Yoga and Bliss in Dominica

Travelers commit to their New Year’s resolutions this week at a Yoga Retreat with Neva Ingalls. Jungle Bay in Dominica has an exciting new wellness retreat calandar planned for 2009.

Niva Ingalls certified Yoga Instructor

Jungle Bay’s very own Dominica Roast: Traditional Coffee Roasting

At Jungle Bay we are always trying to think of innovative ways of providing fresh, local products for our guests. Hence, our new addition of Dominica locally bought, roasted and ground on site coffee. Here are some pictures from the first round of roasting. In the following photo series watch Margeret (expert coffee roaster since birth) and Anthea (Housekeeping Team Leader) as they take the husked, whitish coffee beans and roast them into a dark delectable that every guest will be able to brew in their room. What a treat! The next project, once the coffee is instated, is to create local bush teas and bag them to be brewed in the rooms as well.

Roasting Coffee

Stirring and Stirring

Margeret hard at work

Anthea doing her thing

The Final Product: Fresh Dominica Coffee

Caribbean Cooking at Jungle Bay Dominica

House of Hope…momentum.

Last year the Jungle Bay family (owners, staff & guests) generously contributed $53,000 EC dollars as a seed grant to begin the development of a community operated facility for indigent children with severe disabilities from Dominica’s southeast. The government of Dominica was impressed by the community’s commitment and donated over one acre of land for the project. Several other local entities and community members have since made contributions and in November 2007 the fund-raising committee reached its first goal of $100,000EC dollars which was the benchmark to begin construction of the “special needs” home. We are proud to report that physical construction of the House of Hope commenced on December 2, 2007. As of this weekend, the walls are starting to come up and the foundation is almost completed.  House of Hope construction should be finished and furnished within the year if funds are forthcoming. The total net projected cost of construction of the House of Hope is estimated at $500,000 EC or $200,000 US dollars. This figure takes into account that much of the labor is being donated by the people of the community.

 

Jungle Bay does not usually directly ask friends and well wishers for assistance however many of our past guests have expressed an interest in trading their carbon footprint for something positive so we think that this is an exceptional opportunity to allow all of us to give to a most worthy cause.

If you are interested in helping Jungle Bay raise $100,000EC ($40,000US) dollars by April 30th 2008 to support the ongoing construction of the House of Hope please call 1-767-446-1789 or email info@junglebaydominica.com for more information about this important community project. We are happy to arrange visits to the House of Hope construction site.

http://junglebaydominica.com/houseofhope.cfm

Dominica Named #1 by Alex Boylan

Alex Boylan circled the globe with no money and little more than the clothes on his back. After five months he’s back to the starting line, and talks with CBS’s Chris Wragge about his trip.  When asked what stands out the most Alex said, “Dominica.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3868604n

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=19746156

 

Radical Island Weddings Eco-Style

 

The pristine rainforest Caribbean island Dominica offers some of the world’s most radical undiscovered locations for a one of a kind “eco-style” island wedding. Rappel down a hundred foot cliff to the sprinkling falls of Ravine Cyrique’s secret beach, hike six hours to the world famous Boiling Lake, dive into mystic underwater volcanic champagne bubbles…

Allow Jungle Bay to make your wildest wedding dreams come true. We are experts in all aspects of unique island weddings, personalizing and accommodating to our guests every wish.

http://junglebaydominica.com/weddings.cfm

Winter 2008 Newsletter

Check out the most recent Jungle Journal at http://junglebaydominica.com/journal0208.cfm. Read about our community House of Hope project, our holiday happenings, new indigenous spa treatments, get an exclusive recipe, and be in the know about the conservation status of the Black-capped Petrel.

Caribbean Greetings!

This is our first blog from http://junglebaydominica.wordpress.com

Greetings from the “Nature Island.” Thank you for stopping by. Our aim for this blog is to keep you updated on all the exciting happenings at Jungle Bay Resort and Spa. Please keep checking back for updates and feel free to leave comments with your thoughts.