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The 15 Best Rum Tours in the Dominican Republic

53 tours  ·  from $4 a head

The DR pours aged Oliver and Barceló within ten minutes of the Punta Cana hotels, then sends you out to Cayo Levantado by boat. These 15 sort the tasting rooms, the cigar floors and the island days by price and pickup.

101 Oliver Rum Tasting & Pairing And Taino Concept Store - The pickup can save time, but confirm the details
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101 Oliver Rum Tasting & Pairing And Taino Concept Store

1.101 Oliver Rum Tasting & Pairing And Taino Concept Store

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 244 reviews · from $54Our pick

Spend about 75 minutes learning how Dominican rum is made, tasting aged Oliver and Oliver spirits with food pairings, and sampling sugar cane juice and mamajuana. Guides such as Rudy, Santiago, and Felix lead the session, followed by time in the Taino concept store.

“That there is so much to learn about rum and a perfect way to enjoy it. You will meet great people to enjoy it with and great instructors and the place is so beautiful”

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Punta Cana Oliver & Oliver Rum Tasting & Taino Concept Store - What the 90-minute visit actually looks like
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Punta Cana Oliver & Oliver Rum Tasting & Taino Concept Store

2.Punta Cana Oliver & Oliver Rum Tasting & Taino Concept Store

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 146 reviews · 1h 30m · from $54

Spend 90 minutes at Taino Gourmet learning how Oliver & Oliver makes rum, then taste Cubaney Centenario, Unhiq XO, Opthimus, and Punta Cana XOX with chocolate, cheese, and finger food. Guides such as Felix and Wendell lead the session in English, Spanish, French, or Russian.

“It was very interesting to learn the different rums and to know what it is paired with. But it can be boring.”

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Punta Cana: Samaná Whale Watching, Bacardi & Limon Falls - The early ride from Punta Cana to La Cañita
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Punta Cana: Samaná Whale Watching, Bacardi & Limon Falls

3.Samaná Whale Watching, Bacardi & Limon Falls

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 131 reviews · 10 hours - 750 minutes · from $107

Leave Punta Cana early for Samaná’s seasonal humpback whales, Limón Waterfall, a Dominican lunch, and 90 minutes on Cayo Levantado. You’ll travel by boat, safari truck, and catamaran. Guides speak English or Spanish, with Andrii, Enrique, and Angela praised for their care.

“Rapporto qualità-prezzo ottimo, posto paradisiaco e personale cordiale e preparato. Ci ritornerei volentieri.”

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Don Lucas Cigar Factory & Store + Premium Rum Tasting (3 hours) - Rum tasting, from tiny samples to paid pours
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Don Lucas Cigar Factory & Store + Premium Rum Tasting (3 hours)

4.Don Lucas Cigar Factory & Store + Premium Rum Tasting (3 hours)

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 126 reviews · from $6

Spend about three hours at Mundo Autentico sampling Dominican rum, cigars, coffee, and chocolate. You’ll see cigars hand-rolled, browse humidors and souvenirs, and usually receive resort pickup and return. Confirm the meeting point carefully, since some bookings have had transport or venue mix-ups.

“Do not book this tour!!! We have used Viator in the past with greay success and experience. However, this tour operator tool our money and did not pick us up. I called Viator twice on our trip to contact the tour operator and they never respoRead more”

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Puerto Plata Private City Tour with Mount Isabel & Rum &Chocolate - The old center works best on foot
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Puerto Plata Private City Tour with Mount Isabel & Rum &Chocolate

5.Puerto Plata Private City Tour with Mount Isabel & Rum &Chocolate

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 123 reviews · from $90

Spend 6 to 7 hours exploring Puerto Plata with a private guide such as Antonio or Diana. Ride or drive up Mount Isabel, walk Umbrella Street, visit the fort and Malecon, taste rum and organic chocolate, and stop for Dominican lunch and local shopping.

