Discover Trinidad & Tobago 2016 — 25th Anniversary Edition

Preserving our natural and built heritage
T&T has been moving toward preserving both our natural (forests, savannahs,
reefs, and wetlands) and built heritage (colonial mansions and estate homes,
churches and cathedrals, mosques, mandirs, forts, and museums). Many buildings
that have survived are in the process of being protected and preserved by
the National Trust as national heritage sites with legal protected status — at
press time, there were 29 (indicated by *), with roughly 100 more in process.
Some protected sites require permission to access from one of several state
authorities, which reputable guides can arrange.
Chaguaramas*
Boats, parties, hiking, biking, history, restaurants, water-sports, beach-bumming, golfing …
or just lazing on the Boardwalk or under magnificent samaan trees. The Chaguaramas National
Heritage Park is home to all this. It is managed by the Chaguaramas Development
Authority (CDA, chaguaramas.com), which also provides onshore and offshore tours.
Some highlights:
The “Bamboo Cathedral”: a lush, serene and easy walk under a bamboo canopy
— unless you plan to trek uphill to the top of Morne Catherine with its abandoned World
War II tracking station
Military & Aviation Museum: chronicles the military history of the country from 1498
to the present. Admission fee; guided tours available upon request (militarymuseumtt.com)
Zip-lining: a series of seven zip-lines and rope bridges are set high in the trees above
Macqueripe, providing 45 minutes of heart-stopping fun. 381-8543, facebook.com/Trinidadzipitt
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