We did the Saona Island trip last week..It was a long day...We left the resort at 7:40am, and came back at 6:00pm. The bus ride to get to the speed boat was just over an hour, then the speed boat over to the Catamaran. The Catamaran ride was about another hour. Once we got to Saona Island, we were actually kind of bored. The vendors there are really annoying and pushy, you are constantly telling them no. We did see a lot of fish by the reefs, we were feeding them bread..it was actually the hi-light of Saona Island. When we left there we took the speedboat to the natural swimming pool, where we found and held 3 starfish...there are not a lot of them, stayed there 20 minutes or so, then took the speedboat back to the bus. On the way back to the resort, the bus stops at some shops, so you can purchase some souvenirs and there is a mini-mart in there. ( We were more then happy to buy Pringles, we were starving, the lunch served on Saona was not that good. All in all, I would rate it 6 out of 10. Wouldn't do it again.