Bahía de las Águilas is a bay in the Caribbean Sea, located in the central part of the southern coast of the island of Santo Domingo, and considered the most crystalline beach in the world. Administratively, it is part of the Pedernales province of the Dominican Republic. It is largely the Jaragua National Park and is about 37 kilometers long. Bahía de las Águilas extends from Punta Chimanche to Punta Águila, located in the southern part of the island. It is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world, about which intense debates and confrontations have been generated between the Secretary of State for Tourism, the Secretary of State for the Environment and Natural Resources and environmental NGOs. Similarly, the Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic, the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, the embassies of Spain and France; as well as the international scientific community, have asked the Dominican government to conserve this unique environment in the Caribbean, not only because of its natural beauty, but also because of its importance for the conservation of globally threatened species, and which reproduce or find their habitat there. natural.
