Qué hay en Tobago (Scarborough), Trinidad y Tobago, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Christmas and parang, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Dry season

  1 Ene – 31 May

  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.

Sigue en marcha: Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 Oct – 30 Jun (normalmente)), Christmas and parang (25 Nov – 1 Ene)

Concurrido — Trinidad and Tobago Carnival

• Festivo

  Trinidad and Tobago Carnival

  16–17 FebMucha genteCierresReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Dry season (1 Ene – 31 May), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 Oct – 30 Jun (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Leatherback nesting

  1 Mar – 31 Ago · normalmenteAnidación de tortugas

  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 AbrEvento deportivoMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Dry season (1 Ene – 31 May), Trinidad and Tobago Carnival (16–17 Feb), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 Oct – 30 Jun (normalmente))

Concurrido — Buccoo Goat Races

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Dry season (1 Ene – 31 May), Leatherback nesting (1 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Buccoo Goat Races (7 Abr), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 Oct – 30 Jun (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Dry season (1 Ene – 31 May), Leatherback nesting (1 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 Oct – 30 Jun (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Riesgo

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Leatherback nesting (1 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 Oct – 30 Jun (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Tobago Heritage Festival, Emancipation and Independence

• Festival

  Tobago Heritage Festival

  16 Jul – 1 AgoGran festivalMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Emancipation and Independence

  31 Jul – 1 SepFiesta nacionalCierresMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Leatherback nesting (1 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Máxima afluencia — Tobago Heritage Festival, Emancipation and Independence

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Leatherback nesting (1 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Tobago Heritage Festival (16 Jul – 1 Ago), Emancipation and Independence (31 Jul – 1 Sep)

Concurrido — Emancipation and Independence, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Emancipation and Independence (31 Jul – 1 Sep)

Concurrido — Divali

• Naturaleza

  Seabirds on Little Tobago

  1 Oct – 30 Jun · normalmenteTemporada de aves

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Divali

  15 Oct – 15 Nov · normalmenteDiwaliCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Máxima afluencia — Divali, Christmas and parang

• Festival

  Christmas and parang

  25 Nov – 1 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 Oct – 30 Jun (normalmente)), Divali (15 Oct – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Concurrido — Christmas and parang, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 Oct – 30 Jun (normalmente)), Christmas and parang (25 Nov – 1 Ene)