A Carnival of Wildlife

Located at approximately 400 metres altitude in the mountains of the Northern Range, north of the town of Arima, the Asa Wright Nature Centre was established in 1967. It is a world-class birding destination as well as a being a centre for conservation and research into tropical ecology. Find Out More about {acc:title}

• Where: Trinidad
• Ideal for viewing: oilbird, golden-headed manakin, bearded bellbird, collared trogon, red-rumped agouti
• Excellent for: Walking safaris, Birdwatching

Situated on the west coast of Trinidad, this so-called swamp is the second largest mangrove wetland area on the island. Covering an area of more than 5,000 hectares, where the Caroni River enters the Gulf of Paria, it is renowned for the birdlife in its large, pristine mangrove forests. Find Out More about {acc:title}

• Where: West coast
• Ideal for viewing: little blue heron, scarlet ibis, great black hawk, Cook’s tree boa, fiddler crab
• Excellent for: River safaris, Birdwatching

This cave system is situated on the northern slope of Mount Tamana in the foothills of eastern Trinidad’s Central Range. The caves are home to an extremely large population of various types of bats – estimates of the exact number range from 500,000 individuals to as many as three million. Find Out More about {acc:title}

• Where: Trinidad
• Ideal for viewing: greater spear-nosed bat, lesser spear-nosed bat, Trinidadian funnel-eared bat, Gonatodes gecko, long-nosed bat

Lying on the east coast of Trinidad close to Manzanilla Bay, the largest freshwater wetland on the island, Nariva Swamp covers more than 6,000 hectares can only be accessed by boat. It is the principal habitat of the rare West Indian manatee, and one of the most diverse ecosystems in the entire Caribbean. Find Out More about {acc:title}

• Where: East coast of Trinidad
• Ideal for viewing: prehensile-tailed porcupine, red howler monkey, white-fronted capuchin monkey, blue and yellow macaw, orange-winged parrot
• Excellent for: River safaris, Birdwatching

The small island of Little Tobago lies off the northeast coast of its larger counterpart and it is only accessible by boat. A variety of the region's seabirds nest on the cliffs and the island is surrounded by coral reefs – which means there is plenty to see both on land and underwater. Find Out More about {acc:title}

• Where: Tobago
• Ideal for viewing: red-billed tropicbird, white-tailed nightjar, magnificent frigatebird, red-footed booby, Audubon’s shearwater
• Excellent for: Dummy

Established in 1776, Tobago’s Main Ridge Forest Reserve is considered to be the oldest area of protected forest in the western hemisphere. As a result, this swathe of lush rainforest has remained untouched by development for over 200 years, allowing its native flora and fauna to flourish. Find Out More about {acc:title}

• Where: Tobago
• Ideal for viewing: collared trogon, blue-backed manakin, white-tailed sabrewing, blue-crowned motmot, blackback land crab
• Excellent for: Birdwatching

This stretch of beach, which is famed as one of the largest turtle nesting sites in the Caribbean, lies less than a kilometre from the village of Matura, on Trinidad’s quiet east coast, It is estimated that more than 5,000 female leatherback turtles come to this beach to lay their eggs. Find Out More about {acc:title}

• Where: Trinidad
• Ideal for viewing: leatherback turtle, brown pelican, magnificent frigatebird, black vulture, red howler monkey