After one false start, when the weather was too bad to make the crossing to Little Tobago, we set off on a day trip from Castara with Ali Baba Tours.
Concordia Estate, Tobago – a Complete Review
Opened in May 2019, family-owned and operated Concordia Estate is Tobago's newest eco-resort. Mark and I were very excited to be amongst the first visitors invited to spend the weekend on...
A Visit to Mount Klouto, Togo
The second country we visited on our recent West Africa tour was Togo, a narrow country sandwiched between Ghana on the west and Benin on the east, with a small border with Burkina Faso to the...
Everything you didn’t know about Hummingbirds!
I have written about our encounters with Trinidad and Tobago's incredible hummingbirds, both at the Asa Wright Nature Centre and at Yerette. This post is full of mind-blowing...
Yerette, Home of the Hummingbird, Trinidad
Even though we had seen hummingbirds up close at the Asa Wright Nature Centre in Trinidad, we didn't want to miss the opportunity to see more and, more importantly, to...
Caroni Swamp and Bird Sanctuary, Trinidad
When I saw the large group of tiny, uniformed school children waiting to join the same boat tour of the Caroni Swamp and Bird Sanctuary as us, I have to say my heart sank. ...
Pitch Lake, Trinidad
Trinidadians (or Trinis as they refer to themselves here) often cite Pitch Lake as being the eighth wonder of the world. It doesn't look particularly...
Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad
From the moment the lady at the Asa Wright Centre in Trinidad picked up the phone and responded to my enquiry as to whether we...
