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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Three Pools
For hikers &
eco-adventurers
These are some of the island’s
most popular hikes, listed alphabetically.
Those marked “intense”
should be tackled by advanced
hikers only. Go with a reputable
guide, and remember that old
saying: take nothing but pictures,
leave nothing but footprints.
Edith Falls
Chaguaramas
A 30–40 minute hike to a
76m/250ft waterfall. Gentle
El Tucuche
Northern Range
Trinidad’s second tallest mountain.
A gruelling hike to the summit
(in fact, there are two peaks!)
takes 2–4 hours via Hobal Trace in
Maracas Valley.
Very Intense
Fondes Amandes
St Ann's
The Community Reforestation
Project provides forest tours that
range from quick and gentle to
more intermediate
Guanapo Gorge
Northern Range
Roughly 2.5–3 hours of forest,
river, and gorge trekking.
Intermediate
Madamas Bay
North Coast
It’ll take you roughly 3 hours from
Matelot or 5 hours from Blanchisseuse.
A beach, river, waterfall,
and turtles (in season) await.
Intense
Maracas Falls
Northern Range
30–45 minute trek; Trinidad’s tallest
waterfall (91m/299ft). Gentle
Mt Tamana Bat Caves
Central Range
A roughly 90-minute hike to the
limestone cave systems that massive
colonies of bats — thousands
from 12 different species — call
home. Each evening before dusk,
they depart the caverns en masse.
Intermediate
1925: first national elections
(limited franchise)
(Courtesy T&T National Archive)
1935-41: first steelpans emerge
in Laventille
(Source: VP Photography/Worthing/
Shutterstock.com)
1937: labour strikes led in
southern Trinidad by Tubal
Uriah “Buzz” Butler
(Courtesy T&T Ministry of Communications)
60 Discover Trinidad & Tobago 2020
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