“Diana and Antonio are the absolute best! Muy Excellente! I mistakenly selected the wrong hotel on my booking and it caused us to get a late start, but Diana took it in stride and picked my wife and I up in her personal car so that we could join up with the group and make tour. The group I was a total of 5 people including my wife and me. If the group were angry that we caused delay, no one said anything and we did not feel any tension at all. We started with a cable car ride to the top of the mountain and then a leisurely hike…”

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El Limon Waterfall and Bacardi Island Tour from Punta Cana with Lunch Included - The catamaran ride to Samaná
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El Limon Waterfall and Bacardi Island Tour from Punta Cana with Lunch Included

6.El Limon Waterfall and Bacardi Island Tour from Punta Cana with Lunch Included

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 119 reviews · from $149

Spend a long, active day traveling from Punta Cana to El Limón Waterfall and Cayo Levantado. Ride horseback through coffee and cocoa country, swim beneath a 120-foot fall, eat a buffet lunch, and relax on the beach. Guides such as Rafael and Miguel add local context along the way.

“Nice tour, Well organized. Great look of the wild forest, nice waterfall but facilities is very local. Remember to add 20% tip to the total cost”

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Punta Cana: Don Lucas Cigar Factory & Rum Tour with Pickup - Seeing a cigar take shape
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Punta Cana: Don Lucas Cigar Factory & Rum Tour with Pickup

7.Don Lucas Cigar Factory & Rum Tour with Pickup

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 88 reviews · 3h 30m · from $15

Spend about 3.5 hours at Don Lucas Artisan Complex with hotel pickup from Punta Cana or Bávaro. Watch cigars rolled by hand, taste chocolate, coffee, and Dominican rum, then browse local souvenirs. English and Spanish guides lead the visit, with optional shopping afterward.

“Samples of the coffee would have been nice, the chocolate tasting was amazing and we have some treats to take home. My husband tried the cigar but we are non smokers, the information and observing the process of cigar making was fantastic and surprisingly complex, we sampled a few of the rum and have bought a few bottles to take home with us. There is a jewellery store which had some lovely items and also a souvenir store onsite. Definitely worth the money.”

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San Pedro De Macoris: Ron Barcerló Rum Factory Tour - The aging cellar: wood, time, and evaporation
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San Pedro De Macoris: Ron Barcerló Rum Factory Tour

8.Ron Barcerló Rum Factory Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 76 reviews · 1 hour - 90 minutes · from $20

Visit Ron Barceló’s Historic Center near San Pedro de Macorís with a guide such as Juan Carlos or Leonardo. See aging cellars, barrel preparation, tanks, bottling, and packaging, then taste Añejo or Imperial rum. The 90-minute Imperial option includes a tasting inside the aging cellar.

“The tour was very well organised (unfortunately due to the time of year we visited the bottling plant was closed but still worth the money), our guide had a great sense of humour and the rum’s we tasted were delicious. I could not recommend this tour more highly ( I thought was superb value for money).”

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Guided Puerto Plata City Tour – Fortress, Rum & Umbrella Street - Umbrella Street and Pink Street bring the quickest photo stops
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Guided Puerto Plata City Tour – Fortress, Rum & Umbrella Street

9.Guided Puerto Plata City Tour – Fortress, Rum & Umbrella Street

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 65 reviews · from $45

Spend four hours seeing Puerto Plata with a bilingual local guide such as Ramon, Nestor, Ariel, Juan, or Carlos. Visit the Macorix rum factory, Umbrella Street, Pink Street, Central Park, amber and chocolate stops, local neighborhoods, the market, and San Felipe Fortress, with port or hotel pickup included.

“Ramon's tours are great. We were the only guests. Arial was a fabulous tour guide and very knowledgeable. We got to see parts of Puerto Plata that other tours won't go.”

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Puerto Plata: City Tour with Rum and Chocolate Factories - Starting with rum at Macorix House of Rum
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Puerto Plata: City Tour with Rum and Chocolate Factories

10.City Tour with Rum and Chocolate Factories

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 57 reviews · 4 hours · from $52

Join Edwin, Carlos, Francisco, or Juan Francisco for a four-hour Puerto Plata tour with hotel or cruise-port pickup. Taste rum and chocolate, see Umbrella Street, the pink alley, cathedral, cigar and amber shops, and visit San Felipe Fortress. Expect a friendly, photo-focused outing with shopping stops.

