Titou Gorge is one of the Morne Trois Pitons National Park attractions.
In 1997, it was recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site - the first enlisted Natural Site in the Eastern Caribbean, and its inauguration was also marked with a Regional conference on The World Heritage Convention.
This delightful spot is at the start of the hike to the Boiling Lake, and is a small waterfall deep in a water-filled gorge ('Ti tou' means 'little-thoat' in Creole) .
There's also hot water close by, making it also a refreshing stop at the end of the hard Boiling Lake hike!
A narrow gorge in the heights of the Roseau River near Laudat that became a source of water for hydro-electricity from the early 1950s and a tourist attraction during the late 20th century. The name comes for the French Creole for "little hole" or opening. The gorge is formed by the action of water coming from the Freshwater Lake, which over thousands of years has cut its way through the thick layers of volcanic ash that compacted after the eruptions of Morne Macacque (Micotrin). This form of rock is called "welded tuff". As the water cut its way through this, it carved out pools and waterfalls over and around harder rocks lodged in the tuff. At the end of the gorge the water continued down river to cascade over the higher of the two Trafalgar Falls. When CDC was constructing the first hydro scheme in the 1950s, the mouth of the gorge was dammed so as to divert the water into canals and pipes. This raised the level of the water in the gorge so that it became a popular experience to swim up the gorge and it is now one of Dominica's tourist attractions.