How do you combine Puerto Plata and Santiago de los Caballeros?
Yes. Puerto Plata and Santiago de los Caballeros combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow a full day in Puerto Plata and 2 days in Santiago de los Caballeros, around 3 days in total.
How the two connect
Puerto Plata and Santiago de los Caballeros are only about 38 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Puerto Plata is Gregorio Luperon International Airport (POP), about 13 km away; for Santiago de los Caballeros it is Cibao International Airport (STI), about 10 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Puerto Plata
- a full day
- Santiago de los Caballeros
- 2 days
- Together
- 3 days · about 38 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Tours and day trips from Puerto Plata
- AMBER COVE-TAINO BAY 5 Zip Lines 7 Waterfalls + Locale Food
- Monkey Park Tour and Damajagua waterfalls in Puerto Plata.
- 7 Waterfalls in Puerto Plata + a Delicious Local lunch.
- AMBER COVE-TAINO BAY 7 Damajagua Waterfalls + Locale Food
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.