Cabarete is a small, laid-back Caribbean beach village located only 20 minutes away from the Puerto Plata International Airport. Cabarate is on the northern shore of the island country of the Dominican Republic. It’s a perfect remote holiday destination for the active traveller. It has a hip ambience and a combination of relaxed and adventurous lifestyles that is just amazing.

The village of Cabarete is spread out across the center of a large beautiful beach with a calm lagoon behind it and then backed up great hills and amazing tropical vegetation.

With the low-lying hills behind the village causing a unique thermal effect to the location of the offshore reef at the entrance of the bay where the trade winds usually blow in. This combination of elements make Cabarate and awesome location for water-sports such as kiteboarding and windsurfing, but also for regular surfing at El Encuentro beach as well.

Learn more at: www.activecabarete.com

Things to do

Kite Boarding in Cabarete, Dominican Republic

Canyoning and Cascading in the Dominican Republic

Location

The sport of kiteboarding has taken off in the Grand Beach area. There are many people out taking in the high winds and warm weather. The sport is a fairly new sport that is seeing a surge in growth over the last few years especially in this remote Canadian location.

Grand Beach is located on Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. Being a large lake with consistent north or south winds, its an ideal destination for Kiteboarding. Riders can launch from the east beaches and enjoy riding up and down in along the shore in both winter and summer. There are many locations on Lake Winnipeg for kite surfing. Lake Winnipeg is a fairly shallow lake near its edges which provides a great environment to learn to kiteboard safely. View the interactive Google map of the Manitoba Kite Locations.

Accomodations and more information on the area can be found at the Grand Beach Tourism web site.

Video: Kitsurfing at the sand spit near Grand Beach in Grand Marais, Manitoba.

Location