COVID REQUIREMENTS FOR "SAFE IN NATURE" DOMINICA:
Here is the official Oct 2021 Covid Requirements Travel Document.
Oct 15, 2021 Travel Protocols new guidance rv13r5-1.pdf 2.9MB 18 downloads
Here is a summary of the steps below:
- Everyone must test negative via a PCR test AND get results back within 72 hrs of landing in Dominica.
- The only reference to 'type' of PCR is 'by swab'. I have asked if the PCR-RT is acceptable. My guess is that it is but I am verifying.
- Realistically you need to find a test that will return your results back in as close to 24-48 max that you can.
- Everyone will fill out a form online AT LEAST 24-48 hrs prior to CHECKING IN FOR TRAVEL OF YOUR FIRST FLIGHT.
- You MUST have your negative test results when you fill out the online form with the Dominican govt. AND you must give them at least 24 preferably more time to process your results and your online form so you have time to get back YOUR EMAIL CONFIRMATION THAT YOU MUST PRINT AND TAKE WITH YOU TO THE AIRPORT FOR YOUR FIRST FLIGHT...along with a copy of your negative test results and other documents.
- When you fill out the form you will also PAY FOR AN ANTIGEN RAPID TEST which is EC $100 or approx $50 US.
- If you are vaxed you will need your vaccination cards. If you are unvaxed or can not produce your card then you need a letter from the "SAFE IN NATURE" approved facility to be added to your online application. (I am getting this letter for those who need it)
- Once at the hotel the vaxed will have no add'l requirements until 2 days prior to traveling home where they will get tested again for returning to the US (Antigen) or Canada (PRC). The PCR tests for Canadians are being set up well in advance and the doctor will come to the hotel to do the testing for us.
- The unvaxed will 'quarantine safely in nature' at the hotel until the 5th day where they test again to prove they do not have covid. Those results are not available until 2 days later so if you are leaving after 1 week the test is your test to go home and if you are staying 2 weeks the test is your 'get out of quarantine' test.
- When you quarantine 'SAFELY IN NATURE" you have full roaming of the hotel property, diving, the group tours and basically everything except for leaving the property until the quarantine timeframe is over. To offset the fact that you will not be able to go into town unescorted for the first 7 days...we will have 2 meals catered into the resort (they will be our group dinners) and we will have take out menu options as well as the inhouse Fort Young food options.
Edited by WreckWench, 08 November 2021 - 06:38 PM.