Dominican Republic

By Travelog Editorial Team · Updated August 9, 2026

The Dominican Republic is live on Travelog with one city, Punta Cana, home to Indigenous Eyes Ecological Park. The country's actual UNESCO site, the Colonial City of Santo Domingo, sits about two hours away by highway, not in Punta Cana itself, so this guide anchors Punta Cana honestly to its own strongest site instead: a 1,500-acre protected reserve of twelve freshwater lagoons the Taino called 'ojos,' or eyes.

The honest distance between Punta Cana and the country's actual UNESCO site, and the genuine natural features that anchor this city instead, are worth understanding before visiting, covered in full below.