In Samana, one of the most beautiful provinces of the country where it is not yet crowded the tourism, with endless beaches deserted, surrounded by lush vegetation, vacations are a "taste" different. Samana is a peninsula located in the northeastern part of the island, 245 km of Sto. Domingo, is rich in marble. Has the largest number of coconut palms mts. Square in the world. Countless majestic scenery can be enjoyed along its roads, and wonderful views of mountains bathed in beautiful white sand beaches. Samaná Bay, is known internationally for there each year are concentrated More than 3,000 humpback whales in a beautiful mating ritual, and where visitors can bring a few meters and photographed. One of his famous resorts is "Las Terrenas", a beautiful place where we can enjoy an atmosphere of travelers from around the world and where restaurants and small pubs find seaside to enjoy a peaceful evening. We also find shops where you can buy local products and crafts. The unspoilt beaches allow absolute abandonment amid wildflowers vegetation totally strange to outsiders, leaving lulled by the song of some birds like blackbirds, but who call chinchulines. 
Samana is paradise center of the peninsula and the bay that bears his name, capital of the province, and a strategic point to enjoy all sorts of wonders: water sports, beaches, keys , etc. Visitors will Samaná, specifically in this period (see the whales - photo 1), its port, the busiest in the region, becomes first quarter of each year starting point for one of the biggest shows nature has to offer: The arrival of hundreds of humpback whales, who choose the warm, placid waters of the bay to breed. It is estimated that 80% of world's whales mate and breed off the coast of Samana. The method used to attract males to females, is to raise air their bodies of 40 tons, and then splashing into the water foaming seas (Figure 2). They say that they too are able to do, but I avoided to spare the fragile male ego. Noting Caribbean waters at this whale watching tour, you can see dark shadows passing under the boat, but because they are so social that there is no fear
is usually a female humpback whale with her calf just born. Then in the distance, an almost entirely male jumps out of water, falling quickly in a burst of foam on the sea surface. This is a typical scene in the Bay of Samana, on the coast of the Dominican Republic, where thousands of humpback whales migrate from the polar regions of the North Atlantic to their favorite waters in the Caribbean, where they arrive to mate or give birth. Protected species since 1966, the humpback whale has been recovering gradually to almost 30 percent of their original number, which currently is in the range of 15,000 to 40,000. In 1986, then President of the Dominican Republic, Joaquin Balaguer, allocated a share of Silver Bank, the main breeding area for these mammals in the hemisphere West, to serve as a refuge water. LA PLATA BANCO
. Located about 80 miles north of the Dominican coast, the Silver Bank area was expanded and renamed in 1996 the Marine Mammal Sanctuary of the Dominican Republic. Although you can not enter the park during the breeding season, there are excursions to observe these amazing creatures from the mouth of the Bay of Samana, which is one of the largest estuaries in the Caribbean.
The spectacular tails and fins, and the prominent ridges of these marine mammals in danger of extinction are immediately visible shortly after leaving the port of embarkation. Their sociability and to breathe on the surface have become accustomed to these whales to be exhibited fearless, despite the near constant presence of strange ships.
In Haitises National Park (northwest), a forest reserve located on the shores of Samana Bay and consists mainly of mangroves, there are caves in which paintings of whales are seen on the walls made by native area in the pre-Columbian era.
were the Taino Indians who inhabited several Caribbean islands when the English arrived in the fifteenth century, which gave the name to Samana, a province currently inhabited by around 100,000 people and located at the top of one of the largest bays our planet.
. Located about 80 miles north of the Dominican coast, the Silver Bank area was expanded and renamed in 1996 the Marine Mammal Sanctuary of the Dominican Republic. Although you can not enter the park during the breeding season, there are excursions to observe these amazing creatures from the mouth of the Bay of Samana, which is one of the largest estuaries in the Caribbean.
The spectacular tails and fins, and the prominent ridges of these marine mammals in danger of extinction are immediately visible shortly after leaving the port of embarkation. Their sociability and to breathe on the surface have become accustomed to these whales to be exhibited fearless, despite the near constant presence of strange ships.
In Haitises National Park (northwest), a forest reserve located on the shores of Samana Bay and consists mainly of mangroves, there are caves in which paintings of whales are seen on the walls made by native area in the pre-Columbian era.
were the Taino Indians who inhabited several Caribbean islands when the English arrived in the fifteenth century, which gave the name to Samana, a province currently inhabited by around 100,000 people and located at the top of one of the largest bays our planet.
