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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.
Flights from UK are usually in the daytime and return
flights are overnight. Try the Caribbean
Reunion Club if booking your flight online or compare prices with travelsupermarket.com.
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.
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
Even though
Barbados is a little
further
away, there are often very cheap excursion
flights
on offer from the UK. Due to a weak US$, your £'s will now go
much further.
GETTING
HERE from
EUROPE:- Paris
is also a main point of departue for visitors from all over EUROPE.
Depending on
your arrival/ departure times from either Guadeloupe or Martinique you
may prefer, instead of flying, to take the fast catamaran ferry to
Dominica
(max. sailing time 1hr. 45min). These do not, however, sail on every
day of the week (see schedules below).
Due to a weak US$, your
€'s
will now go much further.
GETTING
HERE from
NORTH AMERICA:- the most frequent route used
by visitors from USA is on American Airlines and their subsidiary, American Eagle via San Juan (their 'HUB'
for the Caribbean and where you pass through U.S. customs). 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 care to
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 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
has been suspended. |
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Schedules
below
updated September 2008
As of January
2007
L'Express
des
Iles has only ONE ferry on the
international
rout,
significantly
reducing the services to and from
DOMINICA and SAINT LUCIA
We will
update
you if this situation improves.
At busy
periods there may be extra sailings or scheduled times may change
Please note
that
the sailing
times displayed below 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 |
5.15pm |
| Friday
(vendredi) |
8.00am |
9.45am |
- |
- |
| Saturday
(samedi) |
- |
- |
10.00am |
11.45pm |
| Sunday
(dimanche) |
10.00am |
11.45am |
- |
- |
DOMINICA
/ MARTINIQUE / ST.LUCIA
|
Roseau
|
Forte-De-France |
Forte-De-France
|
Castries |
| Monday (lundi) |
-
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- |
-
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- |
| Tuesday (mardi) |
-
|
- |
-
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- |
| Wednesday(mecredi) |
10.15am
|
11.45am |
1.30pm
|
2.50pm |
| Thursday (jeudi) |
-
|
- |
-
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- |
| Friday (vendredi) |
10.15am
|
11.45pm |
1.30pm
|
2.50pm |
| Saturday (samedi) |
-
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- |
-
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- |
| Sunday (dimanche) |
12.15pm
|
1.45pm |
3.00pm
|
4.20pm |
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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
|
5.20pm |
-
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- |
| Thursday (jeudi) |
-
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- |
1.00pm
|
2.30pm |
| Friday (vendredi) |
4.00pm
|
5.20pm |
-
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- |
| Saturday (samedi) |
-
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- |
8.00am
|
9.30am |
| Sunday (dimanche) |
5.00pm
|
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:
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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
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Coast : North Coast
: East Coast : Interior
Home
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: What to do + see : Birdwatching
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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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