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Travel Tips
Most kite spots you can just turn up to. Buen Hombre is two hours from the nearest airport, with no shop and no restaurant — and a lagoon that lies flat when the whole coast is a mess. That trade is worth making, but it needs an hour of planning first: which airport, which month, what to bring, and which of our two places suits your trip. That hour is what this category is for. The shortest tip of all: ask us. We have been arranging this since 2013.
What Is the Closest Airport to Cabarete?
The closest airport to Cabarete is Puerto Plata (POP), about 18 km and 30 minutes away. Here is how Santiago, Santo Domingo and Punta Cana compare, plus taxis, Uber and transfers.
2 days ago2 min read
How to Plan a Kiting and Remote Work Getaway to Playa Buen Hombre
Playa Buen Hombre is a quiet kitesurf beach and lagoon in Monte Cristi province, Dominican Republic, about 3 hours from Puerto Plata airport and 3 to 4 hours from Cabarete.
Oct 28 min read
Grand Grossier or Cayo Arena? How to Choose Your Best Boat Trip From Buen Hombre
If you're weighing up Grand Grossier against Cayo Arena for your boat trip out of Buen Hombre, here's the short version: Cayo Arena is the classic, easier sandbank day out that almost anyone will enjoy. Grand Grossier is the wilder, more remote trip for riders who want open, uncrowded water. Neither one is the “better” trip — they're just built for different people and different days. Here's how they actually compare, and how to decide.
Sep 174 min read
Buen Hombre vs. Cabarete: Choosing Your Best Kite Beach in the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic has five real kitesurfing destinations worth knowing about — we've laid all of them out, with the full wind data, on our Dominican Republic kitesurfing guide. This post answers a narrower, more practical question: if you're choosing between our own two beaches, Buen Hombre and Cabarete, which one is right for you — and what do you actually need to know before you book, especially if you've never kited before.
Sep 145 min read
Getting to Buen Hombre: Airports, Transfers & the Drive In
Which airport should you fly into? How long is the drive? Should you rent a car or arrange a transfer? Here’s what you need to know before you book your flight. Buen Hombre is not the easiest place in the Dominican Republic to reach. That’s part of the point. It’s a small fishing village on the northwest coast, far from the big resort areas and outside the usual tourist routes. You don’t arrive here by stepping out of an airport and into a taxi line. You fly in. You drive wes
Sep 27 min read
Kite Beach Hotel Cabarete: Two Very Different Ways to Stay Near the Wind
Search “kite beach hotel Cabarete” and you'll mostly find one name: Agualina, a small hotel that sits directly on the sand at Kite Beach. It's a real, well-reviewed place, and if what you want is to walk out of your room onto the beach where you'll be riding, it's a legitimate answer. It's just not the only one. Ten minutes inland, in the older part of Cabarete rather than on the beach itself, is a different kind of kite hotel entirely — boutique lofts with a full kitchen in
Aug 314 min read
Kitesurfing Dominican Republic: Why the Wind Isn't the Same Everywhere
The trade winds, the coastline shape, and the real wind-station data behind Buen Hombre, Cabarete, and three more Dominican Republic kitesurfing spots, compared side by side.
Aug 307 min read
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