Things to do
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Bagatelle Old Mill
The remains of an estate mill sit above the south east coast road, with the wheel pit and cut stonework still legible in the bush around them. Sugar and later lime were worked here before the ground went back to forest. There is no gate and no interpretation, so the stop takes a few minutes on the way between Delices and Roseau.
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Rosalie Bay
Black sand at the mouth of the Rosalie River on the Atlantic coast, and one of the main leatherback nesting beaches on the island. Turtles come ashore between March and August, and the resort behind the beach runs a monitoring programme. The surf is strong and the bay is not swum, so a visit here is a walk and, in season, a night watch.
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Rosalie Bay Resort
An eco resort at the river mouth, built around the leatherback nesting season with its own conservation programme and a distillery on the property. Rooms sit in gardens between the Rosalie River and the Atlantic, and power comes partly from wind and sun. Guests walk the beach at night with the turtle monitors during the nesting months.
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Rosalie Estate Ruins
Stone remains of a sugar and lime estate stand above the bay, the mill works among them, left in the scrub between the river and the sea. The forest has taken most of what is not stone. Nothing is signed or fenced, and the walk out from the road takes a few minutes along the riverbank.
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Sari-Sari Falls
Water drops around forty five metres into a deep cold pool, reached by walking and wading up the Sari-Sari riverbed from La Plaine. The riverbed is the route, so the walk means boulders, crossings and wet footwear throughout. Levels rise quickly after rain and guides will refuse the trip when the river is running high.
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Victoria Falls
A wide fall on the White River below Delices, reached by wading and scrambling up the riverbed because no path was ever cut. The water runs milky with volcanic sediment carried off the Boiling Lake watershed, and it is cold. The river rises fast in rain, so guides turn back when the level comes up, and the crossings are the whole route.
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Wavine Cyrique
A waterfall that drops off the cliff edge straight onto a black sand beach on the east coast, with no other way down to the sand. The descent is steep, informal and has changed since Hurricane Maria tore out the rope and root route used before it. Local guides now handle the climb, and the sea below is too rough to swim.
