How We Make a Difference
- Compost all food as fertilizer or animal feed and dispose of all paper garbage in a municipal dump.
- All grey water flows through agricultural fields to provide water efficiency and irrigation
- Tapped a natural spring to provide running water to a neighboring community
- Recycle a variety of materials like rubber tires, wine bottles and used motor oil for alternative uses
- Encourage a number of local farmers to grow local agricultural products in lieu of animal herds for cultivation where they receive 50% more crops.
- Invite all of our guests to join in local community projects focused on local schools, educational awareness and correcting environmental abuses.
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A rustic mountaintop location with awe-inspiring views of the North Coast…1000 feet above stress level!
Tubagua Plantation Eco-Village stretches across 12-acres of mountaintop property and features “Robinson Crusoe-style” thatch-roof cabanas in addition to a stunning panoramic vista of the Caribbean coast. Tubagua is committed to connecting travelers to the real Dominican experience and channeling tourism dollars directly to local people and their communities while stimulating jobs and opportunity in rural areas, enabling an enriching and educational interaction between the visitors and the local people.
In addition to our back-to-nature lodging, we offer a number of “voluntourism” opportunities with organic farming and community outreach projects, and an on-site restaurant.
How to Get There
By Taxi: from Puerto Plata in the central park, or from Gregorio Luperon Airport, take a taxi that will take you to Tubagua. One-way rates range from USD$40 to $50.
By Car: from Puerto Plata, take Circunvalación Ave toward Sosúa until you get to the intersection on the tourist road that connects Puerto Plata to Santiago. Stay on the tourist road (Bartolomé Colon Ave) until km 19.
By Bus: from Santo Domingo, take a bus from the metro bus station, or at km 9 on Duarte Highway toward Santiago, get off at Plaza Hache (Santiago). From there, take a minibus that goes to Puerto Plata on the tourist road (Bartolomé Colon Ave) until it reaches km 19. Buses leave Santo Domingo all day, the cost is from USD$8 to $10 per person. Buses leave Santiago from 6 AM to 7 PM, the cost is USD$5 per person. The metro bus phone is (809) 893-0022, 0024.
We hire from the area, opt to use manual labor instead of machines, and purchase as much locally grown produce as possible. Our structures are almost all handmade, using for the most part renewable wood and roofing materials produced in the countryside. Guests often participate in the development of local schools.
Tubagua composts all food residue as fertilizer or animal feed, takes all paper garbage to a municipal dump, and the water from showers flows out into the fields through its own piping providing grey water irrigation or dispersal. A natural spring on the property supplies water for both the lodge as well as over a dozen neighboring houses with running water, a resource they did not have before. Tubagua Village recycles as much as possible by using things like old tires for retaining walls, used motor oil for the preservation of our wooden substructures, and thousands of wine bottles by building attractive translucent walls with them. We have also made arrangements with neighbors to develop a number of “conucos” or garden patches to grow local root plants, plantains, beans etc from which they receive 50 percent or more of the crops.
Contact Us
Phone: 809-696-6932Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
