Taxi Services

 Private taxi service to and from your hotel is readily available for any location in the Dominican Republic.
 Prices vary from a few dollars (34 pesos=1US dollar) to several hundred dollars for a full-day's excursion service.
 Generally prices between the Samaná Peninsula and Santo Domingo are about $150USD one-way and $130USD for Puerto Plata.

 For local trips, the taxi price runs about 600 pesos(less then $20US) between Samaná and Las Galeras.
 From Sanchez to Las Terrenas, taxi will be about 850 pesos($25US).

 Public taxis, "gua-guas," cost about 40-60 pesos between each of the city/villages and operate about every 20 minutes.
 The market in Samaná is the main terminus for gua-gua's, in Las Terrenas, accross from Paseo Mall, and in Las Galeras at the end of the road.
 Gua-gua from Las Terrenas to Samaná is 100 pesos and 40 pesos to El Limon.

Information updated December 2007



 In Las Terrenas we recommend "Taxi Turistico"(See current price list December 2007)
The owner Diogenes, Tel: (809) 240-6391 at office and his cell:(809) 727-5267
Or one other great guy, Yovanny (Felix Gonzales) and his cell: (809) 393-2465
They both speak Spanish only.