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Samaná and Las Galeras
Whale season, Atlantic walls, and hidden-beach boat days on the Samana Peninsula
Updated Mar 25, 2026 • 26 sources
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Destination Guide Sources For Samaná and Las Galeras
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26 sources • Updated Mar 25, 2026
Written by DiveJourney. Built from public sources and local operator knowledge. Last updated Mar 25, 2026.
- Dominican Republic Tourism - Samana destination - Official overview for Samana highlights whale season, best time to visit, airport access, main attractions, and recommended stay length.
- Dominican Republic Tourism - Entry requirements - Official entry rules, passport guidance, tourist card guidance, and visa references.
- Dominican Republic e-ticket portal - Official mandatory e-ticket portal for entry and exit by commercial air.
- Dominican Republic Tourism - Air and sea travel - Official airport and marina logistics, plus sea-arrival tourist-card guidance.
- Dominican Republic Tourism - Travel tips - Official climate, hurricane-season, money, ATM, tipping, electricity, safety, and communications guidance.
- Dominican Republic Tourism - FAQs - Official departure-tax and overstay-fee guidance.
- Aerodom - El Catey airport - Official airport page with distance from Las Galeras and airport code AZS.
- Aerodom - Santo Domingo airport - Official page for Las Americas International Airport, useful for SDQ gateway context.
- Aerodom - Puerto Plata airport - Official page for Gregorio Luperon International Airport, useful as a north-coast alternative gateway.
- Samana airport airlines - Current airline listing used to confirm active AZS carriers.
- Las Americas airport airlines - Current airline listing used to confirm SDQ carrier mix.
- Puerto Plata airport airlines - Current airline listing used to confirm POP carrier mix.
- Whale Watching Handbook - Samana Bay - International Whaling Commission handbook page with operational whale-watching rules for Samana Bay.
- Dominican Republic Ministry of Environment - 2026 whale season opening - Official government update on the 2026 humpback whale-watching season and permit management.
- Dominican Republic diving guide PDF - Tourism guide with countrywide diving seasonality, water temperatures, and practical dive planning context.
- Sport Diver guide to the Dominican Republic PDF - Tourism-linked dive feature with Las Galeras site descriptions and the legal note on not diving with migrating humpback whales.
- XPO Tours - Diving in Las Galeras - Operator detail used for site-by-site characteristics of Piedra Bonita, Tibisi, Los Cariles, and Montana Bonita.
- Playa Fronton official page - Official beach page for access, scenery, and snorkeling context.
- Playa Rincon official page - Official beach page for access and scale of Playa Rincon.
- Los Haitises National Park official page - Official national-park page for size, landscape, and boat-access context.
- Salto El Limon official page - Official waterfall page for hike length and waterfall characteristics.
- POLITUR - Official tourism-police page with contact numbers.
- Hospital Provincial Dr. Leopoldo Pou - Official hospital website for Samana public-hospital contact information.
- DAN emergency assistance - DAN page showing the global emergency hotline and dive-emergency contact process.
- NOAA National Hurricane Center - Authoritative Atlantic hurricane-season timing and tropical-weather monitoring source.
- Destination hero photo by Honey Yanibel Minaya Cruz - Photographer profile: https://unsplash.com/@honeyyanibel