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Snorkeling reefs. Wheel chair access. Sleep therapy. Air conditioned and ceiling fans. Cable TV . Wireless Internet. Cell Phones. Organic farm. Whale, Dolphin and Turtle research safaris. Dominica's longest and safest beach.

COTTAGE RATES Summer Apr 30th- Dec15th Winter Dec 16th- Apr 29th
Standard Beach View Cottage $80.00 $160.00
Standard Beach Front Cottage $120.00 $180.00 Superior Beach View Cottage $120.00 $180.00 Superior Beach Front Cottage $180.00 $220.00 VAT 10% and 10% service charge added rates. All rates quoted in US Dollars (US$) and are subject to changes.
A valid credit card is needed to confirm and guarantee reservation.
CANCELLATION POLICY: 7 DAYS NOTICE OR A CHARGE OF 3 NIGHTS.
The cottages can accommodate 3 Adults or 2 Adults and 2 Children <16 years old. Our cottages are self contained in a 6 acre of flowering garden among tall palms rustling in the breeze, and fringed by Dominican's longest beach, Listen to natures orchestra as you enjoy the most beautiful sunsets on earth. Situated in the Oyohayo bay on the north-west coast of Waitikubuli (Dominica), at the foot of the eastern Caribbean's highest mountain, reserve of the indigenous, endangered & largest Amazonian parrot.
Guests Comments
Oyohayo (Picard) Beach Wellness Eco Cottages
Vision: Synergistic Sustainable Development. Mission: Being and Healing with nature
Wellness:
Reset your circadian rhythm::
Fall asleep to the gentle lapping of the Caribbean Sea and be gently awoken by the fluttering wings of a humming bird.
Enjoy the stars with low artificial lighting.
The natural grain of your tropical hardwood cottage reminds your subconscious being of the comforting womb.
Enjoy calming volcanic sand beach walks
Be in and Eat from your organic garden
Pamper yourself with Natural botanicals face and body products.
Stimulate your skin and circulation with fresh organic coconut husk.
Enjoy Sun dried linen.
Enjoy organic teas: Lemongrass/Sweetsop/Chocolate (once reserved for ingenuous royalty.)
Take an aroma massage, reflex therapy, sand special, back &neck massage
Exercise and socialize with fishermen as you volunteer to help haul in their nets.
Buy and eat fresh fish from the Kalinago canoe fishermen.
Defy gravity; feast your eyes as you float over your tropical reefs which are a few steps away from your cottage.
Rest, Relax, Recuperate and rejuvenate
Why eco?
Become part of this nursery; protect turtles and wildlife that depend on the lunar cycle/ Use Eco friendly products.
Protected wildlife (flora & fauna) indigenous and migratory birds, Iguanas, lizards, bees, snakes, crabs etc/ Composting. No watering of plants needed. Encourage indigenous flora.
Rain water collection for organic vegetable garden/ Organic farming principles.
Be at and listen to your 600-year-old Samaan tree that tells stories that predate Culumbus arrival (1492). It was here that our Indigenous Kalinago people greeted him. Protecting this tree also holds the beach together.
Reduce your carbon footprint: Sun dried linen/ Solar electric refrigerators/ Solar cookers/ Solar hot water heaters/energy saving/ Biodegradable Fresh Coconut husk dish pad is / Pick and eat any fruit/ plant your seeds /Award winning whale and turtle protection.
You support synergistic sustainable benefits of the community by joining and supporting the dignified long term employment of our entirely local team, as a percentage of your service charge is given to least fortunate in the community, as you support the visually impaired and disabled persons who make the hand craft and other products you use in your cottage.
As a result you help us keep our zero crime rate.
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We are minutes away from the following attractions: Cabrits National & Marine Park and Fort Shirley Row up the Indian River, Syndicate Waterfalls. Drive through volcano, Snorkeling at our beach front reef and Pirates secret beach & copper treasure cave.
On site organic planting program.
Our Wellness Center offers Reflexotherapy of the feet, Aroma massages, Sand special, Polarity wellness, Back/neck special. Catamaran Sailing Sunset Encounter cruises. http://www.whaledive.org PADI Scuba Diving, Snorkeling, Whale, Dolphin and Turtle research safaris.
If there is any additional information you require please e-mail us. picardbeach@cwdom.dm Tel:(767) 445 5131 or (767)445 5142 Fax:(767) 445 5599
Waitikubuli (Karifuna name for our island translated WAI=tall Ti=is Ku=her Buli=Body)is unique in many aspects:
Most mountainous country in the world
365 rivers. Most of which the water can be drank directly
Largest concentration of active volcanoes of any where in the world
Number one place in the world for sighting whales year round
Last surviving Carib chief and Carib territory
Only place on earth where worlds most endangered parrot survives in the wild (Sissiru)
Youngest prime minister in the world
Largest Boiling lake in the world
Largest percentage of persons older than 100 years in the world
1st country in the world to go all fiber optic with telecommunications
WORLDS ONLY DRIVE THROUGH VOLCANOES

Flora of Picard Beach Cottages
Please feel free to take the free self
guided tour using map on reverse side
1. West Indian almond Prunus amygdalus
2. Golden palm Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
3. Variegated immortelle Erythrina indica pictra
4. Flame of the forest Spathodea campmanulata
5. Bougainvillea Bougainvillea villea
6. Butter cup Allamanda cathartica
7. Julie mango Mangifera indicus
8. Fijye Ficus/ weeping fig Ficus benjamina
9. Red ginger Alpinia purpurata
10. White/pink oleander Nerium oleanda
11. Lucky nut Thevetia peruviana
12. Cape jasmine Tabrinaemontana coronaria
13. Spanish dagger Yucca gloriossa
14. Dwarf palmist Veitchia merrilli
15. Coconut Cocos nucifera
16. Pride of Barbados Caesalpinia pulcherrima
17. Orchid tree Bauhinia blakeana
18. R/Y/W Hibiscus Hibiscus rosa sinensis
19. Heliconia/ Chicken foot Heliconia psittacorum
20. Purple allamanda Allamanda violacea
21. Pagoda tree Plumieria rubra
22. Ixora Ixora coccinea
23. Pagoda tree Plumeria rubra
24. Sour sop Annora muricata
25. Kenip Melicoccus bijuagatus Jacq.
26. Sentry plant Agave americana
27. Croton Codidaeum variegatum
28. Saman Tree Samanea saman
29. White cedar Tabebuia impetigosa
30. Ficus Ficus citrifolia & superba
31. Balisiere Heliconia wagnerana
32. Mahogany Swietenia mahogany
33. Golden showers Galphimia glanca
34. Gliricidia Gliricidia septum
35. Sea grape Coccoloba uvifera
36. Rose apple
37. Pwadoo
The above list was compiled by 3 Children during summer vacation:
Domnik 10yrs old, Nirvana 5 yrs old and Jesse 7yrs old
this list is but part of the flora of Picard beach cottage resort. |