Things to do in Trinidad

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Take the short flight over to Tobago. Beautiful island, Tobago is a great place to explore. Trinidad is not so much. One place I can recommend in Trinidad, though, is the Asa Wright Nature Center. It's up fairly high in the hills/mountains surrounded by lush rainforest and is a rustic but nice lodge. Another thing I enjoyed was taking Nanan's Caroni sanctuary boat tour. It's in a large swamp near the airport and there are hundreds of Scarlet Ibis that roost there. The boat tour takes you to see them as they come in at sunset. Lots of other wildlife too. For beaches in Trinidad you have to drive to the north coast to get away from the mud flats that make up most of the shore. I've heard good things about Las Brisas resort and the area around it on the far northeast tip of Trinidad but have never made the drive.

In theory you can take a ferry over to Tobago but the locals advised against it. They say that the ferry breaks down all the time and the flights are cheap and faster.

Thanks! Definitely not opposed to flying to Tobago. Is it major airlines or small hopper flights we’ll have to catch?

Small, cheap hopper flights. It's not far and can't be a long flight at all.

You'll have to be careful about covid restrictions. I know a guy that had to catch a rescue flight out after Trinidad locked down for covid. This was a couple of months ago. He spent a week waiting for a way out.