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1. Getting into your Macao photos
With the code in hand, type it on the home page or scan the QR on the wristband — the gallery opens with no account and no password. If you shared a buggy or a group, you will usually share one gallery too.
With no code, pick the date of the tour and take a selfie on the find your photos page. With a face full of mud and goggles on it seems unlikely, but the search matches your face against everyone photographed on the days you choose.
And if you would rather someone looked for you, message us on WhatsApp with the date, the buggy tour you took and roughly when you were photographed. Galleries are organized by tour and date.
| What you have | Where to go | What it needs |
|---|---|---|
| Wristband, QR card or code | The home page, or scan the QR | The code, and nothing else |
| Nothing but the date | The find your photos page | Your tour date and a selfie |
| No code, no exact date | Rough date, tour and time |
2. Most people see Macao from a buggy
Macao is a wide, mostly undeveloped public beach facing the open Atlantic at the north end of the Punta Cana coast, about 20 to 30 minutes by road from the Bávaro hotels. Most visitors meet it as a 20-to-60-minute stop on a buggy tour, and that is where our photographers are: on the buggy trips we work with that stop at Macao. The beach itself, with real photographs, is on the destination page.
The stop is short, so the beach photos happen quickly and in groups. The rest of the gallery comes from the buggy route itself, as on the Evolution Park circuits, where our photographers ride along too.
3. What we photograph: mud, cenote and Atlantic
A buggy tour runs along red-dirt tracks behind the resorts, stops at a fresh-water cenote and a typical Dominican house, and many finish near an Atlantic beach in the Macao area. Our buggy and ATV tour guide covers the whole morning.
The shots that recur in a buggy gallery are the mud-splattered grins, the cenote jump and the beach finish. At Macao the backdrop does a lot of the work: Atlantic surf rolling onto a wide beach, low headlands and no hotel behind you. They are photos you would rarely risk your own phone to get.
4. Mud, waves and dressing for the photos
Wear old clothes you do not mind staining and closed shoes or water shoes, never flip-flops. And nothing white: red mud does not wash out, and in a photo stained white gets noticed before your face does. Our guide to what to wear for excursion photos has more ideas.
If you carry a phone, seal it in a zip bag and keep it deep in a pocket: dust and water get into everything. Some activities require cameras to be put away, which is one more reason it pays to have someone with proper gear doing the shooting.
And be careful in the water. Macao is a real Atlantic beach: waves and currents can be strong and lifeguards are on duty only at times, so swim only where the flags allow. The photo with the surf behind you works just as well from the shoreline.
5. What is inside your gallery
You see every photo before deciding anything and keep the whole set or just a few. What it costs is on the pricing page, and you pay by card or PayPal.
Once you pay, the photos download in full resolution with no watermark, and a backup link arrives by email and WhatsApp.
If you would like a photo on paper, the gallery also offers printed keepsakes, such as a framed print or a hardcover album, which we hand-deliver in Punta Cana before you fly home or ship to you. They are all on the keepsakes page.
And if you are torn between Macao and Bávaro for a beach day, the comparison is in our Macao vs Bávaro guide.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I get my Macao Beach photos?
- Type the code from the wristband, the QR card or the link on the goey.do home page. With no code, pick the date of the tour and take a selfie on the find your photos page, or message us on WhatsApp with the date, the tour and the time.
- Is there a Goey photographer on every Macao trip?
- No. Our photographers are on the buggy trips we work with that stop at Macao. If you went on your own, a private shoot can be arranged in advance.
- How long is the stop at Macao Beach?
- On a buggy tour it is usually a stop of 20 to 60 minutes. Some people come for half a day or a surf lesson, but most see it from the buggy.
- What should I wear on a buggy tour?
- Old clothes you do not mind staining and closed shoes or water shoes, never flip-flops or anything white. Wear your swimsuit underneath for the cenote.
- Is it safe to swim at Macao Beach?
- With care. Waves and currents can be strong and lifeguards are on duty only at times, so swim only where the flags allow.
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