7 Day South West

Day 1

• “The Adventure Begins.” After getting acquainted with your V-Strom 650, you rally through mountains and valleys to the nearly-hidden waterfront village of Las Salinas on a narrow peninsula snuggled between a bay and the Caribbean Sea. Along the journey, you’ll tour a cavern with ancient drawings by the indigenous people and see the vegetation morph from tropical green to desert arid. Dinner is served on the veranda overlooking the yacht basin. Simply magnificent!

Day 2

• “Into the Desert.” You’ll blast further into the only desert in the Caribbean. Along the route, you’ll venture onto side roads for lunch at a mountain ”rancho” and experience a strange place that gravity “forgot”…where your bike rolls uphill on its own! Your destination is the bustling town of Barahona where you’ll be greeted with tropical drinks at your sea-front resort. Dinner is a buffet of Dominican specialties.

Day 3

• “Loop of the Lake.” A fascinating day of amazing riding as you circumnavigate Lago Enriquillo, a salt lake 141 ft. below sea level in the largest true desert in the Caribbean. The road is a riders’ dream as you blast through miles of salt flats, rocky mountain passes and sugar cane fields, with stops that include a BBQ cook-out lunch in an real oasis, ancient cave carvings, and a National Park where giant iguanas scurry around like hungry kittens. A scrumptious dinner buffet ends a fantastic day.

Day 4

• “THIS is Adventure Touring!” Many of our riders have claimed this is their single greatest motorcycling experience of their lives, an epic adventure of pure motorcycling awesomeness and a day you will never forget. You’ll rally south along the majestic hills next to the Caribbean Sea for miles…think Pacific Coast Highway…through quaint seaside villages, then blast down a frontier National Park road ending in the border town of Pedernales.

• After a stop at the Haitian border crossing in Pedernales you’ll ride fantastic hard-packed desert roads to a tiny seaside village. There you’ll feast on a scrumptious seafood lunch in quaint thatch-roof restaurant just feet from the postcard-perfect blue sea. This is living large, MotoCaribe style, and you will NOT want to leave!

• And the best part? You get to ride those spectacular roads back to the resort!

Day 5

• “A Beach in Paradise” day. Early Risers can opt for the 6 a.m. “Rise and Shine with Ed” ride (who knows where he will lead) and be back to the resort in time to change for a van excursion to the beach. The MC crew sets up Camp Moto Beach, with shade tents, chairs, coolers full of your favorite beverages, snacks, beach toys and snorkel gear. Today’s goal: pure relaxation, Caribbean Style. Lunch will be freshly grilled seafood with all the trimmings, prepared riverside. You’ll take a quick cleansing dip in the cool, clear water of the nearby freshwater stream flowing into the sea, and van back to the resort in time for a beachside BBQ.

Day 6

• “Back into the Valley.” You get a lot of seat time today as your adventure leads back to the mountains of Jarabacoa. You’ll be making great time as you blast along highways with a lunch stop at a natural water park. A long riding day ends with a Farewell Dinner high overlooking the city.

Day 7

• We say our “hasta luego” and “Buena vieja” as our van takes you to Santiago International Airport for your departing flights, knowing you’ll be back!

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