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The World’s Largest Cruise Port Operator Is Coming to This Caribbean Island, With New Berths, Bigger Ships and More Shore Excursions

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The harbor sits beneath a wall of green volcanic peaks, the first stop in a chain of 32 islands that stretches south toward some of the most coveted anchorages in the Caribbean. And now it’s poised for a major transformation, Caribbean Journal has learned. Global Ports Holding, the world’s largest cruise port operator, has signed […]

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VIDEO: The Caribbean Version of Sugarloaf

Yes, there’s one in Brazil. But there’s also a Sugarloaf in the Caribbean called Pain de Sucre, tucked in the heart of the French Caribbean. It takes a 15-minute rocky walk to get here, but when you arrive you find one of the most beautiful little bays in the West Indies, the must-visit beach on […]

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Dominica’s Search for a Long-Lost Bird

Above: a Diablotin By the Caribbean Journal staff The highest mountain in Dominica is called Morne Diablotins. It gets its name from the Diablotin, the “black-capped petrel.” But a Diablotin bird hasn’t nested in Dominica in more than 150 years — or so it’s thought. A new project in Dominica is searching for the rare and […]

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Caribbean Photo of the Week: Watching the Sun Rise in Dominica

Above: Morne Trois Pitons (Photo: Stewart Andrews) This week’s Caribbean Photo of the Week was taken by reader Stewart Andrews of the UNEP World Heritage Site in Dominica, showing the Morne Trois Pitons mountain just after dawn. Morne Trois Pitons is the second-highest peak in Dominica, at 1346 metres. Do you have a Caribbean photo […]