Discover Trinidad & Tobago 2020 | Issue 31 | Travel & Destination Guide
Discover Trinidad & Tobago is the islands' longest-running and most trusted destination guide, with all the info you need to plan your holiday, vacation, or exploration of the islands. DTT has published 31 issues since 1991, and helps readers discover where to stay, dine, lime, party, and shop; and what to see (including the islands’ best sites) and experience (festivals, arts and culture, sports, and eco escapes), in both islands. There’s also a national calendar of events; info on getting here and getting around; tips for safe and sustainable travel; T&T history and society in a nutshell, maps; and more. For the fifth edition in the row, the magazine features a distinctive dual-cover design, with one cover for each island — a Phagwa or Holi celebrant in Trinidad (photo by Chris Anderson), and dancers at the Tobago Heritage Festival (photo by Alva Viarruel). For more: https://www.discovertnt.com
Discover Trinidad & Tobago is the islands' longest-running and most trusted destination guide, with all the info you need to plan your holiday, vacation, or exploration of the islands. DTT has published 31 issues since 1991, and helps readers discover where to stay, dine, lime, party, and shop; and what to see (including the islands’ best sites) and experience (festivals, arts and culture, sports, and eco escapes), in both islands. There’s also a national calendar of events; info on getting here and getting around; tips for safe and sustainable travel; T&T history and society in a nutshell, maps; and more. For the fifth edition in the row, the magazine features a distinctive dual-cover design, with one cover for each island — a Phagwa or Holi celebrant in Trinidad (photo by Chris Anderson), and dancers at the Tobago Heritage Festival (photo by Alva Viarruel). For more: https://www.discovertnt.com
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Turtle-watching
A leatherback turtle returns to the sea at Grande Rivière
Each year between March and
September (sometimes longer),
you can see turtles nesting across
the region. Nesting females return
to the shores on which they were
born each year, assiduously digging
their nests before laying their
eggs, camouflaging the area, and
returning to the open sea.
Six to eight weeks later, the
hatchlings emerge and scamper
through the sand to the shoreline.
Peak season for seeing hatchlings
is June–August. The females that
survive to maturity will make the
long trek back, to begin the cycle
anew. Though they come ashore
in greatest numbers late at night
— and especially during the full
moon — they also come ashore in
the day.
Witnessing these rituals is a profoundly
moving experience.
A baby hawksbill turtle near Grand Tacarib
Beaches of global importance
As the second largest leatherback
nesting site in the world,
Trinidad receives more than 6,000
leatherback turtles (each up to
1783: Spanish governor Chacón’s
Cedula de Población entices
Catholic white and free coloured
settlers to Trinidad with land
incentives; rapid capitalisation
begin (Courtesy T&T National Archive)
1797: Trinidad captured by Sir
Ralph Abercromby’s British fleet
(Source: Morphart Creations/
Shutterstock.com)
1806: first Chinese workers arrive
(Source: Charles Kingsley)
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