Dominica Announces Third Annual National Hike

The lush Caribbean island of Dominica will be home to the National "Neg Mawon" Hike next August 1, introducing both visiting and local hikers alike to the Waitukubuli National Trail and showcasing the island´s distinctive and unspoiled natural beauty.

This exciting event will attract avid hikers from across Dominica and all corners of the globe. It´ll kick off at 7:00am at the Bois Cotelette trail next to the estate of the same name, passing through the Palmiste and Tete Morne villages.

The hike is appropriate for hikers of all experience levels and forestry officers as well as members of the Waitukubuli Ecological Foundation.

The Trail will take approximately a baker´s dozen days to hike, passing twenty villages and hooking up many of the main points of interest on the island, including the Maroons Estates, Morne Trois Pitons National Park, Carib Territory and the Northern Forest Reserve, always embracing the concept of ecotourism and sustainable development.

The trail will also offer hikers the opportunity to stay overnight in various local communities along the way and relate with villagers in their native territory.

The Neg Mawon, or “Maroons,” were runaway slaves who had escaped from the plantations and from other islands, and who eventually settled down all over Dominica by 1760.