Already in Cabarete? Spend a weekend on the windiest, flattest water in the Dominican Republic: transport there and back, two nights, meals, a downwinder or boat trip and a beach night.

When we started, there was no internet, hardly a phone signal and water came by truck. Here is how life at the end of the road has changed, and what has stayed the same.

Ventum filmed its 2024 product videos on our lagoon, and Crazyfly brought Posito Martínez and Liloo Fourré here for its 2020 video. Here is what brings the camera crews to Buen Hombre.

Strapless kitesurfing means riding a surfboard with no foot straps. Here is the level you need, how the progression works on Buen Hombre's flat lagoon, and when to take it to the waves.

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.

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.

Your first kitesurfing holiday is decided before you book: the water, the trip length, the season, where you sleep and who you travel with. Here is how to choose it right.

Everything in your first kiteboarding lessons builds toward a few seconds of riding. We've taught more than 3,000 students from 65+ countries since 2013, and this is what we tell every one of them before they book.

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.

Wing foiling is one of the pickiest watersports about where you learn it. Here is what to look for in wing foil lessons before you book, and why the closest spot is not always the best one.

Want to learn to kitesurf in the Caribbean? Caribbean kiteboarding lessons compared honestly: real wind data, what a good lesson includes, and why Buen Hombre teaches beginners fastest.

Buen Hombre or Cabarete? Flat, knee-deep lagoon water for learning, or open ocean, waves and a lively kite town. Real wind data, seasons and safety to help you choose.

In October 2024 the DR Open came to Playa Buen Hombre, the first official kitesurfing competition ever held here. A 12-year-old won the juniors and a 10-year-old took third.

Our logo isn't a kite, a jump, or a wave. It's a real dog, riding on a real man's shoulders, and one extremely polite favour asked of a very busy stranger to kitesurfing.

Which airport should you fly into, how long is the drive and should you rent a car or book a transfer? Everything you need to know before booking your flight to Buen Hombre.

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.