Tobago is a delightfully relaxed island with much to offer travellers.
There are good beaches, pristine snorkelling and diving spots, excellent bird
watching opportunities and just enough tourism to make visiting Tobago easy, yet
not so much that the island feels overrun.Tobago is located in the extreme south
eastern corner of the Caribbean, just about 70 miles from Venezuela.
The airport town of Crown Point is in the middle of Tobago's main resort
area. It's surrounded by palm-fringed, white-sand beaches with good year-round
swimming and snorkelling. The attractive fishing villages of Speyside and
Charlotteville are interesting out-of-the-way destinations, and the nearby
uninhabited islets of Little Tobago, Goat Island and St Giles Island are
ecotourist destinations with abundant birdlife.
There's great diving at Buccoo Reef, offshore from the little visited village
of Buccoo, and good snorkelling at Pirate's Bay, off Charlotteville. The latter
derives its name from the secluded haven it provided to marauding buccaneers
three centuries ago. It's rumored that there's still buried treasure around
Pirate's Bay today.
The southernmost island of the Caribbean, Trinidad & Tobago (blessed
islands of La Trinite) were discovered by Christopher Columbus on his quest for
new lands. Trinidad is known as the land of calypso and steel pan, renowned for
its' two days of spectacular carnival every year. Famed for its oil and the La
Brea pitch lake, one of the seven wonder of the world. Trinidad attracts
thousands of visitors to its shores every year.
Diving off Tobago is done from an unusual craft called a pirogue which is
designed especially to handle the unusual water conditions. Entries into the
water are performed as backrolls. As most of the diving is drift, the divers
usually stay together with the dive master who trails the surface boat.
Tobago has many attractions - from palm fringed beaches to clear tropical
waters, displaying an abundance of marine life, wildlife and culture. For the
naturalist, Tobago has some of the best bird watching, butterfly seeking and
hiking the Caribbean has to offer.
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