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
Paria Bay
North Coast
It’ll take you roughly 2 hours from
Blanchisseuse to Turtle Rock then
Cathedral Rock/Paria Arch. A
pristine white sand beach, turtles
(in season), and nearby waterfall
are your reward. Also accessible
via Brasso Seco. Intermediate
Saut d’Eau
North Coast
A 3-hour, downhill trek from
Paramin brings you to the secluded
beachfront. Gather your
strength, because the ascent back
up will test your mettle! Intense
Rio Seco Falls
Salybia
Part of the Matura National Park,
a 45–60 minute hike brings you to
the falls, and a natural swimming
pool. Gentle
Turure Water Steps
Cumaca
After about 60 minutes, you’ll
be bathing in the pools at these
unique natural limestone “steps”.
Intermediate
bioblitz!
With a dizzying degree of biodiversity per
square mile, thousands of species call these
habitats home.
• Amphibians: 30+ species
• Birds: 400+ species (more than any other
Caribbean island)
• Butterflies: 600+ species
• Fish: 400+ marine species and 40+
freshwater species
• Flowers: 2,100+ flowering plant species
(almost 200 orchids)
• Mammals: 100+ recorded species (over
60 of them bats)
• Reptiles: 90+ species (including 40+
species of snake and 5 marine turtle
species, among them the endangered giant
leatherback)
• Trees: 370 species of trees (including native
purpleheart, mora, and crappo).
1940: national airline British
West Indies Airways (BWIA)
commences operations
(Courtesy T&T National Archive)
1941: Chaguaramas peninsula
leased to United States for 99
years (Courtesy Bridget Brereton)
1945: public emergence of
steelbands (V Day celebrations);
universal suffrage implemented
(Courtesy T&T National Archive)
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