Bayahibe is the location of the oldest settlement in the whole Caribbean

From the late 1800's, Bayahibe has been a beachfront community of hands on hard working fishermen and farmers. The Dominicans in Bayahibe work hard and play hard. They know how to live off the land and they have a certain vision for how they desire their town to grow (and not to grow).

Bayahibe was founded by Puerto Rican fishermen in 1874 but there is solid archaeological evidence that people occupied this stunning area as early as 2000 BC. In fact, present day Bayahibe is the earliest human settlement that has been found in the Caribbean. Consider this: 2000 BC is 2400 years prior to the indigenous Taino individuals arrived! Archeologists, chroniclers, and others are still attempting to resolve the secrets regarding the surges of earlier individuals that occupied the area, their culture, how long they stayed, and why they left. It is also believed that Christopher Columbus arrived in among the protected Bayahibe bays in Sept 14 - 15, 1494 and might have sent out guys ashore for fresh products.

Bayahibe could be a truly fun place to simply hang out. There are beachfront coffee shops and bars where you could wile away the hours by the gleaming sea seeing the speedboats come in and go out and people watch certainly. The majority of the houses are wooden and coated in dynamic colours that truly stand apart in the tropical environment. If you walk around the town, you'll also observe conch shells and chickens in numerous of the yards. Besides being snuggled on not one but two beach bays, there are fresh water lagoons in the center of town that act as social gathering locations. Great place to mingle with the residents!

The Bayahibe harbor is an area with lots of buzz and an encounter all unto itself. You could see the menagerie of boats parading in and out each day and what an unique spectacle it is! You'll view everything from fishermen working with old typical fishing boats, called jolas, with their paint peeling right along side contemporary fiberglass dual hulled catamarans whisking tourists to Saona and other overseas islands. You'll view some Dominicans using upgraded motor boats for fishing along side regal cruising boats. Some tourists to Bayahibe get a bang out of making a special factor of seeing all the boats leave in the early morning and come back at night. While the Bayahibe harbor is a contemporary one, it is also typical to view the jolas tied to the base of a hand tree!

Diving and snorkeling are still preferred activities around Bayahibe. The water around Bayahibe is calmer than what you'll find on both the north coast and east coast of the Dominican Republic. This is due to the fact that Bayahibe remains on the Caribbean Sea whereas the Dominican north coast and east coast remains on the Atlantic Ocean. The Caribbean Sea is much calmer than the Atlantic Ocean and you'll also locate the beaches to have finer whiter sand. 

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