“The tour was excellent! Edwin and Francisco were fantastic guides, very attentive and provided lots of information. The van was very clean and comfortable and Edwin and Francisco were waiting for our group when we got off the ship. Would highly recommend this tour!”

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Punta Cana: Guided Bar Crawl with a Rum Shot and Transfers - What Jose and Eli add to the night
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Punta Cana: Guided Bar Crawl with a Rum Shot and Transfers

11.Guided Bar Crawl with a Rum Shot and Transfers

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 56 reviews · 5 hours · from $27

Spend five hours moving through Bavaro and Punta Cana with guide-driver Jose, and sometimes Eli. Visit five very different bars, from a thatched Caribbean spot to a Dominican car wash bar, with hotel transfers and a rum shot included. Drinks, food, and snacks cost extra.

“The tour itself was great. The guide went above and beyond to make us feel comfortable. He even provided us with a MiFi!”

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Shopping Tour In Don Lucas Cigar Factory, Rum tasting, Cocoa factory, Souvenirs - Don Lucas cigars and the tobacco story
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Shopping Tour In Don Lucas Cigar Factory, Rum tasting, Cocoa factory, Souvenirs

12.Shopping Tour In Don Lucas Cigar Factory, Rum tasting, Cocoa factory, Souvenirs

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 51 reviews · from $4Best value

Spend about 2 to 3 hours at Mundo Autentico, where a guide leads you through Don Lucas cigars, Dominican rum, cocoa, coffee, amber, larimar, pottery, paintings, and souvenirs. Tastings are included, hotel pickup is offered, and the experience works best if you want convenient shopping rather than a traditional factory tour.

“Transportation aragments were a little shakey for pick up but once we arrived to the location it was a lot of fun... If you like shopping and cigars you'll enjoy it.”

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Shopping tour Punta Cana rum cigars coffee larimar chocolate souvenirs mamajuan - Tobacco museum and the cigar tasting
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Shopping tour Punta Cana rum cigars coffee larimar chocolate souvenirs mamajuan

13.Shopping tour Punta Cana rum cigars coffee larimar chocolate souvenirs mamajuan

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 44 reviews · from $10

Visit Bella Mare in Punta Cana for Dominican rum, mamajuana, cigars, coffee, chocolate, Larimar jewelry, pottery, cosmetics, and souvenirs. This is one large store with several themed areas, not a multi-shop market. Pickup is offered, the visit lasts about 1 to 4 hours, and staff speak several languages.

“Safe shopping environment. Everything in one place at fair prices. Shopping was relaxing and enjoyable and not rushed or forced. Highly recommend!”

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Puerto Plata City Tour with the Mount Isabel, Rum & Chocolate - Mount Isabel and the closed cable car
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Puerto Plata City Tour with the Mount Isabel, Rum & Chocolate

14.Puerto Plata City Tour with the Mount Isabel, Rum & Chocolate

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 34 reviews · from $89

Spend about six hours exploring Puerto Plata with a private guide such as Antonio, Diana, or Raúl. Ride by vehicle to Mount Isabel, visit Christ the Redeemer, walk Umbrella Street and Pink Street, eat a Dominican lunch, taste rum and chocolate, and see Fort San Felipe and the Malecon.

“Great tour ! My guide Antonio was very knowledgeable of the history of puerto plata.I am very pleased with the tour and lunch A+”

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From Punta Cana: Samana and Bacardi Island Cruise and Tour - Crossing the bay by boat
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From Punta Cana: Samana and Bacardi Island Cruise and Tour

15.Samana and Bacardi Island Cruise and Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 28 reviews · 9 hours · from $121

You’ll travel from Bávaro to Samaná Bay, visit Cayo Levantado, and enjoy a Dominican lunch. The optional El Limón Waterfall stop adds a safari truck and horseback ride. Whale watching runs from January through March. Expect a very full day with long transport times.

“nabitý výlet ,kdo jede do dominikány pouze na týden doporučuju! skvělá organizace”

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