If your ship docks at Taino Bay
Use the day on the north coast instead: Puerto Plata itself, Sosúa or the Damajagua waterfalls all fit a port call comfortably. We will plan any of them around your all-aboard time.
Las Terrenas · Samaná · Dominican Republic
Getting to Las Terrenas, sorted before you land
A beach town on the Samaná peninsula, off the north coast proper and worth the detour. There is more than one way in, and the right one depends on where you are flying from — we will tell you honestly which. The price is agreed before you leave home.
The short version
How to get to Las Terrenas, in 30 seconds
Las Terrenas is a beach town on the north side of the Samaná peninsula, in Samaná province — a French- and Italian-inflected place of beach restaurants, long sandy bays and forested hills behind. Most visitors arrive through Puerto Plata (POP) or Santo Domingo (SDQ) and cross by road. SG Caribbean Transfers & Tours runs private door-to-door transfers from POP to Las Terrenas at a fixed US$178.50 for 1 to 6 guests, with no prepayment: you pay your driver in cash when you arrive.
- Airport to fly into
- Puerto Plata — Gregorio Luperón Intl. (POP), the airport we price
- Fixed transfer price
- US$178.50 one way from Puerto Plata (POP), 1–6 guests · other airports on request
- Nearest cruise piers
- Taino Bay · Amber Cove, both in Puerto Plata
- Region
- Samaná province, Samaná peninsula, Dominican Republic
- Payment
- Cash on arrival — US dollars or Dominican pesos
- Driver languages
- English · Español
Arriving by air
Every airport to Las Terrenas, with the real price
Las Terrenas sits on its own peninsula, so which airport you book matters more here than anywhere else on this coast. Puerto Plata (POP) is the one we publish a fixed price from; Santo Domingo (SDQ) and the rest we quote on request. Tell us where you are flying from and we will say which one actually makes sense.
| Airport | Code | Fixed price |
|---|---|---|
| Puerto Plata — Gregorio Luperón Intl. | POP | US$178.50 |
| Santiago — Cibao Intl. | STI | On request |
| Santo Domingo — Las Américas Intl. | SDQ | US$219 |
| Punta Cana Intl. | PUJ | US$425 |
Add US$5 per passenger above six. The Santiago fare is the one we still quote on request, because we will not put a guess on a public page — everything else in the table is confirmed and fixed in writing before you travel. Prices are per vehicle, not per person.
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 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, villa or apartment in Las Terrenas. Ask for a supermarket or ATM stop on the way and it costs nothing extra.
Arriving by cruise ship
Honestly? Not on a Puerto Plata port call
Las Terrenas is on a different peninsula from the Puerto Plata cruise terminals. We could drive you there and back inside a port call, but you would spend the day in the van and see the town through a window. We would rather say that than sell it.
If your ship docks at Amber Cove
Same answer, and Amber Cove is further west again. Cofresí and Ocean World are on your doorstep from here, and Puerto Plata is a short run east.
The all-aboard maths, done for you
A typical Puerto Plata port call lasts 8 to 9 hours. If a cruise line is selling you Samaná as a shore excursion, it is almost certainly because your ship is calling at Samaná Bay itself, not at Puerto Plata — those are two different ports. If you are docking in Samaná and want Las Terrenas, message us: that is a short, sensible trip and we run it. From Puerto Plata, it is not.
Why book us
Four ways to get to Las Terrenas. Here is the honest comparison.
This is one of the longest transfers we run, across a mountain road onto another peninsula. It is exactly the journey where an agreed price and a driver who knows the road are worth more than the saving.
| 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 |
| Luggage and extra bags | Tell us the count and we send a vehicle that fits it — 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 which beach is worth your afternoon.
Once you are here
What is within reach of Las Terrenas
Las Terrenas is a working beach town with a French and Italian streak, strung along the sand rather than built around a centre. These are the places our guests actually ask us to take them to.
Playa Bonita
The beach just west of the town: a curve of pale sand with small hotels and restaurants set back under the palms. Calm enough to swim, big enough to walk, and the sunsets are the reason people book a second week.
Playa Cosón
The big one, further west again: an enormous stretch of sand with coconut palms behind it and almost nothing built on it. A handful of beach restaurants, and space enough that you can walk until the town is out of sight.
Playa Las Ballenas
The town's own beach, named after the little islands off it. Shallow, protected and lined with the restaurants of the Pueblo de los Pescadores — the old fishing village that became the place everyone eats.
El Limón waterfall
A tall waterfall in the hills between Las Terrenas and Samaná town, falling into a pool you can swim in. The usual way up is on horseback along a muddy track, which is half the point.
Samaná town & the bay
Over the hills on the south side: a harbour town on a wide bay, with boats out to Cayo Levantado. The bay is the one humpback whales are known for, and in the first months of the year it is the reason a lot of people come to this peninsula at all.
Cayo Levantado
A small island in Samaná Bay reached by boat from Samaná town, with a public beach at one end and a resort at the other. The standard boat trip from this side of the peninsula.
Las Terrenas questions, answered
On the north coast of the Samaná peninsula, in Samaná province, in the north-east of the Dominican Republic. It faces the Atlantic, with Playa Bonita and Playa Cosón running west from the town and the hills of the peninsula — and El Limón waterfall — behind it. Samaná town and its bay are on the other, southern side.
US$178.50 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.
Puerto Plata (POP) or Santo Domingo (SDQ). Those are the two that work in practice, and Puerto Plata is the one we publish a fixed fare from — US$178.50 one way for 1 to 6 guests. Send us your flight details and we will tell you which of the two makes more sense for your arrival time.
Yes. Santo Domingo is a common way in for this peninsula and we run it regularly; Punta Cana is longer. We quote both 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.
We would say no, and we would rather say it now. Las Terrenas is on a different peninsula from Amber Cove and Taino Bay; inside a normal port call you would spend the day travelling. If your ship is calling at Samaná Bay itself — a different port entirely — then Las Terrenas is close and we will happily take you. Message us with the port name and we will tell you straight.
No. There is no Uber or Lyft service in Las Terrenas, and none on this stretch of the coast. Your realistic options are a pre-booked private transfer, a local taxi negotiated on the spot, or a motoconcho for short hops in town.
They are on opposite sides of the same peninsula. Las Terrenas faces the Atlantic on the north side: beaches, beach restaurants, a European expat streak. Samaná town sits on the sheltered bay to the south: a working harbour, boats to Cayo Levantado, and the departure point for the bay itself. People often book one and mean the other, so tell us the property name.
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 — we operate 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Flights into Puerto Plata land and leave at awkward hours, and a pre-dawn departure to the airport 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 Las Terrenas.
Send us your flight number, your arrival date and how many of you are travelling. 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