Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Tobago (Scarborough), Trinidad en Tobago

Druk — Christmas and parang, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Dry season

  1 jan – 31 mei

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 okt – 30 jun (meestal)), Christmas and parang (25 nov – 1 jan)

Druk — Trinidad and Tobago Carnival

• Feestdag

  Trinidad and Tobago Carnival

  16–17 febDrukSluitingenBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Dry season (1 jan – 31 mei), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 okt – 30 jun (meestal))

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Leatherback nesting

  1 mrt – 31 aug · meestalNestelende schildpadden

  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 aprSportevenementDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Dry season (1 jan – 31 mei), Trinidad and Tobago Carnival (16–17 feb), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 okt – 30 jun (meestal))

Druk — Buccoo Goat Races

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Dry season (1 jan – 31 mei), Leatherback nesting (1 mrt – 31 aug (meestal)), Buccoo Goat Races (7 apr), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 okt – 30 jun (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Dry season (1 jan – 31 mei), Leatherback nesting (1 mrt – 31 aug (meestal)), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 okt – 30 jun (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Risico

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Leatherback nesting (1 mrt – 31 aug (meestal)), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 okt – 30 jun (meestal))

Topdrukte — Tobago Heritage Festival, Emancipation and Independence

• Festival

  Tobago Heritage Festival

  16 jul – 1 augGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Emancipation and Independence

  31 jul – 1 sepNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Leatherback nesting (1 mrt – 31 aug (meestal)), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Topdrukte — Tobago Heritage Festival, Emancipation and Independence

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Leatherback nesting (1 mrt – 31 aug (meestal)), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), Tobago Heritage Festival (16 jul – 1 aug), Emancipation and Independence (31 jul – 1 sep)

Druk — Emancipation and Independence, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), Emancipation and Independence (31 jul – 1 sep)

Druk — Divali

• Natuur

  Seabirds on Little Tobago

  1 okt – 30 jun · meestalVogelseizoen

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Divali

  15 okt – 15 nov · meestalDiwaliSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Topdrukte — Divali, Christmas and parang

• Festival

  Christmas and parang

  25 nov – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 okt – 30 jun (meestal)), Divali (15 okt – 15 nov (meestal))

Druk — Christmas and parang, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 okt – 30 jun (meestal)), Christmas and parang (25 nov – 1 jan)