experience
The Tobago
Atlantic coast sights Petit Trou
lagoon, wetlands with boardwalk through the mangrove, stone ruins of sugar mill on the golf course, all inside Tobago Plantations Beach and Golf Resort
Scarborough
(capital town since 1769, pop c.25,000)
Fort King George established 1777
abandoned 1854. Remains of powder magazine, officers’ mess, old hospital, cell block and water tank. Magnificent samaan trees and palms alongside the old colonial building now the hospital.
Tobago
Museum
housed at “Officers’ Mess”, Fort King George: Monday to Friday 8 AM to 4 PM, curator Eddie Hernandez. Tel: 639-3970.
Botanic Gardens on 17 acres accessed from the highway just east of the main traffic lights.
Old Court House dating from 1852 in James Square, upper Scarborough, used by THA. There is also an old court house in Studley Park.
Hillsborough Dam and Waterfall accessed from Mt St George, also Craig Hall and Mason Falls to the west of the dam.
Fort Granby on the beach shortly after Studley Park quarry.
Goodwood Genesis Nature Park & Art Gallery on main road. Entrance fee TT$60 or US$10. Tel: 660-4668
Rainbown Falls
Goldsborough side road leads to Rainbow Falls, but only go with a local guide.
Richmond 18th Great House. Small Refreshments.
Century
entrance fee.
Kendal Great House
used by the THA, visible on the hillside just before Roxborough.
Argyle Waterfall
turn left as you cross the bridge west of Roxborough. Visitors must use local guides for the twenty-minute walk to the three-tiered falls. Entrance fee TT$50. Swimming.
Cocoa Factory
in nearby cacao plantation, just past the entrance to Argyle Falls.
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Roxborough capital of the northeast.
Examples of colonial architecture in the Court and VAT buildings on the waterfront. Start of forest road that crosses the Main Ridge hills with a lookout mid-way.
Louis d’Or old French Barracks on left side of main road, followed by government plant nursery.
King’s Bay Great House
with cocoa sheds, waterfall and beach facility.
Speyside Lookout
across Tyrell’s Bay to Goat Island and Little Tobago.
Little Tobago
once known as Bird of Paradise Island thanks to Sir William Ingram’s efforts to colonise those exotic birds on the island.
Goat Island
once visited by Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, an ornithologist who wrote a book on T&T birds around 1984.
goes down to Footprints. According to folklore, these trees are inhabited by “jumbies” or spirits and must never be damaged. In Suriname, the small trees are turned upside down around a village to make it invisible to attackers. Drive carefully by…
Les Coteaux Highland Waterfall
(off the beaten track) after coming down the big hill into Les Coteaux, turn left, pass a lovely old church on the left and follow the paved road turning left after bridge. Park near the bridge and follow track to falls on foot.
Franklyn/ArnosValeWaterwheel
site of a sugar factory since Courlanders in 1670. Present ruins from British mill that closed in 1865. Bar and Restaurant open from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Tel: 660-0815
Arnos Vale Hotel for bird feeding and snorkeling and Amerindian remains.
Speyside Waterwheel and Plymouth Fort James and mystery Sugar Factory ruins beside the bridge tombstone of Betty Stivens, 1783 on the road to Blue Waters Inn. Courlander Monument by Janis Flagstaff Hill Lookout used by USA Mintiks 1978, in memory of Latvian during WW2. As far east as you can go!!
settlers.
Caribbean coast sights
Courland sugar mill and factory
Charlotteville with cocoa sheds and
Fort Cambleton overlooking Man O' War Bay.
ruins in residential development. Black Rock old church with wood shingle facade
Fort Bennett
site with only two
canons.
Bloody Bay start of Gilpin Trail Grafton Bird Sanctuary from 1963 into the Forest Reserve, first track from Bloody Bay to Roxborough and four waterfalls along the way.
Parlatuvier small waterfall. Forest Reserve protected since 1765.
after Hurricane Flora, when owner started feeding birds who had lost their habitats.
The Castle Museum
on Kimme Drive, Mt Irvine, houses Luise Kimme’s sculptures.
Castara small waterfall in rainy season Rocky Point, Mt Irvine remains of only.
fort and canons on the ground.
Parkinson’s old house
including Buccoo Marsh for bird watching, Buccoo Reef and Nylon Pool, protected marine park since 1973.
Mt. Dillon Lookout just after Norman Buccoo Marine Park Golden Lane
The Witch’s Grave— Gang Gang Sara flew from Africa ate salt and put on weight so she fell from giant silk cotton trying to fly back home. Silk Cotton (Kapok Tree) in question may have been the one on left on the way down Culloden Road! Look out for the giant Silk Cotton trees with their buttress roots and thorny bark—one on the Windward Road after Roxborough, one literally on the Northside Road and one at the start of Culloden Road which
The Ins & Outs of Trinidad and Tobago
Bon Accord lagoon, wetlands and No Man’s Land (boat access only).
Pigeon Point
state-owned park with white sand and turquoise sea.
Store Bay beach and facilities and local speciality of crab and dumpling.
Fort Milford canons and remnants of fortifications, just after the casino.