Dominica travel guide

Swimming Titou Gorge is a great adventure. You swim upstream through the dark and narrow gorge with the green jungle high above. That alone is worth the trip, but there is more. Then you reach a small waterfall, which can scaled by climbing it on the right hand side. Once passed it, you enter the base of the second waterfall which is bigger. There the current is strong and like a whirlpool – it will throw you around like you were in a big washing machine. From there you return the same way as you got in. The gorge starts at a pool, next to where the trail for Boiling Lake starts. Lifewest (highly recommended) and guides can be rented there.

Probably the most stunning waterfalls on Dominica. Trafalgar Falls consist of two separate waterfalls cascading down a 60 m high sheer rock face covered in jungle. There is a viewing platform, which is easy accessible, from where both waterfalls can be seen. If you want to get up close, you need to climb the big slippery boulders at the bottom. The lower and more gentle waterfall of the two, the one to the right, has a deep pool at the base which is nice for a chilled dip. As a bonus, there is a creek and several natural jungle pools of hot spring water below the platform, which are perfect for a soak.

The Waitukubuli National Trail is a 185 km (115 miles) trekking trail which travers Dominica from north to south in 14 steps, each doable in a day. Most sections can be done individually, so if you don't want to do the whole trail, you just pick whatever sections you want. The trail takes in the main sights in Dominica and goes through local villages, farm lands, rainforest, and the Morne Trois Pitons National Park, Dominica's only UNESCO World Heritage Site. The trail is well marked with signs and blue and yellow ribbons.