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.
Louis d’Or old French Barracks on left Les Coteaux Highland Waterfall 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.
(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.
Plymouth
Fort James and mystery tombstone of Betty Stivens, 1783.
Speyside Waterwheel and Sugar Factory ruins beside the bridge Courlander Monument
on the road to Blue Waters Inn.
Flagstaff Hill Lookout used by USA during WW2. As far east as you can go!!
Caribbean coast sights Charlotteville with cocoa sheds and Fort Cambleton overlooking Man O' War Bay.
by Janis Mintiks 1978, in memory of Latvian settlers.
Courland Sugar Mill and Factory ruins in residential development.
Black Rock
old church with wood
shingle facade.
Fort Bennett
site with only two
canons.
Fort Granby on the beach shortly after Bloody Bay start of Gilpin Trail Grafton Bird Sanctuary from 1963 Studley Park quarry.
Goodwood Genesis Nature Park & Art Gallery on main road.
into the Forest Reserve, first track from Bloody Bay to Roxborough and four waterfalls along the way.
Rainbown Falls
1765.
Entrance fee TT$60 or US$10. Tel: 660-4668
Goldsborough side road leads to Rainbow Falls, but only go with a local guide.
Richmond 18th Great House. Small
Refreshments.
Century
entrance fee.
Parlatuvier small waterfall. Forest Reserve protected
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.
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.
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The Castle Museum on Kimme Drive, Mt Irvine, houses Luise Kimme’s sculptures. Rocky Point, Mt Irvine remains of
Castara small waterfall in rainy season
fort and canons on the ground.
Mt. Dillon Lookout just after Norman Parkinson’s old house
including Buccoo Marsh for bird watching, Buccoo Reef and Nylon Pool, protected marine park since 1973.
only.
Kendal Great House used by the Golden Lane THA, visible on the hillside just before Roxborough.
since
after Hurricane Flora, when owner started feeding birds who had lost their habitats.
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 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…
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Buccoo Marine Park
Bon Accord lagoon, wetlands and No Man’s Land (boat access only).
Pigeon Point Heritage Park 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.
SOS Tobago Website www.sos-tobago.org E-mail: info@sos-tobago.og Mobile: (868) 29-3797