The two waterfalls come from different rivers in the mountains of Morne Trois Pitons National Park and happen to meet at the same cliff. Father Falls drops about 43 metres — taller than a ten-storey building — in a narrow rush of white water. Mother Falls is shorter but wider, and the water it pours down the rocks is naturally warm because it picks up heat from underground hot springs on the way.
Warm water pools collect at the base of Mother Falls. Visitors wade through the rocks to reach these natural warm pools and sit in them. Standing in a warm pool while a waterfall crashes just above you, surrounded by tall rainforest trees and birdsong, is a very unusual feeling.
The path to Trafalgar Falls is a short walk from a small village called Trafalgar. The walk takes you through a garden of tropical plants including huge heliconia flowers (which look like lobster claws), tree ferns, and bright orange and red ginger plants. Sisserou parrots — Dominica's national bird — are sometimes spotted in the trees overhead.