Water sports
Cayo Levantado trip with diving or snorkeling
Offered by Seaklub
- Samaná Bay, Cayo Levantado
from US$75 per person
Island or cay
Cayo Levantado
Small island with white beaches about 5 km from Samaná, reached by boat.
Cayo Levantado, nicknamed 'Bacardi Island' after a Bacardi commercial filmed there in the 1970s, is a small island with white-sand, palm-fringed beaches.
According to the official tourism site, the island lies about 5 km (3 miles) from Samaná.
Boat taxis leave regularly from the Samaná port on Avenida Marina and take visitors to Cayo Levantado every day.
Sources consulted
Information checked on October 4, 2026
Activities to this place
Water sports
Full-day snorkeling in Samaná with lunch on Cayo Levantado
Offered by The Dive Academy Las Terrenas
- Full day
- Santa Bárbara de Samaná, Samaná Bay
- Pickup at accommodation
US$75 per person
Los Haitises National Park
Los Haitises and Cayo Levantado
Offered by Emmanuel Tours
- Samaná Bay, Cayo Levantado
US$67 per adult
Los Haitises National Park
Los Haitises and Cayo Levantado from Samaná
Offered by Samaná Tropical Tours
- 7 h
- Samaná Bay, Cayo Levantado
US$76 per person
Los Haitises National Park
Los Haitises, Cayo Levantado and tropical pool
Offered by Santi Limón Excursiones
- Samaná Bay, Cayo Levantado
Price on request
Boat trips & fishing
Sailing catamaran and snorkeling at Cayo Levantado
Offered by Flora Tours
- Samaná Bay, Cayo Levantado
Price on request
Whale watching
Whale watching with a Cayo Levantado stop
Offered by Whale Samaná
- Santa Bárbara de Samaná, Samaná Bay
Price on request