Defenatly will not forgett Hibiscus Valley. The swim in the rvier each morning befor a very healty breakfast serves with Vincias smile. A little talk about local herbs, she is the best.

We took a adventure packaged the 10 days one , definitly to recomend, in a more slow motion.

Come home to a fantastick supprise every evning, with Nigel in the bar and the dinner belongs to a 5 star hotel, local food with a world touch.

The guide Rudge who know everything and made our stay and experience full pott.

Thank you again for the family feeling atmosphere.

Highly recomended

I thought I would try something new with this review. We are to stay at Hibiscus for five days. I'll write a little each day.

Day 1. We arrived at Dominica airport and were driven to Hibiscus. It's in the middle of the rainforest served by a rough road. We were shown to our room by Nigel, also the cook of some repute. We had a tree cottage and although they are well maintained cosy and charming, they lacked certain essentials, a fridge, air con, and mozzie nets over the open windows. You get a noisy free standing fan but if you suffer from mozzies, this is not the room for you. This is the rainforest, so expect the little devils. I don't suffer from them but my wife does. They wait at airports for her plane to land, salivating in anticipation of her arrival, all over the Caribbean, The Far East and Scotland. We upgraded to an apartment, not so charming but with all the essentials apart from internet. You get a balcony and hammock no matter what your accomodation, chairs to sit out on and a table for your drinks. Now this is an expensive place to stay. You do get full board and tours thrown in (see website for packages) but I think so far it looks a bit overpriced. Dinner was fab, we are veggies and we have been in the Caribbean for five weeks, it was the best meal yet. All home produced.

DAY 2. A good night's sleep despite the resident dogs barking. Lovely breakfast. We then met Carina who monitors your stay. I needed to transfer some money to my card account in order to pay for our upgrade. Be warned, the only internet here is dial up. There is an internet cafe down the road (car not walk) but it was closed due to a fatal incident a few days before. Robbery apparently! GULP! We then met our tour guide and driver for excursion number one. Waterfall and trek. We got about halfway when the heavens opened (rainy season) and he turned back in the interests of safety. Spent the rest of the day reading on the balcony listening to the fast running river and sounds of the rainforest..Another lovely dinner even though we are now the only guests.

DAY 3 Food continues to be the best part of the accomodation. Went on the journey to the waterfall, which was about an hour and pretty nice. After a massive rainfall we lost the hot water in our 'semi-deluxe' apartment. Reported it, nothing done.

DAY 4. Nigel absent for breakfast and it showed. Old, soft cereal and a boiled egg and bread. Went for a trip out to Portsmouth and Fort Shirley. Trekked to the top of a pretty big hill, and down again. Still no hot water.

DAY 5. River tubing and a trip out to buy some souvenirs. Still no hot water.

DAY 6. Check out day. hot water back! Total cost for the five days including a breakfast this morning, three bottles of beer and a bottle of wine; $1368.85 US

CONCLUSION: A really nice place in the rainforest, good food and guides. Reasonable activities. However, in my opinion, overpriced and not good value for money. We were only there for five days so do the math. Two people at £1368.85 for five days is $136.88 a day per person. Ok so we didn't have to have a bottle of wine and three beers (wine $20, beers $3.45). I also carried out a straw pole in regard to staff wages which I have taken into account in my final conclusions. Hopefully some of the money we paid will find itself going to maintain the beautiful countryside that surrounds The Hibiscus Valley Inn. The staff are friendly and it's reasonably secure, you get a safe in your room and there is someone there at night as well as dogs. It's clean, there are ants and other small creatures around but you are in the rainforest.

Remember these are my opinions only and represent my experiences and not that of others.

This is a place you can very well use as a base for trekking in lovely Dominica. It has little less to offer. You will need transport to wherever you want to go. The near environment is not very interesting. Public transport is sparse. Could work well for groups on a "all inclusive program". Not interesting for independent travelers.

We had 4 great nights at Hibiscus Valley in April 2011. Great staff. Wonderful nature.