Sivory Boutique Hotel in Punta Cana
Sivory is a small boutique style hotel located about as far away from Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) as you can get. With their dedication to customer service, you can choose to be whisked away in your own private helicopter, viewing the spectacular coastline of Bavaro from the air before landing on the beach in front on your hotel.
With only 55 rooms, dont let the size of this boutique hotel fool you. You have your choice of rooms, Deluxe, Premium and Luxury. They also offer a Honeymoon Suite and massive Sivory Grand Suite at 2250 square feet.
Fine dining is available at your choice of 3 restaurants with the crème de la crème being the world class Gourmond restaurant. This is the only AAA Four Diamond rated restaurant in all of Punta Cana, and boosts one of the largest wine collections in the entire Caribbean.
The new Coral Highway is open, decreasing the driving time between Punta Cana and Santo Domingo by an hour. Expreso Bavaro, the only express bus transportation between Punta Cana and Santo Domingo, has taken full advantage of this by purchasing new buses, adding more buses to their schedule, and streamlining their route to include both Bavaro and Punta Cana on every trip.
Sirenis Aquagames Waterpark is now open in the Uvero Alto region of Punta Cana. The park entrance fee is all inclusive and includes not only all the waterpark activities and features, but a buffet lunch or bbq too. Dare to try the AquaRacer, a high speed, four lane slide that is100 meters long. And there is plenty to do for the little ones also in their own private Pirate’s pool!
The Dominican Republic has the largest number of beaches with prestigious Blue Flag certification in Latin America and the Caribbean with 14 blue flag beach certified properties. Four properties in Punta Cana have the certification: Bahia Principe Bavaro, Barcelo Punta Cana and Iberostar. Barcelo Bavaro in Bavaro beach is also a Blue Flag Beach. There are two more in the Cabeza de Toro area: Grand Oasis Grand and Cabeza de Toro Natura Park. 
In all honesty, I was skeptical about the Buggie excursion in Punta Cana. There is just something about whizzing by quiet country homes with a noisy little ‘cage on wheels’ that puts me off.
Things didn’t start well either. Myself and another 10 tourists, or so, were dropped off at a small ranch in the countryside of northern Punta Cana. The ranch was quaint and we were asked to sit down and wait as our Buggies were on their way. “Just 5 minutes”, said one of the guides. 
