While turtles can be spotted year round through diving and snorkelling in the crystal clear waters and reefs, its hard to beat the sheer spectacle of observing turtles come ashore during the nesting season. This oceanfront resort is set in scarborough, tobago, just 5 miles from the city center. Going turtlewatching both witnessing the nesting ritual, and seeing clutches emerging. While we do offer shorter island tours such as the highlights of tobago halfday tour, this allday tour is the best way to make the most of your trip and really see what tobago is about, including just enough history, culture and beach to satisfy everyones interests. Trinbagowheelers tobago international cycling classic. Leatherbacks come from as far as africa, canada and the uk to nest on our beaches. Customized tours to suit your needs can also be arranged. Were going to be in tobago next week and want to go see some turtles. Turtle watching in tobago caribbean travel inspiration.
There are 5 species of marine turtle in tobago, with the most common being giant leatherback, green and hawksbill. Save our sea turtles sos is a registered community based organization, founded in 2000 with an ambitious mission to conserve tobagos sea turtles and their coastal and marine habitat through research, education and ecotourism. I have been a tour guide for the past 20 years, and am passionate about the island i was born and raised on. Day tour to our sister isle of tobago package can be arranged. Peter cox wildlife tours tobago 2020 all you need to. This mytobago guide offers unbiased information and opinion about turtle view residence. Tobago island tour is one of the most popular and adventurous tours around the entire island.
The turtle village trust is the umbrella body for the. Turtle beach also known as great courland bay, got its name from the amount of turtles that will come ashore and lay their eggs. Save our sea turtles tobago t 328 7351, w, a locally run charity, often do free lectures on turtle nesting during the season, and their website has plenty of more detailed information. Two of the main nesting beaches in trinidad are the protected maturaorosco bay run by nature seekers and grande riviere managed by the grande riviere nature tour guide association, and stonehaven and turtle courland beaches protected by the sos save our sea turtles group in tobago. All these tours and excursions include collection and return to your tobago hotel or holiday accommodation a supplementary charge may apply to guests staying in outlying areas. All of the turtles and their eggs are legally protected.
What are the most popular types of hotels for a vacation to tobago. The tour takes you turtle watching to grande riviere, mt. This important nesting population is the third largest in the world. Starfish tobago resort is appealling to all age ranges.
From march to september and sometimes outside of these months, five different turtle species nest on trinidad and tobagos beaches. Kennedy island tours tobago 2020 all you need to know. Then you must join nature seekers as we take you on an exceptional journey to experience the ancient nesting ritual of the majestic leatherback sea turtles. Travelers have said this is one of the best ways you can see what tobago and the environs have to offer including an experience that you will never forget which is swimming at castara bay, where you can snorkel and view the stingrays.
My name is wayne kennedy, and i am the owner and registered tour guide for tobago island tours. We offer frank and impartial information about tobago holiday accommodation, restaurants, tours, sightseeing and other tourist information invaluable to every holiday visitor. They can grow up to 2180 cm or 5271 inches and weigh a. Wide range of trinidad southern caribbean tours including city, swim, pitchlake,museum and monastery tours. Turtle watching in tobago caribbean travel inspiration tropical sky. The following tours are ideal for visitors staying in tobago. Kayak through mangrove swamps, mountain bike testing trails in the islands northeast, drift dive with manta rays and sharks, hike the rainforest reserve or take in the distinctive tobago pursuits.
Tucked away on the shore of its own palmfringed beach, turtle beach by rex resorts is the ultimate of all tobago vacations, and a warm tobago welcome awaits. Eric tobago community partnerships pure nature tours. Leatherback turtle covering the eggs it thinks on the beach in tobago. Matura bay turtle tour this is largely an evening tour to matura bay via orosco road but, depending on the need, could be made into a birding and turtleviewing tour. Know your country tours public transport service corporation. Through the efforts of tour guide services to visitors on matura beach, tagging of turtles, and patrolling the group has. Turtles return to nest on tobago beaches from march until. Leatherback, hawksbill and green turtles return annually to the western shores of tobago to lay their eggs in the first six. Hawksbill turtles are named after their beak which looks like the bill of a hawk, although some persons refer to them as oxbill turtles. Wandering carefully along the beach you might be able to spot turtle nests or tracks or even a turtle itself, waiting for night to fall so that it can come ashore and dig. Times are tough for the travel community right now. Turtle view residence is a 9bedroom guest house in black rock, tobago. Tobago pricing sightseeing tours trinidad and tobago.
There are five main types of sea turtles which have been seen nesting along the northern and eastern coasts of trinidad and tobago. The most important nesting sites in trinidad are matura bay, fishing pond, and grande riviere and. Experience an educational tour that focuses on the natural wonders of the amazing lifestyles of the leatherback sea turtles. Turtle beach by rex resorts, tobago, courland bay, tobago. Transportation from any part of tobago is also included in the tour. Unfortunately, nesting beaches are not yet protected by law and there is no official funding for patrols. The tiny caribbean island of tobago, along with its larger neighbour trinidad, is among the worlds premier turtle watching destinations. The turtle spends two hours on the shore, laying around a hundred eggs. We provide training in all padi courses from discover scuba to divemaster and also take you on regular dive tours.
