Title: Introducing Tobago (1)
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2Introducing Tobago
- Tiny Tobago (just 42km across) slouches in a deck
chair with a beer in hand watching its
crystalline waters shimmer in the sun. Though
Tobago is proud of its rainforest, fantastic
dive sites, stunning aquamarine bays and nature
reserves. Choose between plush ocean-side hotels
or tiny guesthouses in villages.
3Places In Tobago
4Crown Point
- Spread over Tobagos southwest tip, Crown Point
is the islands tourist epicenter, offering a
relatively wide range of accommodation,
restaurants, and some nightlife. - The attractive beaches and extensive services
make many tourists stay put, but anyone wanting a
deeper appreciation of Tobagos charms should
plan to push eastward to explore other parts of
the island.
www.visittobago.gov.tt
5Scarborough
Located 15 minutes drive east of Crown Point,
Scarborough is the islands only city, a crowded
port with bustling one-way streets and congested
traffic. Locals come here to bank, pay bills or
go shopping, and though there are some good
places to grab a bite and a neat public market,
most visitors will want to push onward.
www.visittobago.gov.tt
6Buccoo
Though its narrow strip of white sand is
monopolized by fishing boats at the village end,
Buccoo's sweeping palm-backed bay is pretty
spectacular, though it's more a place to hang out
or take a horse ride than throw down your towel.
www.visittobago.gov.tt
7Things To Do In Tobago
8Fort King George
- Atop a hill at the end of Fort St, this sizable
fort was built by the British between 1777 and
1779, and is worth a visit to see its restored
colonial-era buildings and magnificent views.
Benches under enormous saaman trees allow you to
gaze out over Scarborough bay, while cannons line
the forts stone walls, pointing out to sea over
palm-covered flatlands below. - The officers quarters now contain the small but
worthy Tobago Museum , which displays a healthy
collection of Amerindian artifacts, maps from the
1600s, military relics, a small geology exhibit.
www.visittobago.gov.tt
9Pirates Bay
Walk to the north end of the village, and take
the dirt track winding up and around the cliff,
and a 10-minute walk brings you to the top of the
concrete steps that descend to Pirates Bay,
which offers excellent snorkeling and fantastic
beach liming, with locals and visitors making a
day of it with coolers and games of beach
football.
www.visittobago.gov.tt
10Little Tobago (Paradise Island)
Also known as Bird of Paradise Island (though it
isn't home to any of the eponymous birds), Little
Tobago was the site of a cotton plantation during
the late 1800s, and is now an important seabird
sanctuary that offers rich pickings for
bird-watchers. Red-billed tropic birds,
magnificent frigate birds, brown boobies,
Audubons shearwaters, laughing gulls and sooty
terns are some of the species found here. The
hilly, arid island, which averages just 1.5km in
width, has a couple of short hiking trails with
captivating views.
www.visittobago.gov.tt
11Pigeon Point
You have to pay to get access to Pigeon Point,
the fine dining of Tobagos beaches, with
landscaped grounds, bars, restaurants, toilets
and showers spread along plenty of beachfront.
The postcard-perfect, palm-fringed beach has
powdery white sands and milky aqua water around
the headland, the choppy waters are perfect for
wind- and kite-surfing with Radical Watersports.
www.visittobago.gov.tt
12Contact Us
The Division of Tourism and Transportation Tobago
House of Assembly www.visittobago.gov.tt
Tourist Information Office Crown Point
International Airport.Phone 1 868 639
0509 Cruise Ship Complex,Scarborough.Phone 1
868 635 0934
- The Division of Tourism and Transportation
- 12 Sangster Hill,Scarborough,Tobago, W.I.
- Phone 1 868 639 2125, 639 4636Fax 1 868 639
3566