O que acontece em Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), República Dominicana, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — Virgen de la Altagracia, Dry season and peak weeks

• Natureza

  Humpback whales in Samana Bay

  15 Jan – 31 MarTemporada de baleias

  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.

• Feriado

  Virgen de la Altagracia

  20–22 JanFeriado nacionalFechamentosLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Dry season and peak weeks (1 Dez – 30 Abr), Christmas and New Year peak (18 Dez – 5 Jan)

Lotação máxima — Dominican Carnival, Dry season and peak weeks

• Festival

  Dominican Carnival

  1 Fev – 5 Mar · normalmenteLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Humpback whales in Samana Bay (15 Jan – 31 Mar), Dry season and peak weeks (1 Dez – 30 Abr)

Lotação máxima — Dominican Carnival, Semana Santa

• Risco

  Sargassum on the east beaches

  15 Mar – 31 Ago · normalmenteTemporada de sargaço

  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. Fonte ↗

• Natureza

  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.

• Feriado

  Semana Santa

  29 Mar – 5 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Humpback whales in Samana Bay (15 Jan – 31 Mar), Dominican Carnival (1 Fev – 5 Mar (normalmente)), Dry season and peak weeks (1 Dez – 30 Abr)

Lotação máxima — Semana Santa, Dry season and peak weeks

Nada novo começa em abril.

Ainda em andamento: 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 Dez – 30 Abr)

Meia-estação — um mês comum

Nada novo começa em maio.

Ainda em andamento: Sargassum on the east beaches (15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

• Risco

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Sargassum on the east beaches (15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Movimentado — Summer school-holiday peak, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Temporada

  Summer school-holiday peak

  1 Jul – 31 AgoFérias escolaresLotadoReserve cedo

  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.

Ainda em andamento: 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)

Movimentado — Summer school-holiday peak, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em agosto.

Ainda em andamento: 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 — férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um dos piores meses em clima

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Ainda em andamento: Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Tranquilo — um dos piores meses em clima

Nada novo começa em outubro.

Ainda em andamento: Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Tranquilo — um dos piores meses em clima

Nada novo começa em novembro.

Ainda em andamento: Turtle nesting on the east coast (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Lotação máxima — Dry season and peak weeks, Christmas and New Year peak

• Temporada

  Dry season and peak weeks

  1 Dez – 30 AbrLotadoReserve cedo

  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.

• Feriado

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 Dez – 5 JanNatal e Ano-NovoLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