These Are the 10 Best Honeymoon Destinations in the Caribbean Right Now
Dominica: the real escape
Couples who want a honeymoon that feels like a genuine escape look to Dominica, the Nature Island, where rainforest tumbles straight to the sea and crowds never gather. This is the anti-resort honeymoon, traded for waterfalls, hot springs and dark, star-filled nights (disclaimer: I actually went on my honeymoon to Dominica. It was that good.)
Secret Bay has become one of the most celebrated romantic hideaways in the hemisphere, a collection of villas suspended above the Caribbean in near-total privacy. Each comes with its own plunge pool and the kind of seclusion that turns a week into a blur of long mornings and longer dinners. I particularly love the concierge service – it’s like having your own personal advisor and butler in one, where no request is too extravagant.
The arrival of the InterContinental adds a refined new dimension for couples who want five-star comfort wrapped in jungle rather than carved out of it. It signals an island stepping confidently into the luxury conversation without losing what makes it wild.
A Dominica honeymoon rewards the curious and the active, the pairs who would rather hike to a hidden pool than queue at a buffet. It is romance with mud on its boots, and couples who choose it rarely choose anywhere else again. And yes, you can actually fly here now from the US mainland.
Karen Udler is the Deputy Travel Editor of Caribbean Journal. A graduate of Duke University, has been traveling across the Americas for three decades. First an expert on Latin American travel, Karen has been traveling with CJ for more than a decade. She likes to focus on wellness, luxury travel and food.
