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Carnival is a great time to be visiting Dominica. Known as "the real mas" and called Mas Domnik in Creole, an event that is sure to please all.Click for carnival video
An excellent off the beaten path hiking trail, above the western coast village of Mahaut, in Campbell, Dominica. A guide is a must. A good contact for this trail would be Allyne (amaximea@hotmail.com ). He is one of three police officers who in their spare time lead hikes on this trail. Click for Campbell Nature Trail video
Tia's Bamboo cottages offers rustic bamboo rooms in an incredible location. The 3 cottages are set in a lush tropical garden with 2 hot sulfur pools bordering a fresh water stream. Each have a private terrace with a hammock and a small basic bathroom with a sink and toilet. The shower room is separate and common to all 3 rooms. What the cottages lack in sophistication is made up by their location. It is a great base to explore the Roseau Valley, the Trafalgar Falls, and hike the many surrounding trails. The village is famous for it's 'bubbling pots' but few visitors know the other hot water pools, springs or cascades. Tia's is the ideal place to discover them from!
We went to the Dominica Museum. It is on the second floor and was small but interesting, and didn't cost too much - it was $3 US each. It also allowed an opportunity to get out of the rain, and take some photos of the ship, harbor and market from the second floor.The website says: Housed in an old market house dating from 1810, the museum’s permanent exhibit provides a clear and interesting overview of the island’s geology, history, archaeology, economy, and culture. The displays on pre-Columbian peoples, the slave trade, and the Fighting Maroons—slaves who resisted their white slave owners and established their own communities—are particularly informative.Closed Sunday.Photo 2 shows the pre-Columbian area, photo 3 shows a living room of a plantation owner, and photo 5 shows an ordinary person's house. Photo 4 is the septure of authority.
The circular trail of Galion/Morne Crabier/Scotts Head starts on the main coastal road between the village of Soufriere and Scotts Head, for me it was full of adventure. (I have provided a picture of the trail head to make it easier to find.) A very steep trail meanders its way up from the coastline to the village of Galion. Before reaching the top I stopped once to watch two men wrangling a large tree trunk with only a pulley and levers. It looked like extremely hard work and here I was happy just to have a reason to stop and catch my breath. At the top of the hill you'll find a wonderful view down to Soufriere (picture provided). Walking through the Village of Galion, a couple of men beckoned me to stop at their rum shack. My arm did not need twisting. Continuing on out of the village I passed ruins of a 1908 estate. Still on this road, a dog followed me, barking closely at my heals,...
Up to this point Morne Diaboltin has remained the most physically punishing trail that I have completed in Dominica. A combination of the trail's unrelenting climb, mud, and weaving your way through Kaklen branches and roots takes its toll on your body. Glimpses of spectacular views hinted at what might of been seen on a clearer day. At the top I rested for a snack on a rock amongst hardy low lying plants and was wind whipped by moisture laden air. Even on a hot day a chill was felt. I took a picture of a circular brass marker that was secured to rock which read INTER-AMERICAN GEODETIC SURVEY DO NOT DISTURB DIABLOTIN 1953. On the trek down, my water ran out and was quickly missed. The hike to the summit (elevation 4747 ft) and back, with a rest on top, took approximately 7 hours. I stayed in the area near the trail head for a couple of hours more observing parrots and other birds that...
Emerald Pool, worth the trip! Swim under a waterfall.Iit's olny a short hike through a rain forest but the view is great and the water cool. Emerald Pool is on the road to Castle Bruce and Carib Territory the bus can be caught be in Roseau. Bus fare is EC$6.50 for adults and children EC$3.25 for children. Entrance into the park is US$5.00 and is a short hike to the falls. It is rumored that if you swim in the Emerald Pool is will take 10 years off of your life.
Emerald Pool was the final stop on our trip, like Trafalgar Falls it is also located in Morne Trois Pitons National Park but the two are not close together as the park is quite huge. By the time we got there it was jammed with other cruise passengers and there was a line to get close enough to the pool so that you could take a quick dip in the cool water. Most of the people standing in line were merely taking pictures, very few of them got into the water. The water is certainly cold but after a long day of being out in the sun, the cool water felt good after your body got used to it.It's listed in my guidebook as the most visited tourist attraction on the island and that is easy to believe based on the number of people there. There is a $5 fee to access the trail to get to the Emerald Pool, once again not included in the price of our tour. The walk to get there is 15-20 minutes, you can...
Dominica is a volcanic island, there are several hot springs and sulfur springs around the island. I'm still a little perplexed at to why we stopped in Wotten Waven at the particular spot we did, the sulfur spring that we were shown was no bigger than a small hot tub, you could see that there was a larger spring in the distance from all the steam but what we saw was not at all impressive. As it's a sulfur spring, it smells like rotten eggs. Apparently there are tubs/spas in the area where you can pay to take a bath in the natural hot water but that wasn't on our itinerary. If you want to try that, ask your guide to include Screw's sulfur spa on the list of things to do that day.
Trafalgar Falls seems to be on every visitors list, fortunately our guide got us there shortly before all of the ship excursions started showing up. The falls, located in the Morne Trois Pitons National Park, were just a 10 minute walk from where we parked, there is a $5 fee to enter the park that was not included in the price quoted for our tour. There are two falls here, the 125 foot tall Father and the wider 95 foot tall Mother. Those of us on a non ship excursion could walk down closer to the Falls, the ship passengers had to stop at the viewing platform. I read that you could go in the water but I didn't see anyone doing this and our guide didn't mention it.The guidebook I was reading suggests you might want a to guide to get you to Trafalgar Falls but really you can just follow the herd of people if it's a cruise ship day. The walk was not terribly strenuous but you should at least...
Beau Rive Dominica
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3 Rivers Eco Lodge Rosalie
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Q: We are going to Dominica on Dec 19th and will be on a cruise but have 10 people in our group- 5 adults 5 youth 6 to 15 years of...
A: Hi - we booked with Reyno (http://www.reynotours.com/) who had come recommended from cruisecritic.com. We had a great personalized tour - some of the sights we saw: ...
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