What you’ll do
Day 1: Fly to the Dominican Republic
Board your international flight to Santo Domingo
Meet your Tour Director at the destination airport
Day 2: Santo Domingo • Jarabacoa
Take a guided tour of Santo Domingo. With your expert local guide you will:
See Catedral de Santa María la Menor
See Ozama Fortress
Learn about agriculture and rural economic development in the Dominican Republic at a nonprofit research foundation
Travel to Jarabacoa
Visit an environmental school
Tour an environmental institute to learn about Dominican reforestation efforts and education programs
Here’s a glimpse at what your service project might look like:
Assist in greenhouses with planting, harvesting, and watering
Build planting and watering zones for the terrace system where trees are planted
Day 3: Jarabacoa
Take a tour of a coffee farm
Enjoy the thrill of whitewater rafting
Enjoy a Bachata and Merengue dance lesson
Day 4: Jarabacoa
Visit an environmental school
Learn about your specific service work
Here’s a glimpse at what your service project might look like:
Plant and pot trees at a tree nursery
Collect and transport compost
Maintain gardens with planting and weeding
Enjoy a BBQ dinner in Jarabacoa
Day 5: Jarabacoa• Northern coast • Santiago
Travel to Cayo Arena
Explore the Cayo Arena mangroves and go snorkeling
Day 6: Santiago
Visit a banana farm, where you will:
Explore the entire production process, from harvest to export
Meet banana growers and agricultural experts
Discover how weather conditions affect leaf decay during a field workshop
Day 7: San Francisco de Macorís • Santiago
Visit a cacao farm
Take a tour of the ecological reserve
Participate in a soil analysis workshop
Day 8: Santiago • Cevicos • Santo Domingo
Visit a pineapple farm
Take a tour of the farm and explore the pineapple production process
Learn how to measure the sugar content of pineapples
Travel to Santo Domingo
Day 9: Depart for home
Board your flight home from Santo Domingo




