Dominica Island Blog: Sharing Every Dominican Moment with the World

You will be amazed to know amount Google search queries made for “Dominica Flag”, people are slowly learning about Dominica and what makes the island so unique. Thats a clear indication that Dominica is slowly becoming one of the better tourism destination is the Caribbean.The colors on the Dominica flag say everything about our beautiful island.

The flag of Dominica was officially adopted on November 3, 1978. The yellow represents the original inhabitants, black the fertile soil, and white indicates the pure water. The centered stars symbolize the ten island parishes. The Sisserou Parrot is indigenous to the island.

In many ways I’m happy that Dominica is beginning to get International exposure, which will benefit Dominica’s economy greatly. But do you know what I like most about Dominica - EVERYTHING . Do you agree? Lets hear it.

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The Grand Soufriere Sulphur Springs gets hundreds of visitors every month from all over the world. Most of the people who visit the Sulphur Springs is there only to take advantage of the healing properties of the Sulphur deposit in the newly structured bathing pools at the bottom of the Soufriere valley. A lot them are unaware of the Grand Soufriere Sulphur Spring Trail.

This attractive walk takes you between the villages of Tete Morne and Gallion via a large area of Sulphur Springs, 2.5 mile east of the village of Soufriere. Visitors can also start the trail by driving to Grand Bay (east side of the island), and then go up a hill to the viewpoint at the top of Tete Morne from which a small but easy path descends in the Soufriere bay.

Just like most of the visitors Luida and I was only interested in getting a view of the Soufriere Valley and Sulphur Springs. If you’re up to the challenge and would love to see the spectacular view from the heights of Soufriere, be ready to climb a very long narrow path up the mountain. The hike is a winding trail that has hundreds of stairs made from tree husks. It’s a very long and because hot deposits everywhere it’s hot and humid, you work up a sweat right away.

When we finally get to the top of the mountain, the only thing I wanted to do was to sit down, relax and enjoy the spectacular view of the Soufriere Valley and the Caribbean Sea. (Damn it’s beautiful up there)

On our way down from the mountain, we discovered this incredible nature hot spring pool flowing with warm Sulphur water. The warm water so comforting, I could just seat there for hours while warm water just run over my body, but unfortunately we had to leave because it was beginning to get dark and difficult to walk the trail then.

Bathing in the hot spring is definitely a must if you ever visit the Soufriere Sulphur Springs, but until you do… here are some photos.

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Update:Due to further construction added. Some more time is needed for the opening of the resort. now they are looking to open the doors about mid year, June or July 08.

The Rosalie Bay Resort is one of the many new resorts spoke about by the Tourism Minister Yvor Nassief in the recent press conference on Dominica’s Tourism Industry. I was fortunate have to visited the Resort building site a few months ago. And through the resort a few months from completion, it’s promising to be one of the top resorts in Dominica.

Rosalie Bay Resort is an ego/adventure Traveler dream resort.Traveler gets to discover Dominica at its most natural state. The Resort was constructed in such away to complement its natural surrounding.All the Electrical wiring and Plumbing was installed underground to preserve it natural ambiance.

Upon completion the resort will consist of thirty Rooms. Most of which are cabins similar to a Four Seasons Hotel standard room. There will also be a Reception/lobby area, Restaurant, Swimming Pool and a state of the art conference room if my memory serves me correctly.

All of the Suite cabins have huge verandas, ideal for dinner out with family and friends.

As the resort is located on the Atlantic Ocean side of the island, the sea bathing conditions are not suitable for visitors to bath in. But there will be opportunities when visitors will see endangered leatherback sea turtles on the pristine beaches to lay their precious cargo of eggs. In fact the leatherback sea turtles visited the shores so often the proprietors of Rosalie Bay Resort started the RoSTI “Rosalie Sea Turtle Initiative” project to conserve the sea Turtles.

The resort is looking at the end of 2007 to opening its doors to visitors. Don’t take my word for it. You need to visit the resort to make you own impression. You will love it

See more photos of Rosalie Bay Resort

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