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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Tour and explore
2,000lb) annually. The best places
to see them are at Matura and
Grande Rivière (where you can see
up to 50 a night, and even be lucky
enough to spot the endangered
blue-throated piping-guan or pawi
bird).
T&T is home to five of the seven
species of sea turtles found globally
— the vulnerable leatherback
and olive ridley; the endangered
green and loggerhead; and the critically
endangered hawksbill. The
leatherback, hawksbill, and green
turtle nest on beaches, while the
loggerhead and olive ridley are
occasionally sighted at sea. The
turtles, their eggs, and their hatchlings
are all vulnerable and legally
protected.
plan your trip
Conservation efforts in Matura
and Grande Rivière require that
permits be acquired to visit nesting
sites. These can be arranged
through authorised tour guides
(Nature Seekers: natureseekers.
org, 668-7337; and Grande
Rivière Nature Tour Guide
Association: 670-4257/469-1288),
local accommodation, or directly at
Forestry Division offices.
Make sure to:
• keep disturbances to a minimum
(including noise and movement)
— do not touch nesting turtles or
hatchlings
• use only infrared lights, and no
flash photography
• refrain from driving, setting fires,
or littering on nesting beaches.
Green turtle
1816: six companies of free
blacks from the United States
(mainly Baptist) settle in
southern Trinidad
(Courtesy T&T National Archive)
1834–8: slavery abolished in
the British Empire, leading
to apprenticeship (1834) then
emancipation (1838)
(CourtesyT&T National Archive)
1834–1917: indentured labour
brought to Trinidad from other
islands, China, Portugal, Syria,
Lebanon, and India
(Courtesy T&T National Archive)
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