Det sker i Tobago (Scarborough), Trinidad and Tobago året igennem

Travlt — Christmas and parang, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Dry season

  1. jan. – 31. maj

  January to May is the dry half: the tracks into the rainforest reserve stay passable, the water over Buccoo Reef clears, and the Atlantic side calms down enough to swim. Rates follow the weather up.

Stadig i gang: Seabirds on Little Tobago (1. okt. – 30. jun. (normalt)), Christmas and parang (25. nov. – 1. jan.)

Travlt — Trinidad and Tobago Carnival

• Helligdag

  Trinidad and Tobago Carnival

  16.–17. feb.TætpakketLukningerBook tidligt

  The country stops for the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. Most of it happens in Port of Spain, so the effect on Tobago is the reverse: the inter-island ferry and the short flight sell out for a fortnight either side. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Dry season (1. jan. – 31. maj), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1. okt. – 30. jun. (normalt))

Tætpakket — rejsende beskriver det som højsæson, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Natur

  Leatherback nesting

  1. mar. – 31. aug. · normaltSkildpaddeyngel

  Leatherbacks haul out overnight on Turtle Beach and Stonehaven Bay from March, peak between April and July, and the hatchlings run through August. The main beaches are guided-only after dark, and the guides check permits.

• Festival

  Buccoo Goat Races

  7. apr.SportsbegivenhedTætpakket

  Goats and their sprinting handlers race at Buccoo on the Tuesday after Easter, a fixture here for a century, with crab races alongside. The village and the one road into it are solid all afternoon. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Dry season (1. jan. – 31. maj), Trinidad and Tobago Carnival (16.–17. feb.), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1. okt. – 30. jun. (normalt))

Travlt — Buccoo Goat Races

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Dry season (1. jan. – 31. maj), Leatherback nesting (1. mar. – 31. aug. (normalt)), Buccoo Goat Races (7. apr.), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1. okt. – 30. jun. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Dry season (1. jan. – 31. maj), Leatherback nesting (1. mar. – 31. aug. (normalt)), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1. okt. – 30. jun. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Risiko

  Hurricane season

  1. jun. – 30. nov.

  Tobago sits at the southern edge of the belt and direct hits are rare enough that islanders name them by decade, but the tropical waves that cross it bring the wettest weeks of the year and cancel boat days. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Leatherback nesting (1. mar. – 31. aug. (normalt)), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1. okt. – 30. jun. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Tobago Heritage Festival, Emancipation and Independence

• Festival

  Tobago Heritage Festival

  16. jul. – 1. aug.Stor festivalTætpakket

  Not one parade but a fortnight in which each village stages its own night: ole time wedding at Moriah, folk theatre, the salaka feast. You drive somewhere different every evening, which is the point of it. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Emancipation and Independence

  31. jul. – 1. sep.National helligdagLukningerTætpakket

  Two public holidays a month apart, on 1 August and 31 August, and Trinidadians take the ferry over for both. Government offices shut and the Store Bay end is at its busiest of the wet season. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Leatherback nesting (1. mar. – 31. aug. (normalt)), Hurricane season (1. jun. – 30. nov.)

Tætpakket — Tobago Heritage Festival, Emancipation and Independence

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Leatherback nesting (1. mar. – 31. aug. (normalt)), Hurricane season (1. jun. – 30. nov.), Tobago Heritage Festival (16. jul. – 1. aug.), Emancipation and Independence (31. jul. – 1. sep.)

Travlt — Emancipation and Independence, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Hurricane season (1. jun. – 30. nov.), Emancipation and Independence (31. jul. – 1. sep.)

Travlt — Divali

• Natur

  Seabirds on Little Tobago

  1. okt. – 30. jun. · normaltFuglesæson

  Red-billed tropicbirds nest on the island off Speyside through the dry half of the year and frigatebirds harry them over the ridge. Boats run from Speyside when the channel is calm enough. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Divali

  15. okt. – 15. nov. · normaltDiwaliLukninger

  A national public holiday here, with deyas along walls and driveways after dark. Most of the display is in Trinidad, but the day off and the closed offices apply on both islands. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Hurricane season (1. jun. – 30. nov.)

Tætpakket — Divali, Christmas and parang

• Festival

  Christmas and parang

  25. nov. – 1. jan.Jul & nytårTætpakketBook tidligt

  Parang bands work through December and the returning diaspora fills the flights and the guest houses from mid-month. Rooms and hire cars are dearer now than at any point except Carnival. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Hurricane season (1. jun. – 30. nov.), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1. okt. – 30. jun. (normalt)), Divali (15. okt. – 15. nov. (normalt))

Travlt — Christmas and parang, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Seabirds on Little Tobago (1. okt. – 30. jun. (normalt)), Christmas and parang (25. nov. – 1. jan.)