Sights in Dominica
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Boiling Lake
Dominica's pre-eminent trek is a rugged day-long hike to Boiling Lake, the world's second largest actively boiling lake. This strenuous hike will take three to three and a-half hours each way, beginning at Titou Gorge. It also requires a guide, which you can arrange in Laudat. Wear sturdy walking shoes and expect to get muddy along the way.
Geologists believe the 63m/207ft-wide lake is a flooded fumarole - a crack in the earth that allows hot gasses to vent from the molten lava below. The eerie-looking lake sits inside a deep basin, its greyish waters veiled in steam, its centre emitting bubbly burps.
En route to the lake the trail passes through the aptly named Valley of…
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Emerald Pool
Emerald Pool takes its name from its lush green setting at the base of a 12m (40ft) waterfall. The pool, deep enough for a swim, is reached via a five-minute walk through a rain forest of ferns and tall trees.
Emerald Pool is generally a serenely quiet area except on cruise-ship days, when one packed mini-van after another pulls up to the site.
The road from Canefield is a nice winding drive with thick jungle vegetation, mountain views and lots of beep-as-you-go hairpin turns. The trailhead is marked with a roadside forestry sign.
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Trafalgar Falls
The easily accessible and spectacular Trafalgar Falls on the eastern edge of Morne Trois Pitons National Park are worth a visit. Actually two adjacent waterfalls - the taller one is the Father, the lower, shorter falls is the Mother - they are accessed by a .4 mile (600m) walk along a well trodden trail that leads to a viewing platform. Bring your camera.
At the base of the Mother, an inviting pool beckons you for an invigorating swim.
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