Docking at Catalina Island DR?

[Birdnutty]

I tried the Dominican Republic Port of Call Board, but either nobody knows or there isn't enough activity to get the question answered.  Our itinerary on the Gem is scheduled to stop at Catalina Island, Dominican Republic.   But there's no docks there, and very sparse info on the whole situation.  It looks like we could dock at La Romana, but none of the cruise Mapper/Timetable/dig, etc sites show anything at all about our ship being there.

 

Has anyone been to the actual Catalina Island, and where did you dock when you did?  we're not happy with ship's excursions and want to find something else, but we don't know from where!  Please help. 

[Turtles06]

No dock.  It's a tiny island and a tender port.

 

https://www.whatsinport.com/Isla-Catalina.htm

Edited January 15, 2023 by Turtles06

[Birdnutty]

Thanks!  Have you ever been there?  Are we allowed to just go and walk around, go to the beach without an excursion, etc?  There is so little info out there to go on!!!!

[Turtles06]

34 minutes ago, Birdnutty said:

Thanks!  Have you ever been there?  Are we allowed to just go and walk around, go to the beach without an excursion, etc?  There is so little info out there to go on!!!!

Please read the post from @WYB! on our Roll Call regarding his port call there last year. 😊

[Mike C]

54 minutes ago, Birdnutty said:

Thanks!  Have you ever been there?  Are we allowed to just go and walk around, go to the beach without an excursion, etc?  There is so little info out there to go on!!!!

We stopped there on the Gem last year.  I would strongly recommend just tendering to the beach and spending the day there.

We took an excursion there.  We had to tender to the beach dock and then take a ferry to La Romana. The ferry took 45 minutes.