På gång i Tobago (Scarborough), Trinidad and Tobago under året

Mycket folk — Christmas and parang, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 okt – 30 jun (vanligtvis)), Christmas and parang (25 nov – 1 jan)

Mycket folk — Trinidad and Tobago Carnival

• Helg

  Trinidad and Tobago Carnival

  16–17 febTrångtStängningarBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Dry season (1 jan – 31 maj), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 okt – 30 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Leatherback nesting

  1 mar – 31 aug · vanligtvisSköldpaddornas äggläggning

  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 aprSportevenemangTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Dry season (1 jan – 31 maj), Trinidad and Tobago Carnival (16–17 feb), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 okt – 30 jun (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Buccoo Goat Races

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Dry season (1 jan – 31 maj), Leatherback nesting (1 mar – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Buccoo Goat Races (7 apr), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 okt – 30 jun (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Dry season (1 jan – 31 maj), Leatherback nesting (1 mar – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 okt – 30 jun (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Risk

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Leatherback nesting (1 mar – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 okt – 30 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Tobago Heritage Festival, Emancipation and Independence

• Festival

  Tobago Heritage Festival

  16 jul – 1 augStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Emancipation and Independence

  31 jul – 1 sepNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Leatherback nesting (1 mar – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Mest folk — Tobago Heritage Festival, Emancipation and Independence

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Leatherback nesting (1 mar – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), Tobago Heritage Festival (16 jul – 1 aug), Emancipation and Independence (31 jul – 1 sep)

Mycket folk — Emancipation and Independence, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), Emancipation and Independence (31 jul – 1 sep)

Mycket folk — Divali

• Natur

  Seabirds on Little Tobago

  1 okt – 30 jun · vanligtvisFågelsäsong

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Divali

  15 okt – 15 nov · vanligtvisDiwaliStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Mest folk — Divali, Christmas and parang

• Festival

  Christmas and parang

  25 nov – 1 janJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 okt – 30 jun (vanligtvis)), Divali (15 okt – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Christmas and parang, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Seabirds on Little Tobago (1 okt – 30 jun (vanligtvis)), Christmas and parang (25 nov – 1 jan)