Tucked away on the shore of its own palmfringed beach, turtle beach by rex resorts is the ultimate of all tobago vacations. These are the largest of the sea turtles and when nesting can resemble a car. Turtle view residence is your private get away, your home away from home. The hotel can make all the arrangements for any memorable occasion, no matter how many in the party. Eco tourism tours, turtle watching and night life steelband,calypso, casino. Some respected groups in tobago are trying to change the annual slaying of these endangered species. Modern rooms provide private balconies with ocean views. Public transport service corporation moving people forward. It offers buffetstyle dining, poolside bars and recreation options that include scuba diving and deepsea fishing. A full days tour, giving you the chance to see the very best of this beautiful island. The smaller half of trinidad and tobago, the 116square mile island is a top ecotourism destination.
Go turtlewatching in tobago for a humbling experience. If youre looking for an authentic escape to the caribbean, then we have the beachfront allinclusive tobago hotel for you. In conjunction with an authorized local turtle protection group with twowayradios etc. The large shaded bay is also a great and relaxing bathing, surfing and kayaking site. Road trip tt is an outdoor tour, sightseeing, hiking, adventure activity and destination travel service company in trinidad and tobago. Our dive base also engages in snorkeling trips, coastal charters and fishing tours. Watch the turtles come ashore and lay their eggs, and if you are very lucky, their hatchlings emerge from the sands. Carlos linares venezuelaraiders, left, wears the yellow jersey after winning the division one 60km5lap race on the opening stage of the 2018 tobago international cycling classic ticc. Turtle watching provided by fish tobago tours tripadvisor. Eco and nature tours to caroni swamp, nariva swamp and asa wright nature center. Even though the laying trance is about 1015 minutes, the rest of the time is spent on digging of the egg chamber and about forty minutes in the end go to camouflage. On tobago, enjoy either the secluded and intimate cuffie river nature retreat, deep in tobagos highland rainforest, or the newlyrenovated beachfront blue waters inn on the islands northern coast, perfect for birding, snorkeling, and relaxing. Guests at starfish tobago can enjoy snorkeling or kayaking in the caribbean sea.
Resort starfish tobago, scarborough, trinidad and tobago. The fascinating turtle watching experience duration. Tobago basks in tranquillity and sunshine, just 22 miles off trinidads northeastern tip. Instead, the leatherbacks body is covered with a layer of tough, dark, rubbery skin that resembles leather. Turtlewatching in tobago rough guides rough guides. Starfish tobago, formally turtle beach by rex resorts is home to one of the best of all caribbean beach experiences, offering conference. The fascinating turtle watching experience nature seekers.
Carnettas inncascadia hotelalicias palacemoniques guest house. Best to register with your hotel and let them know your intentions. We pick you up and take you for an amazing experience. Turtles that can be spotted are green, hawksbill and leatherback. Whenever we get a call that a turtle has been spotted youll be the first to know.
Save our sea turtles sos tobago, has been spearheading conservation efforts and has managed to develop turtlewatching guidelines which are distributed at the start of each nesting season. Youre likely to be arriving aboard one of the 24 international flights that operate from this major airport in tobago each month. Linares takes opening stage of tobago cycle classic. Nature seekers is a communitybased organization founded in 1990 with the aim of protecting nesting leatherback turtles in trinidad and tobago. For you turtle lovers, turtle nesting period starts from march to august and it is also said to be a good spot for bird watching on the northern side. Visit tobago south tobago diving holiday caribbean trip idea. The absolute must do, once in a lifetime experience on tobago. Leatherback turtles are the most numerous sea turtle species nesting in trinidad in tobago. With so much to do and especially with your time at a premium it makes good sense to set out to explore tobago with someone who knows which direction to take whether you seek land or water. Two months later, turtle hatchlings emerge especially from june to august. Turtlewatching in tobago is an exhilarating and humbling experience, as jackie holland explains a s i sat gazing into the starfilled sky on the terrace of my villa, the shrill cry of my mobile. Anyone snorkelling the reefs of tobago has a good chance of seeing marine turtles swimming among the reefs, as tobago is home to the hawksbill turtle and the green turtle.
Save our sea turtles sos is a registered community based organization, founded in 2000 with an ambitious mission to conserve tobagos sea turtles and their coastal and marine habitat. Guests staying at either lodge enjoy a glassbottom boat trip to nearby little tobago island in. During peak turtle nesting season 1 march31 august, five of the seven sea turtle species found globally return to trinidads beaches to lay their eggs. Turtle covering eggs in tobago at turtle beach resort. Trinidad is the second largest leatherback nesting site in the world. For families, there is a club for children aged between four and 12. Was wondering if anyone knows the details do we have to go with a tour. Weve got all the information you need to ensure you catch a sight of some incredible sea turtles during your trip to tobago. Our shores have become two of the worlds most important nesting grounds especially for the leatherback turtles.
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