Unique Places in Trinidad and Tobago

The Highland waterfalls are more impressive than the "famous" Argyle waterfalls.
As this waterfall is totally unmarked, this makes finding it without a guide impossible.
Particularly as this one is located in an area where you are unlikely to find a living sole to ask directions.
The falls can be found to the left of the minor road between Les Coteaux and Mason Hall. Ignore the "Road Closed" sign at the turn off. Having driven as far up the trail as you can, you park and take a 10-15 minute hot hike alongside a stream to the falls, where the lagoon before the falls offers a perfect location for a cooling dip.
One of the only tours, that go there is the Jeep safari, booked by http://www.tobagonow.com/tour01.htm

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Explore the wonderfull world of the rainforest.
From Roxborough, take the road through the Tobago Forest Reserve.
Almost at he end of this road, there in a big stone, marking the beginning of a small route (See picture) through the rainforest. It goes all the way to Bloody Bay.
Here you will see all kinds of birds, crabs and beautifull plants and flowers.
There are tourguides sitting at the beginning of the route sometimes.
However, you don't need them, unless you like someone explaining what kind of birds, reptiles and flowers you are watching.

When I took the ferry from Trinidad to Venezuela, they gave yellow fever immunizations to anyone not having the documentation to show they had been immunized. It was free and they used new needles and syringes for each person. The only thing, I think it is supposed to take a few days after the innocculation for the immunity to develope.

Go to Pidgeon Point and get aboard a glass-bottomed boat for a guided tour over the Coral Gardens with its abundant marine life. From there cruise to Buccoo Reef for an hour's snorkelling in the crystal clear waters of the reef. After the snorkelling, take a refreshing swim in the "Nylon Pool" with its shallow waters, rumoured to have life-giving properties. This is Tobago's version of the "Fountain of Youth".

I can confirm that the road between L'Anse Fourmi & Charlotteville is definately NOT finished, by any stretch of the imagination. We drove first to L'Anse Fourmi but a sign said that the road was closed due to a landslide, we got as far as the workmens huts and decided to turn back. Then we asked a local at Charlotteville if the road was passable in our small hire car (not a jeep or 4 x 4). He said yes and that he saw cars like ours using it everyday ! The first part from Charlotteville is the worst. It is totally unmade, steep, narrow and scary - but there was nowhere to turn around and impossible to reverse back down, so the only way was to continue. It did get better and looked like in the picture, but imagine one of the HUGE construction trucks passing you on a single track road and he wants to pass on the left - leaving us to the steep edge ! Further on was a patch of loose stone covering almost the whole width of the road, the road here was rather steep and we got stuck sinking deeper and deeper into the road. My husband had to reverse to get out of it and pass again on the edge of the road with the sheer drop.

The road eventually turned into tarmac, but still there were massive holes for the drainage system, some were taped off with caution tape - some not. They had even started cutting holes in the brand new road - it felt like we were back in England !

Eventually we arrived at the workmens huts we had seen earlier in the day at L'Anse Fourmi and I breathed a huge sigh of relief.

To sum up - if you are considering taking this road in any type of vehicle at the moment - You must be barking MAD.

Well this is 1 of my many days on a hike through the jungle!!!
I can't really remember where about's this was, but it was in Trinidad a few hours drive south of Port of Spain. On this occassion we walked for 8 hours till we hit a beach where we stayed the night!!

Another worthwhile destination off the beaten path is the Point-A-Pierre Wildfowl Trust. Located on the southeast coast, it is home to a variety of waterbirds. It is also where several endangered species are reared in captivity before being released into the wild. Since the trust is on the property of a prtro-chemical plant, advance arrangements need to be made for your visit. The Trust has several short trails to walk as you enjoy the nature.

These are Black-bellied whistling Ducks.

Man -o-War Bay is a large horseshoe shaped bay that fronts the village of Charlotteville. As you come down the steep road of an evening or very early morning you may see pairs of parrots flying in front of you.
There is a super place to snorkel just a 10 minute walk and several steps down to the beach from here, at Pirate's Bay, ask a local how to find it.
If you want to explore, take a walk out to the site of the old Fort Campbell. It is left a ways.
Last but not least, if you spend the night at a guesthouse here expect to hear roosters crowing very early in the morning.