Las Terrenas / Samaná to STI airport transfer

When we recommend leaving Samaná or Las Terrenas

We recommend leaving 5 hours before your flight out of STI when coming from the Samaná peninsula. This is the longest domestic leg we run, crossing from the peninsula onto the mainland highway network before joining the route toward Santiago, and the peninsula roads themselves are narrower and slower than the Autopista Duarte. STI's small terminal clears quickly, so nearly all of the extra time is for the road itself and a genuine safety margin, since this is the one route where a delay is expensive in lost time rather than lost minutes. If you are starting from Las Galeras, the furthest point on the peninsula, or during hurricane-season rain, plan for the top end of the drive-time range or add more.

Staying at Cayo Levantado Resort? Confirm Simi Báez, the boat handover and your island-to-STI return before arranging the road transfer.

How the Las Terrenas pickup runs

1. 1Send us your hotel or villa, flight number, date and party size on WhatsApp.
2. 2We reply with the written price and the recommended pickup time for the long drive.
3. 3The driver arrives at the lobby or villa gate with your name.
4. 4Direct 2.75–3.5 hour drive from the Samaná peninsula to STI departures.

Popular Las Terrenas hotels

• Sublime Samaná Hotel & Residences
• Viva V Samaná by Wyndham
• Wyndham Alltra Samaná
• Donoma Las Terrenas Resort & Villas, Autograph Collection
• The Bannister Hotel & Yacht Club
• Hacienda Samaná Bay Hotel & Residences
• Bahia Principe Explore El Portillo
• Bahia Principe Escape Samaná
• Hotel Alisei
• Mosquito Boutique Hotel Playa Bonita
• Cayo Levantado Resort

Resort gate and lobby pickup

The driver comes to your hotel lobby or villa gate in Las Terrenas, Samaná town or Las Galeras with your name, timed to the long drive rather than a short local one.

Luggage and bigger groups

This is a full highway crossing, so tell us the exact passenger and case count in advance. A group of six with full luggage for a multi-hour drive is a van booking, not an SUV, and we plan the vehicle ahead of pickup day.

7–14 passengers ride in a passenger van: +$40 on VIP, +$40 on VIP for this zone.

Night and early-morning departures

Because of the distance, we avoid scheduling the most remote peninsula sections for the darkest pre-dawn hours where a later, still-comfortable pickup covers the same flight; tell us your flight time and we set the safest pickup that still makes it on time. We confirm the exact time by WhatsApp the evening before.