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Sosua Beach – Village Of Sosua
Our first vacation abroad that my wife and I took together many years ago, was to …
🌺 Sosua Beach In The Dominican Republic 🌺
The village of Sosua is located in the northern section of this beautiful Caribbean Island, and only four miles from the major city of; 🌴 Puerto Plata.
Sosua Bay Beach In The Domincan Republic
Beautiful Sosua Beach in the Dominican Republic
As mentioned, Sosua Beach was the first destination my wife and I traveled to in the Caribbean, back in 1987. Check out my post and photos of the now closed …
we first stayed at many years ago.
This area and the island at that time, was still mostly unknown to most travelers. But today, and with the huge expansion of the now very popular resort destination of 🏖 Punta Cana, it is now considered a world renowned 🏖 tropical vacation destination.
Unfortunately, Sosua is definitely not as popular today as it used to be, and has become an area frequented by child sexual predators. You can learn more about this disturbing problem that has been and unfortunately, still taking place in Sosua, below.
Update
Six years ago, I watched an episode of W5 here in Canada, a similar investigative reporting television program to that of⏰ 60 Minutes ⏰ in the United States. It outlined a very disturbing investigation into the child sex industry in Sosua.
It appears this area in the Dominican Republic, had become the number one destination for child sex offenders in the world.
We traveled to this part of the Dominican Republic many years ago, well before the renowned beach resort destination {Punta Cana} was established. At that time, it was beautiful!
As you can see in the 📸 photo I captured back then {shown above}, Sosua and its main beach on Sosua Bay, was amazing. My wife and I have such fond memories of taking our first vacation together there years ago.
It was such a shame to hear about this disturbing problem in this beautiful part of the Dominican. At that time, the government and police were continuing to work diligently, to put a stop to this most unfortunate problem taking place on this part of the island.
Sosua Beach is just a small region of the Dominican, as there are so many other beautiful areas to visit. In fact and over the years, we have had the pleasure of enjoying; 4 amazing affordable tropical vacations with our kids and other family members, to this beautiful island.
There are some outstanding all inclusive resorts for you and your family to enjoy on other parts of the island. All, offering excellent full package deals to take advantage of, as we had done over the years.
I’ve listed the 🏝 Official Dominican Republic Tourism link below to their website. It’s filled with excellent information and everything you need to know to start planning your tropical vacation!
Update 2026
As mentioned above, Sosúa has long had a complicated reputation and for years, many travelers avoided it altogether. But apparently, things are have changed.
The Dominican government’s Project Atlántico has successfully cleaned up the town, replacing the notorious, openly visible street-level sex tourism with a more modern, family-friendly vibe.
The government has invested 1.5 billion peso (RD$) to upgrade Sosua’s infrastructure, modernize public health facilities and revitalize tourism.
The nightlife still exists, but with much tighter controls and bars closing earlier than before.
I’m excited to hear this news and revitalizing plans that are now taking place. My wife and I loved our first visit to Sosua many years ago, and then a few years later with our kids.
It’s a much more relaxed and laid back part of the Dominican, unlike that of busy Punta Cana. If you’ve visited recently and have any updated information to pass on, please do send me an email 📧 Contact Me 📧 and I will be sure to add it to this post. 🧐
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