{"id":4980,"date":"2017-06-19T17:52:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T15:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahia-principe.com\/blog\/?p=4980\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T09:45:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T07:45:16","slug":"the-national-park-haitises-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/dominican-republic\/the-national-park-haitises-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The National Park Haitises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3449\" title=\"Mogotes\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/los-mogotes-580x386.jpg\" width=\"522\" height=\"347\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The<strong>\u00a0National\u00a0Park\u00a0Haitises<\/strong>\u00a0is in the\u00a0Northeast region,\u00a0specifically in the southeast\u00a0of\u00a0the <strong>Samana Peninsula<\/strong>, bordering\u00a0the east\u00a0to the community of\u00a0Sabana\u00a0De\u00a0La Mar,\u00a0and\u00a0on the west by\u00a0areas belonging to\u00a0communities\u00a0Bayaguana,\u00a0Monte\u00a0Plata\u00a0and\u00a0Sabana Grande\u00a0de Boya.<\/p>\n<p>The word\u00a0comes from the\u00a0Taino\u00a0Haitise\u00a0and\u00a0means highlands\u00a0or mountain.\u00a0Corresponds to a region\u00a0consisting of\u00a0a set of\u00a0hummocks\u00a0or hills\u00a0with heights ranging\u00a0from 40 to\u00a0380 meters.\u00a0These hills\u00a0vegetation\u00a0are\u00a0loaded\u00a0at the top, being\u00a0hollow\u00a0on the inside\u00a0by a phenomenon\u00a0of\u00a0wear\u00a0of the relief in\u00a0the limestone,\u00a0which\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0combination\u00a0of\u00a0physicochemical\u00a0factors\u00a0make\u00a0cracks\u00a0which enlarge\u00a0over time, so\u00a0it\u00a0is common to find\u00a0numerous caves\u00a0around the\u00a0area of\u00a0the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3450\" style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: center;\" title=\"Haitises\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/los-haitises3.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Los\u00a0Haitises<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>constitute\u00a0a karst\u00a0(highlighted in\u00a0rocks)\u00a0tropical\u00a0wooded hills,\u00a0typical\u00a0of tropical climates\u00a0on earth.\u00a0This area\u00a0is\u00a0natural\u00a0shelter\u00a0over seven hundred\u00a0(700)\u00a0species of plants and\u00a0a hundred and\u00a0ten (110)\u00a0bird species.\u00a0Within its\u00a01.375\u00a0square kilometers,\u00a0the\u00a0park keeps\u00a0denserainforests,\u00a0mangroves,\u00a0cays,\u00a0vast\u00a0valleys and\u00a0caves that\u00a0were important centers\u00a0of\u00a0the Taino Indians.<\/p>\n<p>This park contains the largest sample of Caribbean mangrove, with predominant species like red mangrove and white mangrove. <strong>The fauna of Haitises is a variety and most nationally<\/strong> representative of all protected areas in the Dominican Republic, because of the diversity of their environments.<\/p>\n<p>Being a coastal-marine park contains an unrivaled bird life, with a majority representation of endemic, native and migratory birds that can be found in the rest of the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3451\" title=\"Parque Nacional Haitises\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/parque-nacional-haitises.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The richness\u00a0of the Park\u00a0is represented on its\u00a0wide\u00a0biodiversity, history\u00a0and culture\u00a0Taina Dominican.<\/p>\n<p>If you come to any <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/es\/destinos\/samana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bahia Principe Samana<\/a>, you can not miss\u00a0this\u00a0great\u00a0natural\u00a0spectacle!!<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tl4fVsJBDW4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0National\u00a0Park\u00a0Haitises\u00a0is in the\u00a0Northeast region,\u00a0specifically in the southeast\u00a0of\u00a0the Samana Peninsula, bordering\u00a0the east\u00a0to the community of\u00a0Sabana\u00a0De\u00a0La Mar,\u00a0and\u00a0on the west by\u00a0areas belonging to\u00a0communities\u00a0Bayaguana,\u00a0Monte\u00a0Plata\u00a0and\u00a0Sabana Grande\u00a0de Boya. The word\u00a0comes from the\u00a0Taino\u00a0Haitise\u00a0and\u00a0means highlands\u00a0or mountain.\u00a0Corresponds to a region\u00a0consisting of\u00a0a set of\u00a0hummocks\u00a0or hills\u00a0with heights ranging\u00a0from 40 to\u00a0380 meters.\u00a0These hills\u00a0vegetation\u00a0are\u00a0loaded\u00a0at the top, being\u00a0hollow\u00a0on the inside\u00a0by a phenomenon\u00a0of\u00a0wear\u00a0of the relief in\u00a0the limestone,\u00a0which\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0combination\u00a0of\u00a0physicochemical\u00a0factors\u00a0make\u00a0cracks\u00a0which enlarge\u00a0over time, so\u00a0it\u00a0is common to find\u00a0numerous caves\u00a0around the\u00a0area of\u00a0the region. Los\u00a0Haitises\u00a0constitute\u00a0a karst\u00a0(highlighted in\u00a0rocks)\u00a0tropical\u00a0wooded hills,\u00a0typical\u00a0of tropical climates\u00a0on earth.\u00a0This area\u00a0is\u00a0natural\u00a0shelter\u00a0over seven hundred\u00a0(700)\u00a0species of plants and\u00a0a hundred and\u00a0ten (110)\u00a0bird species.\u00a0Within its\u00a01.375\u00a0square kilometers,\u00a0the\u00a0park keeps\u00a0denserainforests,\u00a0mangroves,\u00a0cays,\u00a0vast\u00a0valleys and\u00a0caves that\u00a0were important centers\u00a0of\u00a0the Taino Indians. This park contains the largest sample of Caribbean mangrove, with predominant species like red mangrove and white mangrove. The fauna of Haitises is a variety and most nationally representative of all protected areas in the Dominican Republic, because of the diversity of their environments. Being a coastal-marine park contains an unrivaled bird life, with a majority representation of endemic, native and migratory birds that can be found in the rest of the country. The richness\u00a0of the Park\u00a0is represented on its\u00a0wide\u00a0biodiversity, history\u00a0and culture\u00a0Taina Dominican. If you come to any Bahia Principe Samana, you can not miss\u00a0this\u00a0great\u00a0natural\u00a0spectacle!! &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1345,1250,1344,1342,1263,1267],"tags":[1061],"class_list":["post-4980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach","category-dominican-republic","category-holidays","category-nature","category-punta-cana-en","category-sustainable-tourism","tag-samana-en-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}