Qué hay en Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), República Dominicana, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Virgen de la Altagracia, Dry season and peak weeks

• Naturaleza

  Humpback whales in Samana Bay

  15 Ene – 31 MarTemporada de ballenas

  Thousands of North Atlantic humpbacks calve in Samana Bay, and the environment ministry opens and closes the watching season by decree each year. It is a long day trip from here, three hours each way, and February is the thick of it.

• Festivo

  Virgen de la Altagracia

  20–22 EneFiesta nacionalCierresMucha gente

  The country's patron day on 21 January, and the basilica at Higuey half an hour inland takes pilgrims through the night. Offices and banks close and the road west of Punta Cana crawls. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Dry season and peak weeks (1 Dic – 30 Abr), Christmas and New Year peak (18 Dic – 5 Ene)

Máxima afluencia — Dominican Carnival, Dry season and peak weeks

• Festival

  Dominican Carnival

  1 Feb – 5 Mar · normalmenteMucha gente

  The diablos cojuelos parade every Sunday in February, loudest at La Vega, and the national parade closes it on Santo Domingo's Malecon at the end of the month. Almost none of it reaches the resort strip, so it is a drive. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Humpback whales in Samana Bay (15 Ene – 31 Mar), Dry season and peak weeks (1 Dic – 30 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — Dominican Carnival, Semana Santa

• Riesgo

  Sargassum on the east beaches

  15 Mar – 31 Ago · normalmenteTemporada de sargazo

  Bavaro and Macao face east into the drift and take the brunt of it; hotels rake at dawn and the sheltered coves clear faster. It swings hugely week to week, so a live tracker beats any average. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Turtle nesting on the east coast

  15 Mar – 15 Nov · normalmente

  Hawksbills and the odd leatherback come up the Bavaro and Macao sand from spring to late autumn. The resorts stake the nests off and dim the beach lights; the hatchlings go out after dark.

• Festivo

  Semana Santa

  29 Mar – 5 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva pronto

  Dominicans take the whole week off and drive to the coast, so the east fills with domestic traffic on top of the flights. Expect road checkpoints and restricted alcohol sales around Good Friday. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Humpback whales in Samana Bay (15 Ene – 31 Mar), Dominican Carnival (1 Feb – 5 Mar (normalmente)), Dry season and peak weeks (1 Dic – 30 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — Semana Santa, Dry season and peak weeks

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sargassum on the east beaches (15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Semana Santa (29 Mar – 5 Abr), Dry season and peak weeks (1 Dic – 30 Abr)

Temporada media — un mes normal

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sargassum on the east beaches (15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Riesgo

  Hurricane season

  1 Jun – 30 Nov

  Hispaniola sits in the main track and the risk is loaded into the September and October half of the season. Most weeks pass without a warning, and the resorts price it accordingly, but the change policy is the thing to read. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sargassum on the east beaches (15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer school-holiday peak, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Summer school-holiday peak

  1 Jul – 31 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  The second peak and a different crowd: Dominican, Latin American and Spanish families on school holidays rather than the winter sun crowd. Family rooms and connecting doors go first.

Sigue en marcha: Sargassum on the east beaches (15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Concurrido — Summer school-holiday peak, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sargassum on the east beaches (15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Summer school-holiday peak (1 Jul – 31 Ago)

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Tranquilo — uno de sus peores meses por clima

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Tranquilo — uno de sus peores meses por clima

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Máxima afluencia — Dry season and peak weeks, Christmas and New Year peak

• Temporada

  Dry season and peak weeks

  1 Dic – 30 AbrMucha genteReserva pronto

  The drier half of the year and the reason every seat from the north is full: the trade wind blows most afternoons, the sea flattens, and the all-inclusive strip runs at capacity from mid-December to mid-April.

• Festivo

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 Dic – 5 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha genteReserva pronto

  The most expensive fortnight of the year here by a wide margin, with minimum-stay rules at most of the bigger resorts and New Year's Eve dinners sold separately. Book it in spring or take January instead. Fuente ↗