Natural Pool — Attraction in La Altagracia

I've been to several "natural pools" (the Cayman's, Aruba, Costa Rica, etc.) But this was one of the most lively!!! We had a great experience. 👍 The only thing I will say bad about it is there's lots of vendors selling gjings from 🍸 🍹 drinks, jewelry, and souvenirs. I purchased a hat made from fresh palm 🍃 leaves. You'll see the hat in some of my photos. Dont do the ones that are fresh ....most have " red palm mites " and there not friendly. Their bites are like mosquitoes....and they're so small it's hard to see them. 👀 Didn't find that out until I got back to the states. We we detained because of the hat ...the first officer that saw me approaching ...immediately said " you just came from the Dominican 🇩🇴 Republic didn't you"! I said " yes how'd you know" she said "because 😏 of that hat"! Needless to say. They confiscated it ..and the officer who took it immediately inspectedhis hand and arm and applied sanitizer to himself!!! Other than that our trip...

Party boat takes you to the Natural pool which is in the middle of the ocean, (not middle-middle), 500 meters-1 KM from shore... These party boat agents roam on beaches and charge you for a party boat which varies from $30-60 (so negotiate).

they will promise an open bar, snacks, fruit, live music, Dolphin watch, a Natural pool, snorkeling, etc… half of them is true, half of them-not

Snacks- Lay's chips or Nachos Open Bar- Beer- Yes, and some local Rum with Coke A Dolphin watch is a seaquarium and from far away, they will tell you “See there is a dolphin". It's a closed area and you need a ticket for it.

Snorkeling: if you are doing this for the first time, good luck, they give you gear and ask you to jump in the ocean..lol

Natural pool - they will take you to one place, says- during Tsunami lots of sand collected here and there is 5 feet depth... yes it's good and different feeling but not wow. Live music on a boat can...

We went to this sandbar while on a terrible boat ride. This sandbar looked nothing like the pictures they showed us when we booked. There were about six other boats out there, each blaring different music obnoxiously loudly. Not relaxing in any way, so maybe we could jump in the water and enjoy swimming around.... Nope! You can not escape the vendors anywhere. Yep, that's right they had put their cheap hats and unsafe drinks on makeshift floating bars and swim around annoying what was supposed to be a relaxing trip and was anything but. The water is mucky and wasn't blue. Nothing like a natural pool or whatever they call it, it was just a loud cove. Find a truly nice spot to post up far...