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Dominica has two airports, Melville Hall
Airport on the north east coast and Canefield
Airport on the south west coast, just to the north of the Capital, Roseau.
Neither of these are international airports,
though Melville Hall Airport has the longer runway and can accommodate
medium sized planes. The connecting leg of your journey will be on one
of the inter-island carriers, from either San Juan in Puerto
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Rico or one of the neighbouring
islands, the nearest being Guadeloupe
then Antigua to the north and Martinique then St. Lucia to the south, beyond
these St. Maarten to the north and Barbados and Grenada to the south. |
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GETTING HERE from
UK:- there are regular fights from Gatwick, Heathrow and
Manchester to our neighbours, Antigua
St. Lucia and Barbados with British Airways, Britannia, BMI and Virgin.
Most travel agents will quote fares of around £450
to £700 return depending on the season, though cheaper
excursion fares may sometimes be found via Teletext,
Cefax, Sunday Telegraph etc. and can be arranged over the phone
using your credit card. Dominica is 4 hours behind
GMT (5 hours behind BST). Flights generally
leave London's Airports mid morning, arriving Antigua mid
afternoon. Your connecting flight is usually
arranged on Air Liat and takes only 35 minutes.
Return flights to UK are usually overnight. Try the Caribbean
Reunion Club if booking your flight online. Another option is to fly
from either Orly orCharles De Gaul Airports in Paris to our nearest neighbouring
islands, Guadeloupe or Martinique, which remain Departments of France.
Consequently these are regarded as domestic
flights
and are often cheaper than those from London. Air France and various charters
fly regularly, also giving you the opportunity to do some
duty
free shopping in France on your return.
Paris
is also a main point of departue for visitors from elswhere
in EUROPE. Depending on
your arrival/ departure times from either Guadeloupe or Martinique you
may prefer, instead of flying, to take the fast catamaran ferry to Dominica
(max. sailing time 1hr. 45min). Even though Barbados is a little further
away, there are often very cheap excursion flights
on offer from the UK. Due to a weakening of the US$, over the past 2 years,
your £'s or €'s will now go much further.
If you would like to buy travel insurance
without wishing to purchase this from your UK travel agent, check out this
provider: Essential
Travel - UK travel insurance
GETTING HERE from
NORTH AMERICA:- the most frequent route used
by visitors from USA is on American Airlines via San Juan (their 'HUB'
for the Caribbean) and their subsidiary, American Eagle. The cost of flight
tickets for this option, however, can
vary
tremendously, depending on the time of year
and how far ahead
you book - AA policy seems to be to increase
the fares as the number of seats available on any particular flight diminishes,
so the earlier you book the better. As landing and take-off times
at Dominica's airports are currently still limited to daylight hours, connecting
times from some western States may necessitate an overnight stopover in
San Juan, Puerto Rico. Worth noting - Air Liat also has late afternoon
flights from Puerto Rico, so if you are travelling from the western States
and arrive too late for a same day AA connection, you could book Liat instead
for the final leg of your journey. Other options you may careto explore:
charter flight destinations from the USA include Barbados, Grenada and
St. Maarten and possibly our closer neighbours, Antigua and St. Lucia,
though the connecting leg to Dominica will be on local (non U.S.) carriers,
which U.S. travel agents seem reluctant to utilise. Air Canada has regular
direct flights from Montreal to our nearest
neighbours, Guadeloupe or Martinique (you can connect from Toronto
at no extra cost). There are also direct flights from Toronto to Antigua
from where your connecting flight is usually
arranged on Air Liat or Caribbean
Star and takes only
35
minutes.
If your agent can offer you an economy fare
to any of our neighbouring islands, but
is unable to arrange the connection to Dominica, then we
will assist in arranging and booking
this for our clients, for which there will be a 7.5%
surcharge.
