Key Information: Tour Duration: 1
day(s) Group Size: 2
- 15
people Destination(s):TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Specialty Categories:BirdwatchingEcotourism Season: January - December Airfare Included: No Tour Customizable: Yes Minimum Per Person Price: 135 US Dollar (USD) Maximum Per Person Price: 150 US Dollar (USD)
Duration: 2 hours on island plus 1 hour for lunch at Tree house Restaurant
Price: US $135 per person - includes lunch.
Non scheduled trips US $150 per person for a minimum of 2 persons.
N.B. clients can join tour in Speyside. We will pick you up after.
On this island which has been a nature sanctuary since 1926, the Greater Bird of Paradise was introduced by Sir William Ingram who brought them from New Guinea in 1919. This was done to save them from extinction by poaching. On Sir William's death the family gave the island to the country on condition that it remain a sanctuary for all time. In 1963 a devastating hurricane (Hurricane Flora) struck and all the Birds of Paradise were lost. The island has it's own native birds (45 species) of beauty and interest including many mainland species - however the real attractions are the breeding seabird colonies e.g. the Boobies, Terns, Magnificent Frigate Birds and the wonderful Red-billed Tropic birds ... birds of unsurpassed gracefulness and beauty, just seeing them makes this tour worthwhile.
The tour includes a 20 minute boat ride from the main shore (departing from Speyside village). After arrival at the sanctuary there is a walk across the island for about 500 metres through virgin seasonal deciduous forest - itself a fascinating experience ... the vegetation here is unchanged since the Ice Age!
The tour proceeds to the lookout point for viewing the seabird colonies and in particular the unbelievably graceful "tropic birds" a sight never to be forgotten. David will explain how they court and breed and how fragile and rare their existence is.
David Rooks' clients include many who return time after time, some first toured while on honeymoon and later returned with their children to share the same experiences.
David's enthusiasm for Tobago's nature is highly infectious! He believes it is important for children to enjoy good encounters with nature and encourages them to be on tour because they are the inheritors of the planet and earth's hope for the future.
