Jungle sleepover in Dominica
March 5-8, 2021
When we were in quarantine and talked about what we wanted to do in Dominica we started talking about doing a jungle sleepover. We pitched the idea to Emma and Roger on Sanuti and Bram on Calypso and they were up for it as well. So every hike we went on we kept an eye open for a good potential camp spot.
One day we walked another path of the Waitikubuli trail (think it was segment 10 or 11) to look for a good camping spot. That part of the trail hadn’t been cleared since the damaging hurricane Maria in 2017. We brought machete and tried to cut our way through masses of razor grass. Razor grass is a kind of grass that sticks onto your skin and leaves cuts. Horrible grass! After we had tried to walk through the path for a really long time we decided to head back, we were not going to find a good camping spot here anyway! But heading back was not an easy decision as we would have to walk back through the grass once more and get even more cuts!
The day after Thomas and Roger went on an excursion by themselves to give it another try to find a good camping spot. And the found a nice one, next to a river and quite close to Portsmouth so we wouldn’t have to walk so far to get to the spot.
The following day we met up to pick up some chickens we ordered and started to make our way to the camping spot we found.
Doing a jungle sleepover on Dominica one night was a really cool experience! It was really cozy sitting by the fire during the evening and listen to all the sounds. We also saw some really cool phosphorescent lights in the ground close to the fire, quite an Avatar experience!
We woke up in the morning, made a simple breakfast and cleaned after us and headed back to our boats, just to leave them a few days later to stay in the mountains in southern Dominica for a couple of days. But more on that in next post.
Part 2 of our Dominica adventures can be found in the video below, where we explore different parts of Dominica, Red rocks, Trafalgar Fallas, we do a jungle sleepover, try canyoning, hike to boiling lake and visit natural spas in Wotten Waven. We speak mostly Swedish in the video, but English subtitles can be activated for all videos.
16 Comments
Eileen Henderson
I enjoyed reading about your adventures in Dominica my beautiful birthplace. Continue your exploration in safety. 🇩🇲
Dominica
Blessings and continue to enjoyed my beautiful home! DA made me!
Dominica
Blessings, and continue to enjoyed my beautiful home! DA made me!
Tony
Looking at that chinken over the fire you’ll made me feel like camping,somthing I hvnt done in a long while…glad you enjoyed the experience tho, and your always welcome to our beautiful nature isles..
Joseph Carbon
it is so touching to read of your story on my beautiful Dominica. make me jealous, lol.please come back. Joe.
Fabian Esprit
Natural breed nature island 🏝️ nothing can compare to natural living
Daniel
Glad to hear enjoyed you all selves. Keep enjoying life and adventuring.
Dexter Don
Glad u all came and enjoyed the nature isle of Dominica , please do come again and enjoy more beautiful sites:; blessings upon u all
Bob.
Thanks for visiting my beautiful blessed country the nature island. i feel so good to know you all had are great time. Do come again. Don’t forget to visit the fresh water lake next time. At Laudat village. We’re i leave.
Eugene Francis
Your story very interesting, happy to know you enjoyed and you returned safe. Please come again. Lovely Dominica.
Stephen Frampton
Oh I miss camping!!!😢
Glad you all had a great time in lovely Dominica.
Ma Dominic
Sounds like a lot of fun.
Samantha Bobb
Happy to hear that your stay on the Nature Isle of the Caribbean was an experience never to forget. Please sharewith friends and family of your unforgettable time on Waitikubuli(Commonwealth of Dominica). Do come again. Samantha
John massicott
Dominica us an Island to behold, g the ad you visited our nature Island. Do visit again we are happy you came.
SENSAY Dominica
I’m glad you visited our wonderful and majestic island, Dominica . Television’s “Survival Series” could not match your experience . Great adventure!
SENSAY Dominica
I’m glad you visited our wonderful and majestic island, Dominica . Television’s “Survival Series” could not match your experience . Great adventure!