I just came back from a week-long vacation at the Iberostar Hacienda Dominicus with my wife, 15-year old son and daughter (twins), and a family friend who is already a PADI certified open water diver. Except for our friend, none of us had ever scuba dived before and we had no intention of even trying it when we picked our... More

The Saona excursion is definitely my recommendation if you like to snorkel or SCUBA dive. They pick you up from your hotel and take you to the Iberstar from there you go on a boat dive and then they take you to Saona Island for a barbeque lunch and to hang out on the beach. It is a gorgeous island... More

We stayed at Iberostar Bavaro resort in March 2012 & did the all day snorkeling/diving trip (2 adults, 2 teenagers). Bus left from Iberostar Dominicana resort (on same property). 4 stars for Johannes & Boliver (our tour guides). They were a lot of fun & very knowledgable on the 1 hr drive to Caribbean side of Dominican Republic as well... More

They have a very good infraestructure and lots of master divers. Among them, a young guy called Joannes is worth mentioning: very smart, friendly and customer focused, always trying to keep the group's morale at high. Congrats! I took the opportunity there to obtain my Discovery Diver Certification. More

Dressel divers is a well run shop. Matteo did a great job finishing the certification for boys aged 11, 13, 14, and an adult. We were challenged by some rough seas for the first timers, but got through it with the help of the great staff. Very professional! Divers day at Saona with Joannes was the highlight of the entire... More

My wife and I decided to take the "plunge" and become Open Water Diver Certified. Alberto,Paul,Valereo Riccardo,Chris,Aude,Johannes, and of course the rest of the Dressel Divers team, ensured the achievement of our goal to be both rewarding and very enjoyable. With this teams professionalism and patience not only did we achieve our goal but it was allot of fun!!! From... More

My daughter and I took thie Discover excursion and It was AWESOME!! The crew was very friendly and happy! They took extra time with everybody and worked together well to make sure the entire boat was taken care of! Not one minute of this trip was boring! I highly reccommend this trip for people looking for an experience of a... More

Very professional group. Took my advanced open water certification and was well organized. Suggest the wreck dive if you have a chance More

We got certified through the padi shop at the Hard Rock hotel, Bram Vanlerberghe was the guy helping people get all the info and he was so helpful. He got us started w/ our first steps w/ Sam in the pool..we did all our training the next morning and went over everything we needed to take the test. Sam was... More