At a glance
| Stay | Why it stands out |
|---|---|
| Jungle Bay | Jungle Bay is a resort near Soufrière in Dominica, with a community fund and links to local food producers. Its environmental and community page describes buying from organic farmers and fisheries, supporting local entrepreneurs and holding Dominica’s Nature Island Standards of Excellence certification. The community fund reports opening its new preschool in August 2026. |
| Rosalie Bay Eco Resort & Spa | Rosalie Bay Eco Resort & Spa is in Dominica, beside the Rosalie River and an Atlantic coast beach. The resort’s amenities page reports electricity supplied by river powered micro hydro and solar panels. It also says the beach has strong rip currents and is unsuitable for swimming. Use the pool for a swim and ask the resort about current turtle watching arrangements. |
| Coulibri Ridge | Coulibri Ridge is a resort in southern Dominica that generates its electricity on site. Its sustainability account describes solar as the main power source, with other renewable technologies contributing to its off grid electricity supply. The resort harvests rainwater and gives preference to locally sourced organic ingredients and amenities. |
| Secret Bay | Secret Bay offers villas in Dominica and describes a site planned around retaining its forest. Secret Bay’s sustainability page lists villa composting, electric vehicles and locally sourced food. It reports that built structures occupy less than 10% of its land. Ask about the arrangements in the villa you are booking, including its kitchen and meal service. |
| Rosalie Bay Resort & Spa | Rosalie Bay Eco Resort & Spa is in Dominica, beside the Rosalie River and an Atlantic coast beach. The resort’s amenities page reports electricity supplied by river powered micro hydro and solar panels. It also says the beach has strong rip currents and is unsuitable for swimming. Use the pool for a swim and ask the resort about current turtle watching arrangements. |
| 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… |
Quick picks
- Jungle Bay, Jungle Bay is a resort near Soufrière in Dominica, with a community fund and links to local food producers.
- Rosalie Bay Eco Resort & Spa, Rosalie Bay Eco Resort & Spa is in Dominica, beside the Rosalie River and an Atlantic coast beach.
- Coulibri Ridge, Coulibri Ridge is a resort in southern Dominica that generates its electricity on site.
- Secret Bay, Secret Bay offers villas in Dominica and describes a site planned around retaining its forest.
- 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…
Rainforest cliffsides, turtle nesting beaches and off grid ridges on the Nature Isle. Find and book your sustainable stay.
Where to stay for nature in Dominica
The 6 best nature stays in Dominica put you right inside the Nature Isle, from rainforest cliffsides and forested river valleys to black sand beaches where leatherback, green and hawksbill turtles come ashore to nest. Stilted villas at Jungle Bay sit across 20 acres above Soufrière Bay, Secret Bay perches on a rainforest cliff near Portsmouth, and Rosalie Bay protects a wild east coast turtle beach. From Soufrière and Portsmouth in the west to Rosalie on the untamed east coast these stays are top rated for getting you closer to Dominica’s forests, rivers and wildlife, built by people who live on the island and want to keep it that way.
How we choose the best nature stays in Dominica
What earns a place on this list is how these Dominica nature stays protect the wild habitat and the creatures around them, like Coulibri Ridge, which runs fully off grid on a former aloe vera plantation near Soufrière and treads lightly on the land it shares. Because Dominica is one of the last truly forested islands in the Caribbean, a resort that clears wilderness or burns through diesel undoes the very thing guests fly in to see.
Coulibri Ridge generates its own power off grid and lets the regrown plantation around it return to wild rainforest, so the ridgeline above Soufrière in Dominica stays intact for the birds and bats and forest that live there and for the guests who come after you.
We look for that same instinct in the resorts set within real wilderness rather than cleared grounds, like Jungle Bay, which spreads its villas across 20 acres above Soufrière Bay, and Secret Bay, which tucks its villas into a rainforest cliffside near Portsmouth, with Rosalie Bay guarding a black sand beach where leatherback, green and hawksbill turtles still nest. Because families on Dominica pass this forest and coastline down through generations, protecting the wild habitat is protecting their own future, and yours. See more in our guide to the best nature eco stays across the Caribbean.
Top Nature Picks in Dominica
- Jungle Bay, Jungle Bay is a resort near Soufrière in Dominica, with a community fund and links to local food producers.
- Secret Bay, Secret Bay offers villas in Dominica and describes a site planned around retaining its forest.
- Rosalie Bay Eco Resort & Spa, Rosalie Bay Eco Resort & Spa is in Dominica, beside the Rosalie River and an Atlantic coast beach.
- Soufrière, Dominica
Jungle Bay
Jungle Bay is a resort near Soufrière in Dominica, with a community fund and links to local food producers.
Its environmental and community page describes buying from organic farmers and fisheries, supporting local entrepreneurs and holding Dominica’s Nature Island Standards of Excellence certification. The community fund reports opening its new preschool in August 2026.
- Rosalie, Dominica
Rosalie Bay Eco Resort & Spa
Rosalie Bay Eco Resort & Spa is in Dominica, beside the Rosalie River and an Atlantic coast beach.
The resort’s amenities page reports electricity supplied by river powered micro hydro and solar panels. It also says the beach has strong rip currents and is unsuitable for swimming. Use the pool for a swim and ask the resort about current turtle watching arrangements.
- Soufrière, Dominica
Coulibri Ridge
Coulibri Ridge is a resort in southern Dominica that generates its electricity on site.
Its sustainability account describes solar as the main power source, with other renewable technologies contributing to its off grid electricity supply. The resort harvests rainwater and gives preference to locally sourced organic ingredients and amenities.
- Portsmouth, Dominica
Secret Bay
Secret Bay offers villas in Dominica and describes a site planned around retaining its forest.
Secret Bay’s sustainability page lists villa composting, electric vehicles and locally sourced food. It reports that built structures occupy less than 10% of its land. Ask about the arrangements in the villa you are booking, including its kitchen and meal service.
- Rosalie, Dominica
Rosalie Bay Resort & Spa
Rosalie Bay Eco Resort & Spa is in Dominica, beside the Rosalie River and an Atlantic coast beach.
The resort’s amenities page reports electricity supplied by river powered micro hydro and solar panels. It also says the beach has strong rip currents and is unsuitable for swimming. Use the pool for a swim and ask the resort about current turtle watching arrangements.
- Rosalie, Dominica
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 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.