Dominican points of interest
Points of interest
Points of interest
- The Dominican Republic takes the first place in biodiversity (in the diversity of nature) within all Caribbean Area. In the Dominican Republic, the highest mountain of the Caribbean – Pico Duarte (3 087 m) is located.
- In the Dominican Republic, the largest hypersalinelake with an area of 260 km2 is located here.
- The largest coniferous forest of the whole Antil – the Sierra de Bahoruco is located in The Dominican Republic.
- The Dominican Republic has the highest number, ie 36% of endemic plants from whole Antilles
- The highest waterfall of the Caribbean – “Salto de Aguas Blancas”, water height 83 m is in the Dominican Republic,
- In the Dominican Republic you will find the largest number of caves from all the Antilles
- In the Dominican Republic is an area where you can find the biggest number of caverns with wall paintings in the world.
- In the Dominican Republic, the lowest temperatures from the Caribbean (-8 °) were measured.
- The Dominican Republic is the only place in Caribbean where, in the past, was a glacier
- In the winter months, the largest number of whales from the whole area (up to 3,000 pieces) head to local coast.
