Saona Island is a tropical paradise located off the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic, within Cotubanamá National Park. Known for its stunning beaches, clear waters, and vibrant marine life, it’s a popular destination for tourists seeking a natural escape. The island features beautiful white sandy beaches, lush coconut palm trees, and a variety of wildlife, including starfish, sea turtles, and colorful fish
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A prived minivan or minibus will pick you up from your hotel so you can be brought to the Bayahibe town beach, which is the departure point for Isla Saona. It takes roughly one hour to drive from Punta Cana to Saona Island. You can take a catamaran to the island and a speedboat back, or vice versa. Water, Coke, and rum are available all day. Although it can be bought outside of lunch hours, beer is only offered during lunch. Pregnant women are not permitted to go on this tour for safety concerns.
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Travel is the movement of people between relatively distant geographical locations, and can involve travel by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip. Travel can also include relatively short stays between successive movements.
The origin of the word “travel” is most likely lost to history. The term “travel” may originate from the Old French word travail, which means ‘work’. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the first known use of the word travel was in the 14th century.
It also states that the word comes from Middle English travailen, travelen (which means to torment, labor, strive, journey) and earlier from Old French travailler (which means to work strenuously, toil). In English we still occasionally use the words “travail”, which means struggle. According to Simon Winchester in his book The Best Travelers’ Tales (2004), the words “travel” and “travail” both share an even more ancient root: a Roman instrument of torture called the tripalium (in Latin it means “three stakes”, as in to impale).