At a glance

Quick picks

• Coulibri Ridge, Coulibri Ridge is a resort in southern Dominica that generates its electricity on site.
• Rosalie Bay Resort & Spa, Rosalie Bay Eco Resort & Spa is in Dominica, beside the Rosalie River and an Atlantic coast beach.
• Three Rivers & Rosalie Forest Eco Lodge: 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 ran…

Three off grid stays running on their own power and water on Dominica's wild ridges and rainforest coast. Find and book your sustainable stay.

Where to stay for off grid in Dominica

The 3 best off grid stays in Dominica run on their own power and water, from a 14 suite resort built on a former aloe vera plantation to lodges set in a rainforest valley and on a black sand turtle nesting beach. From the ridges above Soufriere to the wild Rosalie coast in the east, these stays are top rated for living lightly on the island’s volcanic terrain, where the grid stops and the forest, sea and hot springs take over.

How we choose the best off grid stays in Dominica

What earns a place on this list is how these Dominica off grid stays run self sufficiently without straining the island’s water and power, like Coulibri Ridge, fully off grid above Soufriere and built from recycled and locally quarried materials on a former aloe vera plantation. Because Dominica’s steep volcanic terrain and fragile freshwater catchments are quickly degraded when a property leans on the mains and treats land as a blank slate, Coulibri Ridge matters as proof that a resort can make its own power and water instead.

Coulibri Ridge generates its own electricity, looks after its own water and reuses recycled and quarried materials rather than importing and bulldozing, so the Soufriere ridgeline and its regenerating plantation soils in Dominica stay intact for the wildlife that depends on them and for the guests who come after you.

We look for that same instinct across Dominica, like Rosalie Bay Resort & Spa, a female founded, Green Globe certified resort run largely off grid on a wild east coast turtle nesting beach, and Three Rivers & Rosalie Forest Eco Lodge, the island’s original eco lodge sitting off grid in the Rosalie rainforest valley. Because Rosalie Bay protects the turtles that nest on its shore and Three Rivers protects the rainforest valley that families here have lived alongside for generations, guarding that water and that wild coast is protecting their own future, and yours. See more in our guide to the best off grid eco stays across the Caribbean.

Top Off Grid Picks in Dominica

• Coulibri Ridge, Coulibri Ridge is a resort in southern Dominica that generates its electricity on site.
• Rosalie Bay Resort & Spa, Rosalie Bay Eco Resort & Spa is in Dominica, beside the Rosalie River and an Atlantic coast beach.
• Three Rivers & Rosalie Forest Eco Lodge: Dominica’s original eco lodge, off grid in the Rosalie rainforest valley and a Green Globe 21 award winner.