Things to do
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Jungle Bay
Stay here for the yoga, the spa and the snorkelling in the marine reserve straight below the bungalows. Every room is on a hillside above the sea, so expect a walk uphill to dinner.
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Bubble Beach
A stony beach in Soufriere bay where volcanic gas rises through the shallows and warms the water around swimmers. A low wall of stones has been built to hold a pool at the edge of the sea, with a bar behind it on the sand. The stones are hard going at the entry, and the warm patch is small enough to share.
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Champagne Reef
Volcanic gas rises through the seabed here in columns of bubbles, warm to swim through, entered from the shore south of the village. It is the most visited snorkelling site on Dominica, with a marine reserve, a boardwalk and gear for hire at the entrance. The entry is over loose cobbles, and the reef itself lies a short swim out.
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Fort Cachacrou
The remains of a French battery sit on the Scotts Head promontory, built to watch the channel toward Martinique. Little survives beyond the position itself and a few cannon, which is enough to show why the spot was chosen. It is passed on the way up the headland from the village, and the climb takes only a few minutes.
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Scotts Head
A headland at the island's southern tip, joined to the mainland by a narrow tombolo with Atlantic swell breaking on one side and flat Caribbean water on the other. The climb to the top takes about fifteen minutes on a rough path, and the view runs north up the leeward coast and south to Martinique. The snorkelling off the tombolo is well known.
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Soufriere Sulphur Springs
Vents and hot pools lie on the hillside above the village, with built bathing pools fed by the springs and a changing hut beside them. The ground around them is stained yellow and the smell carries down to the road. The site is community run, the water is hot enough to need mixing, and the final stretch of road in is rough.
