Top Things to do in Trinidad
The 10 Best Things to do Good for Kids in Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Looking for a Caribbean cultural melting pot renowned for its Carnival and pulsating to the beat of steel drums, soca music, and calypso? Trinidad is also lined with relaxing beaches and rainforest waterfalls. Nature watching is colorfully kaleidoscopic, with over 450 bird, 600 butterfly, and 700 orchid species. Golf, hiking, mountain biking, surfing, kayaking, fishing, and boating are among the outdoor pastimes. Cool off with fresh cane juice and sea moss milkshakes. Vegetarian food is plentiful. Eat curries and explore India’s influence at Maha Sabha Indian Caribbean Museum and the Waterloo Temple over the sea. Visit Port of Spain, and stroll and jog in Queen’s Park Savannah, near the Botanical Gardens, Emperor Valley Zoo, and Magnificent Seven buildings. The Savannah attracts truckloads of fresh coconuts, and doubles men sell coveted aloo pies. Walk around Independence Square and the Brian Lara Promenade. The Central Bank Money Museum in downtown’s financial district displays doubloons, gold bars, and Slave Savings Bank memorabilia. View Columbus Square’s 1836 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Parliament meets in Woodford Square’s Red House. King’s Wharf is where cruise ships and Tobago ferries dock. The Venezuela ferry docks at Williams Bay. Near the Chaguaramas Military History & Aerospace Museum is a marina with yachts, sailboats, dry docks, and boat hires. The South Quay’s Fort San Andreas, built by Spain in the 1700s, has a small Port of Spain history museum branch of the National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago.
Restaurants in Trinidad
1. GO WEST Trinidad & Tobago Yacht
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 139 reviews
Forget about your world, come, follow us, join our travel... Azzurro is an adventurous sailing boat that can host 1 couple in complete intimacy or 6 friends. We are part of the same crew and we are looking for adventure or maybe... only for an enjoyable sailing day trip visiting the islands of Trinidad and Tobago.
2. Nariva Swamp
3. Chacachacare
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 34 reviews
This mysterious, uninhabited island, once the site of a colony of lepers run by a group of nuns, is only five miles off the northwest coast of Trinidad.
Reviewed By OETT19 - Trinidad, Caribbean
You will need to take a boat to get to the island from Trinidad. This island is filled with activities. First, you can take a hike up to the lighthouse where you can view Venezuela. The hike is a little hard because you have to go up hill, but coming down will be easier because you would be going down hill. The beaches are lovely and great for swimming. This is a must visit.
4. Maracas Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,800 reviews
This popular beach spot fulfills the fantasy of the ideal Caribbean beach, but is just as famous for the scenic rainforest drive that must be made to reach it.
Reviewed By aval669
Always a blast. The most popular beach on the island. It's absolutely beautiful. Go for a walk, have something to eat, dance all under the watchful eyes of the skilled life guards. Just go, you won't regret it.
5. Caroni Lagoon National Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 41 reviews
This new national park was recently commissioned to help preserve Trinidad's wildlife.
Reviewed By Nell1954 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
For nature lovers, this is a must. A couple of hours through the mangrove swamps with an expert guide, watching scarlet ibis, blue herons, flamingos, tree boas - what an experience!
6. Mount St. Benedict Monastery
7. La Brea Pitch Lake
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 173 reviews
This 100-acre lake releases asphalt from the depths below and is the largest natural asphalt lake in the world.
Reviewed By RossBlake - Cranbrook, Canada
The Pitch Lake in La Brea is a surprising place to visit. What I thought would be a weird oddity to visit as part of a day trip on the island, it turned out to be a highlight and a definitely a recommendation. The lake is known as the largest natural bitumen deposit in the world. While being a tourist attraction, it’s also actively mined for bitumen for roads and a unique ecosystem for wildlife. Pitch from the lake has been mined in some way or another for 500 years, from waterproofing of boats to kerosene production to road bitumen/asphalt. I visited the lake as part of a day trip with Sensational Tours and Transport (can’t recommend more!). We arrived at the lake and were set up with a guide called Daniel, a humorous older gentleman with a wealth of knowledge and a dry wit. We were informed that our feet would be wet, then on pitch in the sun, so we should wear the crocs provided. We waded out onto the lake and traversed the faults where fresh pitch was rising as a liquid before cooling. Daniel explained the history of the site and the extent of the mining being undertaken. We were joined along the way by a local village dog on our journey and watched as an osprey had a meal on the tar. Daniel peeled a layer of tar “skin” to highlight the drying process. He also found fresh liquid tar and used a stick to show the viscosity, producing a ribbon. Daniel found methane vents to flare with a lighter, showing how much gas is surfacing. He also told us about the otters waiting in the reeds to hijack birds landing to feed. We spent over an hour on the lake, witnessing spontaneous combustion under cashew trees to bubbling pitch. The cost was TTD$30 each and well worth the drive!
8. Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 63 reviews
Ideally, reservations for visiting must be made at least a week in advance. Our guided Nature Walks are about one and a half hours long and are conducted at 9:30am and 1pm during weekdays and 10:30am and 1pm during weekends. The Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust was founded in 1966. We are a national, not-for-profit environmental organization dedicated to Environmental Education, Public Awareness and the research, breeding and re-introduction into the wild of locally endangered waterfowl species and other wetland birds. As an inland, freshwater habitat encompassing approximately 32 hectares and 2 lakes, we are uniquely situated within a major petro-chemical and oil-refining complex, making it the only one in the world.
Reviewed By sjnielsen
Nice for family time, picnic nature walks and bird watching... very nice for photos also a must to your things to do in trinidad and tobago
9. Asa Wright Nature Centre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 436 reviews
This small resort, buried among mountains deep in the Trinidad rain forest, is famous for its amazing diversity in animal and plant species.
Reviewed By KristaTheNetherlands - Zeewolde, The Netherlands
Excellent place for bird watching and other wildlife. From the veranda of the main house, you will see all kind of hummingbirds and other birds. Walk down the trail and you will see even more. It’s an easy hike. Rangers will tell you all about the birds. Informative panels will also help you out. They also have accomodation available. Make sure you drive down the hill before sunset as it’s a steapy road.
10. Gasparee Caves
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 34 reviews
Reviewed By Nicagyaltravels - Davie, United States
Wow wow wow.... First off this is a hike that requires you to be in shape. They say it takes 5 to 6 hours to and from but we started at 926am and didn't finish till 610pm. Bring water, start early like 7am and bring prepared food. Once you get to the beach there is fresh spring water you can refill your water bottles with. Travel as light as possible as this is a very strenuous hike. Its rated a 6/10 in difficulty and definitely do this hike with Shaun from Hike Life Adventures. He is the absolute best. Truly a gifted hiker. The beauty of this hike is the journey and finishing it. There is a boat that can take you to the beach but you miss the hidden gems along the way. I saw things many tourist never get to see. This was one for the books...
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