Morne Trois Pitons National Park

One of the most impressive and photogenic waterfalls on the island, the Victoria Waterfall is formed by the White River pouring over a cliff into a warm pool below.

Minerals give the water a milky white color.

This mist-shrouded crater-lake high in the Morne Trois Pitons National Park, Boeri Lake is fringed with greenery and has purple hyacinths floating on its surface.

Eerie-looking Boiling Lake sits emitting bubbles from its steamy grayish waters at the end of a day-long hike.

Geologists believe the 207ft/63m-wide lake, the world's second largest actively boiling lake, is a flooded fumarole, a crack in the earth allowing hot gases to vent from the molten lava below.

The water temperature at the edge ranges from 180-197°F/82 - 91.5°C and in the center is actually boiling.

Emerald Pool is a small basin in a lush green setting at the foot of a gentle waterfall. It can be reached after a five minute walk through a rainforest of ferns and foliage.

Fresh Water Lake is at the end of a hike through a forest populated with hummingbirds.

The largest lake in Dominica is the site of hydro-electric work and according to local legend it is haunted by a vindictive mermaid and a monstrous serpent.

Middleham Falls, Dominica's highest waterfalls, drops 196ft/59m and is reached after a four-hour hike through fern and orchid-filled rainforest.

Morne Trois Pitons, Dominica's second-highest peak is 4,672 ft/1,400m high.

Titou Gorge is a crevice in which hot and cold streams intermingle. Relaxing hot springs are experienced and strong swimmers can take the clean waters that lead to a spectacular view of a waterfall.

A dark, narrow water-filled canyon can be explored with the aid of the sunlight filtering from a crack above.

The Valley of Desolation is an area of boiling mud ponds, brightly-colored hot springs and mini-geysers. Sulfur crystals color the ground, steam vents through cracks in the earth and streams run black in this area resembling a primeval valley.