General: Dominica

On November 3rd, 1978 Dominica gained its independence from Great Britain and became an independent republic within the Commonwealth. Dominica is also known as the Nature Island of the Caribbean and is situated between the French speaking islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique it is the largest and most mountainous of the all the Windward Islands. Some people tend to get Dominica mixed up with the Dominican Republic, which can really makes me angry, as they are completely different places. People fail to remember that one is in the Caribbean the other is in South America, which is a good ... more

So not to confuse you, this isn't the Dominican Republic. It is located between the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Eastern Caribbean. It's a volcanic island. It's 26 million years old. The carribbean name for Dominica is Waitikubuli. The most visited attraction in Dominica is it's waterfalls, and the most popular is the twin waterfalls at Trafalgur. It's very beautiful. You can go into the lake that it falls into and stand under the waterfall. Because of the tropical weather, the water isn't that cold. Also, the world's famous lake, The Boiling Lake can be found in Dominica ... more

We've been twice, both times were via Cruise Ships, and late in the year. These were not big, fancy ships, just average Joe UK ones. Dominica is a beautiful, lush, green, uncommercialised island that the locals should be very proud of. The locals themselves are very friendly and polite. On our first visit we braved the enslaught of taxi drivers that rush to greet Cruise passengers. You just say where you want to visit and they tell you their price. We got together a small minivan (approx 10 passengers) to go to the Falls. Our taxi driver was a young man who rented the vehicle. He took us up ... more

Absolutley amazing holiday! Loved the Dominican Republic! The weather was just amazing apart from the odd rain shower or thunder and lightning. The people cant do enough for you, very friendly and hospitable, learning Spanish would be a good idea if you are thinking of going to the Dominican Republic as a lot of the people speak Spanish! The beaches were just specatcular, the sand very clean and the sea very warm, just like a hot bath! Just watch the large waves that can sometimes knock you off your feet! The food was good, just watch the cheese and the ice-cubes as some people in our party ... more

Me and my family had an amzing time in the Dominican Republic, the weather was outsyanding everyday and we had a fantastic villa apartment for the two weeks we were there which had its own pool and a maid that came and served us breakfast everyday, it was fantastic, made us feel like royalty! Our resort had several lovely public pools and was right along the beach meaning that we could walk there whenever we liked in only a couple of minutes. The people were all really friendly and service was excellent. We used our timeshare with RCI to swap weeks that we usually have in Tenerife for this ... more