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| Location: |
The most southerly destination in
the Caribbean chain, Trinidad is 7 miles off the Venezuelan coast. |
| Airport: |
Piarco International Airport (POS) |
| Flights (from UK) |
Caribbean Airlines, handles flights from the
UK until May when they will embark on a code sharing agreement with British
Airways. |
| Flight time: |
9 hours (-5 hrs BST) |
| Capital: |
Port of Spain |
| Size: |
Rectangular in shape, 37 miles x 50 miles |
| What to do: |
Carnival in February
Sport (football, cricket, horse racing, golf, rugby, game fishing, field
hockey, track & field)
Eco/Adventure tourism (home to over 430 bird species, 620 species of butterflies,
2300 different flowering plants and shrubs, 100 species of mammals and 70
reptiles. |
| What to see: |
Asa Wright Nature Centre
Caroni Bird Sanctuary
El Tucuche Reserve |
| Accommodation: |
Good quality hotels, charming bed and breakfast,
eco lodges, guesthouses & host homes, self-catering |
| Inter-island Services: |
The inter island ferries are the T&T
Express, The Cat (fast ferries) and the Panorama and Warrior Spirit (conventional)
Tobago Express, daily Flights. 25mins. £ 35.00 pp/rtn |
| Currency: |
Trinidad & Tobago Dollar (approx 12 dollars
to the £) |
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