In August 2025, construction on Dominica’s ambitious cable car development — set to claim the title of the world’s longest recreational cable car upon its completion — continues advancing steadily across multiple key construction zones across the island.
Officials from Dominica’s Ministry of Tourism confirmed that work is moving forward on schedule across all core segments of the large-scale infrastructure project. Along the entire planned route, teams are making consistent progress assembling the steel support towers that will hold the cable system. At the project’s lower terminus, the Bottom Station, crews are now focused on final interior finishing work and surrounding landscape beautification to prepare for future visitor operations. Up at the highest point of the route, the Top Station, major structural construction work is also well underway as the development enters its next active phase.
This infrastructure project is designed to do more than just create a new tourist attraction: it aims to expand access to some of Dominica’s most breathtaking and ecologically significant natural landscapes, which have long been difficult for many visitors to reach. Once fully operational, the cable car will give travelers an unprecedented new perspective on Dominica’s lush volcanic interior, while drastically cutting travel time and improving accessibility to two of the island’s most iconic sites: the famous Boiling Lake, the world’s second-largest hot spring, and the geothermally active Valley of Desolation.
The Dominican government has framed the cable car as a transformative upgrade to the country’s tourism offerings, with expectations that it will draw more international visitors, extend average tourist stays, and deliver long-term economic benefits to local communities across the island. First construction kicked off in 2024, and the project boasts an impressive 6.6-kilometer total route that will carry passengers on a 22-minute one-way journey, with seven intermediate waystations positioned along the route to allow for explored stops. Currently, the project remains on track for final completion and a planned public opening in late 2026.