All along the southern coast are many white sand beaches which offer the best snorkelling and scuba diving in the Republic. Small Swiss-run beach resort, pleasant gardens, good restaurant. After Quemaito is the village of El Arroyo . Larimar is mined only in the Dominican Republic. The forest grows to the edge of the beach.
Construction is under way here.
At weekends it gets very crowded. Paola restaurant, on the main road, is recommended and cheap. A great place to spend the day at a weekend to watch Dominicans at play, excellent swimming. Note that most of these beaches have domestic animals, so there are droppings on the sand. There are cool, freshwater lagoons behind several of the other beaches on this stretch of coast.