Bus to Bani

[puryear270]

I'll be staying in Santo Domingo for a week, and need to visit Bani one day. Where in the capital do I find an express (preferably air conditioned) bus to Bani?

[drloca]

I dont know about "express" service but Caribe Tours offers air-conitioned coaches out of Santo Domingo. If you take the Barahona bus, you can get off in Bani.

[puryear270]

Thanks. Where do I catch that bus?

[drloca]

From Caribe Tours bus station in SD

[puryear270]

LOL. Thanks much.

I realize it was a silly question.

[Yayow]

You can actually catch a guagua (seats about 20 -25), leaves about every half hour; on Avenida Bolivar just a little west of Parque Independencia, very nice buses, with air, and cheaper than Caribe Tours.

As far as Caribe Tours is concerned I am not so sure that you can get off in Bani, I looked at their schedule and although as the other poster indicated they go to Barahona, I am not sure that they will stop in Bani for you, I would check into that if I was you. Their website is:

www.caribetours.com.do

I am sure you can find any info on their site, but again I don't think you can take it to Bani.

[drloca]

There are stops in Azua and Bani.

[puryear270]

I tried emailing and calling Caribe Tours this afternoon at the station in Santo Domingo. I didn't get through via telephone, and am waiting if I get an email response. I'll probably try again tomorrow.

[puryear270]

This is the reply that I got from Caribe Tours via email:

Muy buenas tardes:

En respuesta a su solicitud de respuesta le informo que lamentablemente aun no viajamos a la Ciudad de Bani.

Por dicha zona solo viajamos a las Ciudades de: Azua, Barahona y San Juan de la Maguana.

Esperando la información ofrecida haya sido de su utilidad, se despide,


SO, it looks like I'm taking the guaguas.

[minerva_feliz]

Originally Posted by drloca

There are stops in Azua and Bani.

I have never known them in the past few years to let anyone off in Bani, or before the stop in Azua for that matter. It's because of agreements they have with the sindicatos of the Bani guaguas. No worries, Bani is close enough to Santo Domingo, and the guaguas are nice and frequent. Personally I prefer the guaguas to Caribe Tours, which is freezing and doesn't put on any good tunes!

Caribe Tours will let you off at a couple of places really close to Barahona, right before you get there, if you talk to the driver first and even then you have to bang on the window for them to stop. And they will not remove any luggage from underneath unless they are at a station, so you would have to have it up with you.

I have noticed over time that different sindicatos have agreements about where they can and can't pick up passengers, to respect the routes of the other ones. I have heard of "abusadores" tires getting macheted and a rock through the window for picking up passengers where they aren't "allowed". gre: