Aba Wavine Cyrique

Today I went on an excursion with the Ross Spouses group to Aba Wavine Cyrique which is on the Atlantic side of Dominica in the south. It took us over an hour to get there and it was a beautiful drive. We started the drive on the northern part of the island where I live, and drove up along the Caribbean sea and then at Layou, just south of Roseau (the Capital of Dominica), we drove inland and across the island to Rosalie, on the Atlantic side. Riviere Ciriques is just south of there.

We started our hike walking down steps and then when we got to the cliff we used ropes and vines to get to the bottom. It probably wouldn't of been so scary if it hadn't been raining during the drive there. The ropes we're wet and the ground was muddy, so it was a little stressful. My knees we're shaking a bit because it really was a little scarier than what I was expecting. Finally after about 20 minutes we reached the bottom and the Atlantic Ocean. It was so so beautiful. Victor our guide found a coconut and cracked it open without a machete or knife. Check out the youtube.com video below of Victor opening the coconut and the view of Aba Wavine.

We enjoyed our time there. We relaxed in the sand and climbed on the rock under the falls. It was a great day! I thought the hike back would be twice as long but it wasn't. The hike back took half the time and was very easy. Going up was much easier than going down. Victor decided to stop at the Layou River on the way back. Layou River is the longest river in Dominica and it also has some hot water that we got to bathe in.

2009-10-15 aba wavine cyrique