El Morro, seven uninhabited cays, salt flats, a third of the country's mangroves and the house where Martí and Gómez signed the 1895 Manifesto. Here is what to do in Monte Cristi — and what is changing there.

A downwinder is a kite trip from A to B with the wind at your back. Here is how it works, what level you need and how to get ready for your first one in Buen Hombre.

Cayo Arena is a tiny coral sandbank you can only reach by boat. Here are the three ways to get there — from Punta Rucia, from Buen Hombre, or by kite — plus the best time to go and what to bring.

Cayo Arena is the classic, easier sandbank day out; Grand Grossier is the wilder, remote trip for riders who want open water. How the two boat trips from Buen Hombre compare.