Community

Outback Safari is now coming up to its 12th year in business, it that time we have carried in excess of 500,000 happy customers. Our core team of Outback staff have more than 60 years experience within the travel and tourism industry. We take our work seriously and our main objective is to make sure that every single one of our customers enjoys their experience of Outback Safari and the Dominican Republic. Most important to us is to know that we have helped to make a difference in the quality of your overall holiday experience. You work too hard for us not to respect the fact that your holiday needs to be special. We are immensely proud of our country and we want to show as many people as possible the unique beauty of this beautiful tropical paradise. Please join us and we guarantee that we will help make your holiday here in the Dominican Republic one to remember for the rest of your lives. You won't be disappointed, but don't just take our word for it, feel free to read the hundreds of customer comments posted within this site.

Helping the Community:

Here at Outback Safari we understand the importance of helping those less fortunate than ourselves. Since the conception of the company back in 1997 it was agreed by the founders that supporting the community should be one of our key objectives. To follow is an outline of the type of projects we have been able to support to date: School supplies, pens, paper, sports equipment, uniforms. Financial support for foreign medical teams  and local charitable organisations­ Island Impact; http://www.islandimpact.net: Dream Project; http://www.dominicandream.org: Cure International; http://www.cureinternational.com Sports facilities, basketball courts, football kits, baseball kits for the local communities. Annual Christmas Santa Runs ­ Please see our Santa Run video posted on this site Installation of toilets and bathroom facilities in local schools and homes Financial support for  urgent medical cases requiring immediate medical assistance Educational support ­ Haitian Redemption Village Community road reparation Donation of music and audio equipment (the next Carlos Santana might be literally right around the corner!) School sponsorships Sponsorship of local orphanages Post hurricane relief donations Orphanage field trips

As part of a new initiative we have published a spreadsheet to show ongoing donations so that you are able to keep track of our community work - thanks to your invaluable help and support.

Sustainable Tourism:

As you will be aware by now, Outback Safari is a responsible company. Our company was formed to show travellers and tourists just how beautiful this country is, not least to give us the opportunity to introduce you to the wonderful people of this tropical paradise. Without doubt Dominican Republic is the friendliest island in the Caribbean. With this in mind, we believe that it is our duty to put back, it's the right thing to do, simple as that. Sustainable tourism is responsible tourism and basically is an initiative that allows other cottage and countryside industries to survive and benefit in conjunction with an excursion company such as ours. When you join us on safari, you will be given the opportunity to buy local products that have been either made or grown and packaged by the people that live in the countryside. Local products such as coffee, chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon, coconut oil, our famous mamajuana, cigars, Haitian paintings and all manner of local hand crafts are readily available. Of course you reserve the right not to buy anything, however, should you choose to buy something give yourself a pat on the back in the knowledge that you are helping to put back and sustain the local countryside economies that don't always benefit from the direct effects of tourism. And finally, we would like to say a huge thank you to those of you that have been able to support us to date, we really do appreciate everything that you have been able to help us to do and most importantly to help make this world a better place ­ Thank you!