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Jungle Bay Resort, Dominica
The judges of The Times 'Green Spaces' travel awards each month select their favourite nominations. GreenTraveller's Richard Hammond is one of the judges who, this month, writes about Jungle Bay, Dominica.
I picked out this nomination because Jungle Bay and "Dominica":http://www.dominica.dm represent the alternative Caribbean. Instead of large hotel chains offering sun and sand holidays, Dominica has mainly locally owned lodges and guesthouses that, like Jungle Bay, encourage visitors to explore the island. Although there are excellent beaches and diving around the coast, the main attractions are inland, including several huge waterfalls and hot mineral springs in the heart of the island’s mountainous jungle and a trek up the second largest boiling lake in the world.
Left: Jungle Bay's restaurant overlooks a volcanic swimming pool and the sea beyond.
Photo: Richard Hammond.
Jungle Bay is a 55-acre resort at the edge of the Morne Trois Piton National Park on the southeast of the island. It is larger and more upmarket than the island’s other eco lodges, but staff are recruited from nearby villages so it still retains Dominica’s local touch. When I visited, I was taken on a day’s jungle trek upriver to the Sari Sari falls by a local guide who Jungle Bay had trained as part of its local tour guide education scheme. It’s one of several schemes that demonstrate the island's enlightened approach to tourism in the Caribbean.
Previous nominations:
August: Austrian Tyrol
July: Kosi Bay, South Africa
June: Victoria Park, London
May: Llyn Peninsula, North Wales
"My Favourite Green Space", by Greentraveller's Richard Hammond: Lundy Island, Devon
Send in your own nomination. For details, see: Times Green Spaces.
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