Atabey Park — Attraction in Higüey

Ended up here with an Adventure Park excursion through Nexus Tours. Sellers aggressively haggle and refused to give prices for any items because “we can’t give you a deal unless you buy them all” should have walked them but hindsight is 20/20. The bracelet I bought is plastic beads covered in blue paint. The seller too a lighter to them to “prove they are real” they charged us $208 USD for 2 pieces of jewelry and a wood bowl. Then offered a $25 refund if I sent the fake product back to them. Not worth the hassle to deal with scammers like this for a possible $25. Steer clear and save your sanity. Apart from this the cenote is certainly not natural, but that should be obvious from the...

This place is a huge scam. They sold us plastic beads that they claimed were glass and wouldn’t tell us the individual price for anything. Dude asked for a tip from us for giving us a lower price after we told him his prices were outrageous. Now that we’ve asked them to reimburse us for the fake glass beads, they want us to send the bracelet back for just $25 when our total bill was $200. I’m not sending anything back just so they can scam us again and get both the bracelet and out money. Don’t spend money here. Go to monkey island and buy your stuff there. The cenote was also completely man...

Tourist Trap. The "cave" is completely fake, man-made and artificial, takes 2 minutes to swim through.

You're forced to go here through other tour packages. They make you sit though a presentation trying to sell their over-priced goods. They trick you into paying by credit card, then charge you 3x the price you agreed to.

Notice how all the 5-star reviews are from "Local Guides", not actual tourists? No doubt they're getting a cut of the profits. You're better off staying on the bus for 40 minutes. Go visit a real ...