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Dominica
Commonwealth of Dominica6 carefully sourced place chapters, ready to explore without an artificial itinerary.
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The second-largest boiling lake in the world, a churning cauldron of grey water in a volcanic crater in the interior of Dominica, reached by a demanding full-day hike through the Morne Trois Pitons National Park.
OpenA restored 18th-century British garrison at the tip of the Cabrits headland in the north of Dominica, commanding views across Prince Rupert's Bay and the Atlantic-Caribbean divide.
OpenA UNESCO World Heritage Site of volcanic peaks, cloud forests, the Boiling Lake and Trafalgar Falls in the interior of Dominica, inscribed in 1997 and managed by the Dominica Forestry Service.
OpenA dramatic peninsula at Dominica's southern tip where the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea meet, with a steep underwater cliff dropping to deep water immediately offshore and views that extend to Martinique on clear days.
OpenDominica's most celebrated waterfall, a twin cascade in the Morne Trois Pitons, reached by a short forest trail from the village of Trafalgar on the west coast.
OpenDominica's 185-kilometre island-spanning hiking trail, divided into 14 segments, running from the southern peninsula at Scotts Head to the Capuchin Nature Reserve in the north, traversing volcanic peaks, cloud forests, coastal cliffs and remote villages.
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