Christopher Columbus sailed west in search of the East Indies, discovering that he had made a wonderful error. You can chart the same course and encounter a fabulous Indian cultural experience. Have a taste of lightly or heavily spiced food as only ‘Trini’ Indians can prepare it: Roti, Pholourie, curried duck and more. See the architecture of the Temples, and Mosques. 'Trinidadians' while keeping ties with the motherland, offer a cultural package not seen elsewhere.
Each year, majesty and mystery emerge from the deep. The Leather Back Turtle makes its nesting journey to the north and North Eastern coasts of Trinidad from March to August. This labour of love lasts from forty to sixty minutes after which the turtle returns to the sea. Tagged turtles from T&T have been found as far away as Madagascar. We'll take you to witness this spectacle.
So you had a fun-filled day. The sun has set, what now? You have a choice. You can enjoy a ‘boil corn’ or a roti by the roadside. Immerse yourself in Trinidad’s diverse cultural background with festivals throughout the year. Depending on the season, you can witness Pan Ramajay (Steel Band Orchestras), Emancipation, Divali the Hindu Festival of Lights, Hosay a Muslim festival, Parang at Christmas, Village Festivals or Local Theatre. You can also visit the steel pan in its home – The Pan Yard. Watch players practice; or even play your own composition on this wonderful musical instrument.
Travel south to Temple in the Sea and hear the story of a simple man defeating the colonial power of the day. Then, visit The Wild Fowl Trust, a bird sanctuary on the compound of the country’s largest oil refinery.Drive through our second city, San Fernando to lunch at the largest shopping mall in the south, The Gulf City Shopping Complex. Next, visit A Pottery Factory to shop for trinkets.
We pick you up at 11.00am and take you to Buccoo, a popular Fishing Village on the Caribbean coast. There you have the opportunity to shop for local souvenirs, handmade batik and tie-dye clothes, beach wraps, etc. From there we will drive to Lowlands to visit the Tobago Art Gallery where you will find an amazing selection of original paintings as well as prints from local artistes. Our last stop is at the Gulf City Shopping Mall, the largest Mall on the island with a variety of stores as well as a food court. You will return to the hotel just in time to spend the afternoon on the beach.
Discover Tobago’s most beautiful sights. We will show you both, the Caribbean and Atlantic coasts withTobago’s scenic beaches and bays, old Forts and the most beautiful lookouts. We visit the picturesque fishing village of Charlotteville in the north-east of the island. The tour includes a typical local lunch at the famous Jemma’s Sea View Kitchen in Speyside. Other highlights will be a visit of the sleepy fishing village Castara, Englishman's Bay and Charlotteville.
At the end of the tour we stop at the historic site of Fort King George in Scarborough, the capital of Tobago, enjoying spectacular panoramic views of the Atlantic coast. You will have many opportunites for beautiful photos in addition to doing some Souvenir shopping.
We begin with an excursion through the new city, downtown Port of Spain. Trinidad boast of having everything anyone else has in the world, twin and leaning towers, a myriad of races and much more. We’ll then see the seat of our Parliament, the Red House, and find out about the secret of its colour. The Queen’s Park Savannah and its turn of the 20th century colonial homes, in the Magnificent seven are next.
We’ll discover some of the secrets of the Savannah including the fact that the Graf Zeppelin and other aircrafts made it there landing strip in the early 1900s. We then make our way through the old city with visits to the old slave settlements of Free Town, now known as Belmont. In this area, we’ll see the original homes of Kwame Ture (Stockley Carmichael) the architect of the Black Power movement around the world and Maycock, the first Free Slave to own land in the area. We’ll also get the history of Observatory Street and the first line of Longitude established in the western hemisphere. We will also indulge in a bit of Steel Pan and Carnival history.
Have a personalized shopping experience that no other destination manager in the world offers. Shop in as many stores as you like with a wide variety of goodies, gifts, fashion and souvenirs. All you need are a little cash and a love for good bargains. Personal escorts are available for the shopping experiences covering the entire city of Port of Spain and its environs.
After your pick-up from the hotel we will drive along the Windward Road to Roxborough, the biggest village on the Atlantic Coast. This is where you will find the famous “Tobago Cacao Plantation”. Once Cacao was the major crop in Tobago, today this is the only Plantation in operation producing Cacao beans for one of the best chocolates in the world. Here you have the unique opportunity to watch how Cacao is being grown, the beans fermented and dried before being shipped to France, all in a beautiful location with magnificent views.
After this interesting approx. one hour tour of the plantation we head to the neighboring Argyle Waterfall, the biggest on the island. It’s an approximately 20 mins walk through an old Estate until we reach the first pool. There you can enjoy a refreshing bath in the crystal clear water or if you are adventurous you might want to climb to one of the higher pools before enjoying a bath in one of them.
This adventure takes to Arima where we see some of the decedents of our first peoples. We then drive into the northern range with its wide array of birds, flora and fauna. You then have the opportunity to visit with Dora as she takes you through the steps of making your own coffee and sharing a taste of the delightful brew. We continue our drive for a stop for lunch in a cedar cabin with a gracious host couple in Neil and Germaine.
We then take a short hike to the breathtaking Marianne waterfall. Here we’ll enjoy a dip in the cool refreshing mountain stream or just relax with nature. We’ll continue our tour to and along the North Coast of the island to Maracas Bay, the most popular beach on the island. Here we’ll have a dip in the sea and a taste of our world famous Richard’s Bake and Shark as an evening snack. We’ll then complete the circle by making our way back to Port.