Saona Island Paradise Beach Trip from Punta Cana

The transportation to the boat took 3 hours. We were picked up at 7:15am and there were too many stops getting everyone on the bus. They need to have a central location to meet. We then stopped and got gas? What tour company stops to fill up the bus? We sat there and waited for 15 minutes for a couple who got off and never got back on. We finally got on our way and then stopped again at a mall and was told it would be 15 minutes. That turned into an hour. There seemed to be confusion because different people kept getting on and off our bus. When we finally got to the boat launch area again we waited for another 30-40 minutes to leave. Once we finally boarded our boat we sat again for another 15 minutes. All and all it was a waste of over 3 hours of waiting. The speed boat was a fun ride. We stopped after about 25 minutes close to shore and got in the water where we were offered drinks. I wish we would have skipped this all together because when we got the Saona we only had 2 1/2 hours there. This was a full day excursion leaving at 7:15am and we didn't get dropped off until 6;00pm and we only got a short time at the island out of that whole time. The island was gorgeous, food was very good. The catamaran trip back was fun as well with dancing but the whole point for me was spending time at a beautiful island. They should have been way better organized! This wasn't their first rodeo!