Cove is in Maimón, west of Puerto Plata, so the drive crosses the whole bay first: past Playa Dorada, the airport turn-off and Sosúa before Cabarete.
The all-aboard maths, done for you
A typical Puerto Plata port call lasts 8 to 9 hours. Cabarete is the farthest of our beach runs from the piers, so the driving takes a real bite out of that — but it still leaves most of the day on the sand. We plan every cruise day backwards from your ship's all-aboard time and return you to the pier with a margin, never on the dot. Tell us your call times and we will tell you honestly whether Cabarete fits or whether Sosúa is the better call.
Why book us
Four ways to get to Cabarete. Here is the honest comparison.
We are not the cheapest way to get from the airport to Cabarete. We are the one where the number you were told is the number you pay, and where your boards are accounted for before you land.
| What matters | SG Caribbean | Airport taxi | Shared shuttle | Rental car |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Fixed and confirmed in writing before you travel | Negotiated at the kerb, often higher at night | Cheap per seat, but usually per person | Daily rate plus insurance, fuel and parking |
| If the flight is late | We track the flight number and move the pickup — no extra charge | Whoever is still on the rank at that hour | The van usually leaves without you | The desk may already be closed |
| Who is in the vehicle | Only your group, in a private air-conditioned van | Only your group | Whoever else booked that run | You, driving |
| Boards and bulky luggage | Tell us the count and we send a van that fits them — no surcharge | Depends entirely on the car that turns up | Often refused or charged as an extra seat | Only if you booked the right size of car |
| Paying | Cash on arrival in US dollars or pesos — nothing up front | Cash, rate agreed on the spot | Usually prepaid online | Card, plus a security deposit held |
| Child seats | Free — tell us the ages and they are fitted before pickup | Rarely available | Rarely available | A paid add-on |
One more thing that does not fit in a table: we live here. Saul, Sariel, Luis and Leuris drive this coast every day, speak English and Spanish, and will tell you honestly whether the wind is worth carrying your gear down to Kite Beach this afternoon.
Once you are here
What is within reach of Cabarete
Cabarete is one long street between the beach and the hills, which makes it walkable and keeps everything else close. These are the places our guests actually ask us to take them to.
Kite Beach
Just west of town, and the reason Cabarete is on the world map. The bay funnels the trade wind straight across the water, the wind builds through the day, and by the afternoon the sky is full of kites. Worth going even if you never leave the sand.
Playa Encuentro
The surf break of the north coast, on the road between Cabarete and Sosúa. Mornings are the session — the water is cleanest and the wind has not arrived yet. Several surf schools work the beach if you have never stood up before.
Cabarete Bay
The town beach itself: windsurfers in the afternoon, and a row of restaurants that put their tables directly on the sand once the sun goes down. Everything Cabarete does in the evening happens along this strip.
El Choco National Park & the caves
Behind the town, a lagoon and a set of limestone caves with clear pools you can swim in, inside a protected reserve of forest and birdlife. It is the standard plan for a day with no wind, and cool enough to be a relief at midday.
Sosúa
The calm alternative, the next town west along the coast road: a reef-sheltered horseshoe bay where you can snorkel straight from the sand, plus the small museum that tells how the town was founded by Jewish refugees in 1940. See the full Sosúa guide.
Charcos de Damajagua
Limestone pools you climb up and then jump and slide back down. The single most requested excursion from this coast, and the one people talk about for years afterwards.
Cabarete questions, answered
On the north coast of the Dominican Republic, in the province of Puerto Plata, on the coastal highway just east of Sosúa. The town is essentially one street running between the beach and the hills, with the bay on one side and El Choco National Park behind it.
US$33.95 one way, per vehicle, for 1 to 6 guests. Each passenger above six adds US$5. That price is fixed and confirmed in writing before you travel — there is no surge, no night rate and no luggage surcharge.
Gregorio Luperón International Airport (POP) in Puerto Plata — it is on the same coast road and it is the one nearly every visitor uses. Santiago (Cibao, STI) is the next option, inland over the mountains. Everything else means crossing the country.
Yes, and we do it regularly — but know what you are booking: both are on the other side of the country from Cabarete and mean several hours on the road. We quote them on request rather than publishing a figure, because we only publish prices we have confirmed. Ask on WhatsApp and you get a fixed number, and an honest journey time, back the same day.
Both are private shore transfers. Taino Bay is inside Puerto Plata city and Amber Cove is in Maimón, just west of it, so either way the drive follows the coast east through Sosúa. We meet you outside the terminal gate and plan the day backwards from your ship's all-aboard time, so you return with a margin rather than a sprint.
No. There is no Uber or Lyft service in Cabarete, and none on this stretch of the north coast. Your realistic options are a pre-booked private transfer, a local taxi negotiated on the spot, or a motoconcho for short hops inside town.
They are neighbours on the same coast road and they feel nothing alike. Cabarete is open water, wind and board sports, with the nightlife spilling onto the sand. Sosúa is a sheltered horseshoe bay with calm, clear water — better for snorkelling, families and anyone who wants to swim rather than be blown across a bay. Plenty of guests stay in one and spend evenings in the other; we run that hop constantly.
No. Nothing is paid up front and no card details are taken. You pay your driver in cash on arrival, in US dollars or Dominican pesos. The reservation is confirmed by message, not by payment.
Yes, and at no surcharge — but tell us the count when you book, not at the kerb. Board bags decide which vehicle we send: a windsurf quiver needs a van, not a car. Give us the number of bags and their length in the same message as your flight number and the right vehicle turns up.
Yes — we operate 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Cabarete flights land and leave at awkward hours and a pre-dawn departure to POP is an ordinary morning for us. Send the flight time and a driver will be outside.
Landing in Puerto Plata?
Let's get you to Cabarete.
Send us your flight number, your arrival date and how many boards are coming with you. You get a fixed price back in writing, and a driver waiting at arrivals with your name on a sign.
- Free cancellation up to 24 h before
- No prepayment — pay on arrival
- Instant WhatsApp confirmation