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as a breath-taking biological diversity.
The island is home to the Caribbean’s first long
distance trail, the Waitukubuli National Trail,
which passes through the Carib Territory and the
Morne Trois Pitons National Park. The trail takes
in the island’s history, culture and community life,
vast array of wildlife and natural beauty. Famous
tourist areas include natural beauty spots such
as the Indian River in Portsmouth, the Emerald
Pool, Trafalgar Falls and Scott’s Head.
The island also offers fantastic diving spots
due to its colorful coral reefs and steep drop-
offs. Divers can encounter seahorses, frogfish,
flying gurnards, batfish, electric rays and much
more. Dominica’s sub-aqua world mirrors its
dramatic landscape above, with canyons and
cliffs plunging to depths equal to the soaring
mountain peaks above. Underwater volcanoes
are the source of Dominica’s rugged ocean land-
scape with craters, chasms and soaring pinnacles
formed by lava flow.
Divers can swim through warm bubbling wa-
ters created by geothermal vents at the “Cham-
pagne” dive site. Amazing volcanic features can
be viewed at Soufrière Scott’s Head Marine
Reserve in the south west, which is the oldest
reserve on the island while the Cabrits National
Park Marine Section in the north is famed for its
variety of rare fish.
Thanks to its natural beauty, Dominica was
one of the key filming locations for Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest in 2014 and its fol-
low-up, At World’s End. Hampstead Beach, Indian
River, Londonderry River, Soufrière, and Vieille
Case, were all used for filming.
With six of its hotels recognised in the presti-
gious 2013 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Island
Awards, Dominica has not succumbed to the
mass tourism development of other Caribbean
islands, focusing on quality rather than quantity.