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Tobago

Tobago is a tranquil island with calm waters and a number of fine beaches, each with its unique flavour. This tiny island is perfect to slouch in a deck chair watching the shimmering waters of the Caribbean. With its rainforests, fantastic dive sites, stunning aquamarine bays and nature reserves, it attracts a fair share of nature enthusiasts.

Vacation rentals in Tobago

The vacation rentals in Tobago cater to all tastes and budgets and allow you to savour the local life style and flavours at your own pace. Tobago is also known as a honeymooner's paradise and these vacation homes provide a perfect accommodation for a romantic getaway. Furnished with all modern amenities, these vacation homes are an ideal alternate to a hotel stay combining all comforts with space and privacy that only a home can provide. A staff, usually including a maid, chef, and butler, is there to ensure that your stay is as carefree and memorable as possible.

Attractions

Given the small size of the island, you can easily create your own itinerary and get around by jeep, biking, kayaking or camping on the beach. Those looking for a generous dose of sand, sun, and solitude in a mellow atmosphere will not be disappointed. The island offers great spots for diving from shallow coral gardens to high-speed drift diving. You can also foray into the deep rainforests but remember to mark your trail to find your way back safely. Scarborough, the island's village like capital and main port lies on the southern coast and is surrounded by mountains and a bay that provide it a scenic setting.

Speyside and Buccoo Reef, just off the southwest coast of Tobago, are home to some of Caribbean's finest reefs and offer exciting scuba-diving opportunities. Trips in glass-bottomed boats are very popular.

Enjoy the islands’ music –soca, calypso, steel pan, or parang. The music is inextricably woven into the island's culture. Panorama, the Grand Steel Drum (pan) tournament is staged a week before Carnival in Trinidad. The preliminaries and local finals are held in Tobago.

Dining

Treat your taste buds in the rapidly expanding town of Chaguanas where a wide range of West Indian culinary specialities are available.

• Blue Crab Restaurant: This family owned restaurant serves hearty lunches. The food is usually well seasoned in the Creole style.

• Kariwak Village Restaurant: The restaurant provides the perfect romantic setting with recorded steel-band music playing gently in the background adding to the ambience. The menu is Caribbean. Be sure to try the delicious homemade ice cream. Friday and Saturday have buffets, with live jazz or calypso.

Entertainment and nightlife in Tobago

The Tobago Heritage Festival, which spans a two-week period, from mid July to early August, is a major draw. The festival is marked by dance, song, and music and it also gives you the perfect opportunity to sample the local flavours and international cuisine.

Golfing in Tobago

• Mount Irvine Bay Hotel and Golf Club: This award-winning, championship quality 18-hole course has been carved out from the grounds of an old coconut plantation and offers stunning views of the Caribbean Sea.

• Tobago Plantations Beach & Golf Resort: The course reflects its glorious Caribbean atmosphere and is planned around the mature trees and landscape features.