Constanza is located 30 miles south of Jarabacoa and is a small town situated in a valley at the agreeable altitude of 4,264 feet. Lush and picturesque Constanza brings an almost Swiss like feeling amidst this Caribbean Island. A lot of the surrounding area has now been deforested however there is still masses and masses of farmland with potato, garlic and strawberry, lettuce and apple crops.

A town with a lot of diversity many wealthy Dominicans have vacation retreats here, mansions and estates whilst not a mile down the road there is a sprawling shanty town full of shacks where the Haitian labourers live who tend the fields and farmland without running water or electricity.

In the 1950's Dictator Trujillo invited and brought many Japanese families to this area to introduce their way of agriculture, hoping to turn this fertile valley into a huge agricultural centre. The Japanese succeeded and now many have inter married with the local community and their own descendants still own most of the surrounding farmlands. Constanza is a charming town and lends much of appeal to its fantastic hiking trails and is also a great place for mountain bikers, guides are usually available for hire for the day.