Sports and Attractions

The most rural of the Caribbean Islands, Dominica is also one of its most beautiful. An environmental wonderland, Dominica is home to lush rain forests, dramatic waterfalls and black-sand beaches all surrounded by shimmering turquoise waters under glorious blue skies. One can relax and watch brilliantly plumed Sisserou and Jacquot parrots fly from tree to tree.

Trois Piton National Park

This 6800-hectare park, which was primarily made up of tropical forest, has a few of the most beautiful places on Dominica: Boeri Lake, Fresh Water Lake and Boiling Lake. It gets its name from a mountain made up of three rocky pinnacles. In this lush park, lies another wondrous site, the famed Emerald Pool, which is fed by a delicate cascade that plunges off the edge of a fern-covered cliff.

Champagne Reef

Named for the bubbles that continuously rise from below, the Champagne Reef sits on the edge of a submerged volcano, and you can actually feel the hot water vent from the earth's depths. In waters as shallow as 10 feet, you'll encounter a teeming variety of tropical fish and corals.

Trafalgar Falls and Middleham Falls

Take in the island's most popular eco sites. Two spectacular waterfalls which you can climb around and have their rainbow encircle you.

Whale Watching

Dominica's sheer walls disappear under the sea, creating deep sheltered bays along its western coastline: a haven for the Sperm Whale which loves to calve and breed in this type of habitat.

Boiling Lake and Valley of Desolation

The Boiling Lake is said to be the second largest in the world. This hot spring lake is a caldron of gray-blue water at a temperature ranging from 180 to 197 degrees Fahrenheit. A full day of rigorous hike with a guide is needed to visit this awesome site. The Valley of Desolation, just a few miles from the Boiling Lake is another wondrous attraction. There are many geothermal phenomena here: emanations of smoke, hot springs, boiling ponds, melting pots of grey mud, sulphur deposits. Hot rivers flow from here, with their grey, blue and sometimes ink-black water, passing through the rapids and down waterfalls. It looks as if their riverbeds and sides were painted with an infinite variety of colour: yellow, ochre, red, green, blue, grey, black. These are minerals inherited from the former volcanic activity.

Canyoning and Kayaking

Combining the get wet fun of snorkeling and river tubing with the thrill of mountain cliff rock climbing you are taken through hidden waterfalls that drop through the canyons in the breathtaking mountains of Dominica.

Cricket is a popular sport on the island, and Dominica competes in test cricket as part of the West Indies cricket team. Men and women of the village communities may be engaged in Basketball, Football, and Volleyball and to a certain extent, Tennis. After a hard day’s work, or on a Sunday afternoon, the older folks would usually engage themselves in a game of Dominos.