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Dominica

Dominica is the Caribbean's nature island, a steep green volcanic mountain range rising straight from the sea, where rivers run through rainforest, hot springs bubble beside waterfalls and sperm whales live a few miles off the coast all year. This guide books the island properly, with the guided Boiling Lake hike through the Valley of Desolation, the twin Trafalgar Falls, the green Emerald Pool, a swim into Titou Gorge, snorkelling in the volcanic bubbles of Champagne Reef, a whale and dolphin cruise, a day in the Kalinago Territory and a rowboat trip up the Indian River. It adds the long-distance Waitukubuli National Trail and the historic streets of Roseau, then matches you to a hotel, from a waterfront base in the capital to a rainforest eco-resort in the south and a villa hideaway in the north, because on an island of winding roads where you sleep decides how much of it you see.