Hva som skjer i Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), Dominican Republic gjennom året

Toppsesong — Virgen de la Altagracia, Dry season and peak weeks

• Natur

  Humpback whales in Samana Bay

  15. jan – 31. marHvalsesong

  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.

• Helligdag

  Virgen de la Altagracia

  20.–22. janNasjonaldagStengningerMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Dry season and peak weeks (1. des – 30. apr), Christmas and New Year peak (18. des – 5. jan)

Toppsesong — Dominican Carnival, Dry season and peak weeks

• Festival

  Dominican Carnival

  1. feb – 5. mar · vanligvisMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Humpback whales in Samana Bay (15. jan – 31. mar), Dry season and peak weeks (1. des – 30. apr)

Toppsesong — Dominican Carnival, Semana Santa

• Fare

  Sargassum on the east beaches

  15. mar – 31. aug · vanligvisSargassosesong

  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. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Turtle nesting on the east coast

  15. mar – 15. nov · vanligvis

  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.

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  29. mar – 5. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Humpback whales in Samana Bay (15. jan – 31. mar), Dominican Carnival (1. feb – 5. mar (vanligvis)), Dry season and peak weeks (1. des – 30. apr)

Toppsesong — Semana Santa, Dry season and peak weeks

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Sargassum on the east beaches (15. mar – 31. aug (vanligvis)), Turtle nesting on the east coast (15. mar – 15. nov (vanligvis)), Semana Santa (29. mar – 5. apr), Dry season and peak weeks (1. des – 30. apr)

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Sargassum on the east beaches (15. mar – 31. aug (vanligvis)), Turtle nesting on the east coast (15. mar – 15. nov (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Fare

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Sargassum on the east beaches (15. mar – 31. aug (vanligvis)), Turtle nesting on the east coast (15. mar – 15. nov (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer school-holiday peak, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Summer school-holiday peak

  1. jul – 31. augSkoleferieMye folkBestill tidlig

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Sargassum on the east beaches (15. mar – 31. aug (vanligvis)), Turtle nesting on the east coast (15. mar – 15. nov (vanligvis)), Hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov)

Travelt — Summer school-holiday peak, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Sargassum on the east beaches (15. mar – 31. aug (vanligvis)), Turtle nesting on the east coast (15. mar – 15. nov (vanligvis)), Hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov), Summer school-holiday peak (1. jul – 31. aug)

Rolig — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Turtle nesting on the east coast (15. mar – 15. nov (vanligvis)), Hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov)

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Turtle nesting on the east coast (15. mar – 15. nov (vanligvis)), Hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov)

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Turtle nesting on the east coast (15. mar – 15. nov (vanligvis)), Hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov)

Toppsesong — Dry season and peak weeks, Christmas and New Year peak

• Sesong

  Dry season and peak weeks

  1. des – 30. aprMye folkBestill tidlig

  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.

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18. des – 5. janJul og nyttårMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