Best Eco Stays in Dominica
Where to stay in Dominica
The 6 best places to stay in Dominica are sustainable and all run on solar and wind power, harvest their own rainwater and grow food in organic on site gardens. From Soufrière to the wild east coast at Rosalie these eco resorts and forest lodges are top rated for low-impact eco friendly comfort that keeps guests coming back to the Nature Island year after year.
How we decide the best place to stay in Dominica
Each top rated stay in Dominica is hand picked and checked for sustainability features.
We look at how the property actually sources its energy, like Jungle Bay running its stilted villas on solar power and rainwater harvesting across its 20 acres above Soufrière Bay.
We analyse the water conservation, like Coulibri Ridge collecting rainwater and purifying it by UV and copper ionisation to feed the suites and chlorine free pools, with greywater irrigating the gardens.
We verify where the food comes from, like Secret Bay supplying its farm to table Zing Zing kitchen from an organic farm plus backyard gardens at each villa.
We also look at the property’s wider impact, like Rosalie Bay Eco Resort & Spa, the only Green Globe certified resort on the island, whose WIDECAST partnered sea turtle conservation programme has grown nesting from seven recorded nests in 2003 to nearly seventy.
The eco resorts, luxury villa resort and forest eco lodges on this list of best places to stay in Dominica have proven they are making a real effort to protect the island while taking care of its guests.
If the Nature Isle has stirred your taste for rainforests and rugged green peaks, our guide to the best sustainable hotels across the Caribbean gathers the whole region in one place, or follow the volcanic chain north to the eco stays of Guadeloupe, drop just south to Martinique and carry on down the arc to St Lucia.
Top Picks, Where To Stay in Dominica
- Secret Bay: Green Globe, locally owned, farm to table
- Coulibri Ridge: Solar powered, fully off grid
- Rosalie Bay Eco Resort: Green Globe, female owned, turtle conservation
Jungle Bay is a wellness eco resort set across 20 acres above Soufrière Bay, its stilted villas built from locally sourced materials and overlooking the Soufrière Scotts Head Marine Reserve.
Solar power and rainwater harvesting run the property, an organic on site garden feeds the farm to table kitchen, and a reforestation programme plus top tier Nature Island Standards of Excellence certification back its conservation work.
Rosalie Bay Eco Resort & Spa is the only Green Globe certified resort on Dominica, founded by Beverly Deikel on a black sand beach where leatherback, green and hawksbill turtles nest.
More than 200 solar panels and a 225 kW wind turbine, the first on the island, power the property, and the sea turtle conservation programme Deikel established with WIDECAST has grown nesting from seven recorded nests in 2003 to nearly seventy.
Coulibri Ridge is a fully off grid ridge top eco resort near Soufrière, a 14 suite property built on a former aloe vera plantation from recycled and locally quarried stone, and the first Caribbean member of Beyond Green.
Over 300 solar panels feed batteries bunkered into the hillside, wind turbines designed to spare local wildlife supplement the supply, and rainwater is collected and purified by UV and copper ionisation to feed the suites and chlorine free pools, with greywater irrigating the gardens.
Secret Bay is a locally owned luxury villa resort on a rainforest cliffside near Portsmouth, founded by Dominica born Gregor Nassief and the island's only Green Globe certified property, recertified for a fifth year at 88 per cent of indicators.
The villas were built without heavy machinery to spare mature trees, using sustainably sourced Guyanese hardwood, and an organic farm plus backyard gardens at each villa supply the farm to table Zing Zing kitchen.
Rosalie Bay Resort & Spa is a female founded, Green Globe certified eco resort on Dominica's wild east coast, run largely off grid on a black sand turtle nesting beach at Rosalie.
More than 200 solar panels and a 225 kW wind turbine, the island’s first, power the resort, and its WIDECAST partnered sea turtle conservation programme protects the leatherback, green and hawksbill turtles that nest there each year.
Three Rivers & Rosalie Forest Eco Lodge is an off grid forest eco lodge in the Rosalie rainforest valley, Dominica's original eco lodge and a Green Globe 21 award winner ranked in the worldwide top ten for best practice.
Each property runs on solar and wind with composting toilets and biodegradable soaps, and meals are cooked by people from the neighbouring village using authentic Dominican produce.
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