Where to stay to ride Cabarete

Our pick: 540 m from the launch

Kibayo

Guesthouse · Short walk to Kite Beach · Cheap

Six-room boutique hotel by the lagoon, a short walk from Kite Beach, with breakfast included and free kayaks.

0.5 km to the nearest launch

Hummingbird Cabarete

Apartments · Eight minutes to the beach · Cheap

Studios and apartments with kitchenettes and a pool, about eight minutes’ walk from the beach and close to shops and restaurants.

1.0 km to the nearest launch

Millennium Resort & Spa

Hotel · Cabarete Bay · Pricier

Suites and penthouses on Cabarete Bay, home of Laurel Eastman Kiteboarding, with private lockers and compressors steps from the beach.

Kit

Lockers for gear at the resort’s own kite school.

From the resort’s kite school page

Kite Beach Inn

Hotel · Kite Beach

Oceanfront hotel right on Kite Beach.

Agualina Kite Hotel

Hotel · On Kite Beach

Twenty-two rooms and apartments on Kite Beach, every one with a sea view and most with a kitchen or kitchenette, plus a beachfront pool and restaurant and an air compressor on site, with a kite school next door.

Kite House Cabarete

Apartments · Across from Kite Beach

Rooms, studios and apartments across the road from Kite Beach, with a shared rooftop, an outdoor shower and a barbecue. The larger units have kitchens.

Cabarete Boutique Kite Hotel

Guesthouse · 0.4 km from Cabarete Bay · Own school

Six lofts round a pool and tropical garden, with a yoga studio, secure kit storage and rinse stations. Run by the Kite Buen Hombre school, which offers kite and wing lessons and rental. Kite Beach is 2.6 km away in a straight line.

Ocean Dream

Apartments · Next to LEK

Studios and two- and three-bedroom condos next to Laurel Eastman Kiteboarding, which points its students here.