Pico Duarte

Pico Duarte, the highest in the Caribbean, with a height of 3,087 meters, is embedded between two national parks, the Armando Bermúdez National Park and the José del Carmen Ramírez National Park, and you can access it in excursions of two or three days, depending on the chosen route. The most popular takes two days and is Jarabacoa-Manabao-La Ciénaga-Compartición-Valle de Lilís-Pico Duarte. All routes guarantee spectacular views of tropical, pine, mountain broadleaf and cloud forests. You must hire an official guide and mules for bags and food at your hotel or at the government camp in La Ciénaga, at the entrance of the José Armando Bermúdez National Park. During the journey, you will spend the night in the official Compartición or Valle de Lilís campsites. The excursion requires a decent level of fitness and stamina; Come prepared with hiking boots and several layers of clothing for low temperatures. Reaching the top of Pico Duarte is on every traveler’s bucket list!