L'Express des Iles
is a fast French owned catamaran ferry service, linking the islands of
Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique and Saint Lucia. Sailing times shown in
the tables below are generally applicable all year round. Occasionally,
during the busier periods, additional sailings may supplement these.
Caribbean Ferries
is a new similar service introduced in late 2002.
Update - May 2005:
Caribbean
Ferries has gone bust and this service
is now suspended. |
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Schedules below
updated January 2007
L'Express des
Iles now has only ONE ferry on the international
rout, significantly
reducing the service to and from DOMINICA
We will update
you if this situation improves.
Please note that these sailing
times could change at any time.
For more accurate information visit
the L'Express de Iles website
Select from the top tags - Destinations
> La Dominique > Horaires, which will
bring a pop-up window with calendar,
which you can navigate week by week.
GUADELOUPE /
DOMINICA
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Point-A-Pitre |
Roseau |
Roseau |
Point-A-Pitre |
| Monday (lundi) |
- |
- |
3.00pm |
5.30pm |
| Tuesday (mardi) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Wednesday(mecredi) |
8.00am |
9.45am |
- |
- |
| Thursday (jeudi) |
- |
- |
3.00pm |
5.30pm |
| Friday (vendredi) |
8.00am |
9.45am |
- |
- |
| Saturday (samedi) |
- |
- |
1.00pm |
3.15pm |
| Sunday (dimanche) |
10.00am |
11.45am |
- |
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DOMINICA
/ MARTINIQUE / ST.LUCIA
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Roseau
|
Forte-De-France |
Forte-De-France
|
Castries |
| Monday (lundi) |
-
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- |
-
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- |
| Tuesday (mardi) |
-
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- |
-
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- |
| Wednesday(mecredi) |
10.15am
|
11.45am |
1.30pm
|
2.50pm |
| Thursday (jeudi) |
-
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- |
-
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- |
| Friday (vendredi) |
10.15am
|
11.45am |
1.30pm
|
2.50pm |
| Saturday (samedi) |
-
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- |
-
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- |
| Sunday (dimanche) |
12.15pm
|
1.45pm |
3.30pm
|
4.50pm |
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Castries
|
Forte-De-France |
Forte-De-France
|
Roseau |
| Monday (lundi) |
10.00am
|
11.20am |
1.00pm
|
2.30pm |
| Tuesday (mardi) |
-
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- |
-
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- |
| Wednesday(mecredi) |
4.00pm
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5.20am |
-
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- |
| Thursday (jeudi) |
-
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- |
-
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- |
| Friday (vendredi) |
4.00pm
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5.20pm |
-
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- |
| Saturday (samedi) |
9.00am
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10.20am |
11.30am
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1.00pm |
| Sunday (dimanche) |
5.00pm
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6.20pm |
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| Fares from Roseau,
DOMINICA
to... |
€ single |
€ return |
| Point-A-Pitre,
GUADELOUPE |
€64.50
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€99.90
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| Forte-De-France, MARTINIQUE |
€64.50
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€99.90
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| Castries, ST.LUCIA |
€64.50
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€99.90
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Note:
Reductions:
Local agent in
Dominica:
Local agent in
St. Lucia: |
Passenger's Port taxes have to be added to the above
fares
Children under 2 : 90%
Children from 2 to under 12 : 50%
Youths (under 26), senior citizens (60 and over) : 10%:
Whitchurch
Travel Agency
Old Street Roseau
Cox
& Company Ltd.
William Peter Boulevard, Castries |
Where to
Stay in DOMINICA
Roseau : Around
Roseau : Roseau Valley
+ Laudat : South : West
Coast : North Coast
: East Coast :
Interior
Home : Introduction
: Scuba + whale-watch
: What to do + see : Birdwatching
+ Botany : Car Hire : Property
 
We accept payment by credit card
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Contact
us for further information
Tel: (767) 449 6233
Nature Island Destinations Ltd.
P.O. Box 1639, Roseau,
Commonwealth of Dominica,
West Indies
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