Dominica is Full of Natural Wonders
Dominica, the Nature Isle of the Caribbean, should not be confused with the Dominican Republic. Dominica is located between French-controlled Martinique and Guadeloupe in the eastern Caribbean. Dominica’s land mass is 288 square miles with a population of 71,242. The beautiful landscape and the temperate climate are two of the things that make Dominica real estate so attractive to investors.
The official name of the island is ‘Commonwealth of Dominica’ Dominica’s pre-Columbian name was Wai’tu kubuli, which means ‘tall is her body’…
The world’s second-biggest boiling lake can be found here in Dominica as proof of the island’s still-evolving status. Truly, this is just one of the many things that make the moniker stick. Dominica’s unblemished natural resources like rainforests (filled with plants and animals thought to be extinct on the neighboring islands in the Caribbean), waterfalls, springs and rivers make it a nature lover’s paradise.
The Boiling Lake is situated in the Morne Trois Pitons National Park, Dominica. It’s the country’s World Heritage site. It is a flooded fumarole, or hole in the earth’s surface, 10.5 km east of Roseau, Dominica. It is filled with bubbling grayish-blue water that is usually enveloped in a cloud of vapor. The lake is approximately 60 m or 200 ft across.
Although the deficiency of sandy beaches and the island’s still volcanic nature makes it a lesser beach haven when compared to the other Caribbean territories, it is still a prime scuba diving destination with many world-class dive sites littered all around the nation.
Carnival, or ‘The Real Mas’, is a pre-Lenten festival, and usually falls in February or March each year. It is unquestionably the most festive season in Dominica. It is hard to miss the fervour of the people’s loyalty to their favourite calypsonian or pageant during the preceding months of the Calypso Final and the National Queen Show.
The indigenous people of the island, the Caribs, have a territory similar to the Indian reserves of North America. Today, the Carib Reserve in Dominica is the only one of its kind in the Caribbean and has a population of around 2,700 people. Although it has helped the Carib community to maintain its own identity, the loss of language, cultural traditions, and lifeways as a result of European domination has severely impacted the Carib peoples.
Points of Interest
- The Boiling Lake
- Trafalgar Falls
- Middleham Falls
- Scotts Head
- Portsmouth Beach
- Rock Beach, Beau Rive
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