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Central & South Trinidad: Full-Day Guided Tour
4.3
13 Ratings
Saint Thomas
This 8-hour tour takes you to explore the attractions of Central & South Trinidad. On this guided tour, visit the second largest city in Trinidad - San Fernando plus make stops at the Market, Pitch Lake, the Hindu Temple & Hanuman Statue. This full-day tour includes entrance fees, a local guide and hotel pickup and drop-off from Port of Spain hotels.
This 8-hour tour takes you to explore the attractions of Central & South Trinidad. On this guided tour, visit the second largest city in Trinidad - San Fernando plus make stops at the Market, Pitch Lake, the Hindu Temple & Hanuman Statue. This full-day tour includes entrance fees, a local guide and hotel pickup and drop-off from Port of Spain hotels.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Chaguanas Municipal/ Borough Corporation - Enjoy all that the busy bazaar streets and fresh produce markets of Chaguanas has to offer. With local fruits, provisions, meats and snacks, vendors put them all on display for purchase. Look out for the hot peppers! Also try some local East Indian snacks, like Khurma.
- **Dattatreya Temple and Hanuman…
- Chaguanas Municipal/ Borough Corporation - Enjoy all that the busy bazaar streets and fresh produce markets of Chaguanas has to offer. With local fruits, provisions, meats and snacks, vendors put them all on display for purchase. Look out for the hot peppers! Also try some local East Indian snacks, like Khurma.
- Dattatreya Temple and Hanuman Statue - Located in Central Trinidad and so you see a number of Hindu temples, and prayer flags in the yards of seemingly every house. See the largest (85-foot/26-meter) statue of the Hindu monkey-god, Lord Hanuman, outside of India. A tour of the site including the attached yoga center allows you to learn about interesting rituals and concepts
- La Brea Pitch Lake - In deep South of Trinidad, we visit the small village of La Brea, where the Pitch Lake is situated. It is the largest of its kind in the world, and looks something like an elephant skin which can be peeled off! Our guide leads us around the site for one hour, making sure we don’t stand up on one of the vertical veins where the pitch is soft and sinking is easy. There are also spots for bathing in the sulphur pools (according to the weather).
- Temple in the Sea at Waterloo - Take a short drive across to the Temple in the Sea and Cremation Site. Also enjoy a tasty, authentic roti lunch (not included in tour price)
What's Included
- Local guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (in Port of Spain/environs)
- Bottled water
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan or private vehicle
- All activities
- Local guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (in Port of Spain/environs)
- Bottled water
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan or private vehicle
- All activities
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Lunch
- Food and drinks not mentiond in inclusions
- Gratuities
- Lunch
- Food and drinks not mentiond in inclusions
Additional Information
- Due to uneven surface on Pitch Lake, this tour is not recommended for those with walking disabilities or using a wheelchair
- walking shoes recommended (might get wet in rainy season)
- sun screen and/or sun hat
- modest clothing for religious sites (covered shoulders and no short pants/skirts)
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- Due to uneven surface on Pitch Lake, this tour is not recommended for those with walking disabilities or using a wheelchair
- walking shoes recommended (might get wet in rainy season)
- sun screen and/or sun hat
- modest clothing for religious sites (covered shoulders and no short pants/skirts)
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
Location
Chaguanas Municipal/ Borough Corporation
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(13 Ratings)
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Ibis_r
Aug 25, 2024
Amazing adventure - Pick up was on time. Khaleel fom island experience was very attentive with good driving skills. The visit to the market was fun and it place is clean.
Visiting LA BREA was amazing, it's a UNESCO site that you can drive and walk over.
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Aj071971
Feb 29, 2024
Loved the Island tour - The tour was fantastic. it was nice to see more of the island and seeing a side of Trinidad I knew little about. The Hindu temple on the sea. Our guide/driver Junior was wonderful and Vicky (Victoria) at the Pitch lake was brilliant and funny tour guide. Would definitely use this company again
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Chitrak2024
Feb 23, 2024
The spots chosen for this tour was a good combination. - Chaguanas market trip was wonderful. It was a great experience to go to Pitch Lake as it was unique. The tour guide Denton was excellent and cheerful to be with.
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H5152pvrobertd
Jun 1, 2023
Excellent tours - I booked four tours through my hotel's tour desk with Island Experiences. I was pleased with all four tours.
First I took a half day tour of Port of Spain. This was a good introduction to the city.
The next day I took the Island Tour to Pitch Lake and Chaguanas. Khalil was excellent as a guide. He took us to try the Trinidad national breakfast dish of doubles. Then we visited the market at Chaguanas. Khalil described the products offered for sale at the market. A highlight had to be the visit to La Brea Pitch Lake. We had a guided tour of the lake followed by a visit to the small museum. For lunch, we stopped at a Roti stand to try another local dish. Finally we visited the Dattatreya Temple and the Temple in the Sea. It was a nice look at the central and southern parts of the island.
I also took a tour to the North Coast beaches. I arranged to also include the Chaguaramas Military Museum. My driver/guide took me there, but alas they were closed on that day. He showed me other sights in the area instead.
Finally, I took a tour to Yerette to see the Hummingbirds followed by the Caroni Swamp Boat tour. My guide, Janelle, went on the boat with me and pointed out some animals that the boat driver did not see.
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Sarahdu2418tm
May 26, 2023
The right serving of Trinidad on a platter! - It was a funfilled and beautiful trip. Cultural exposure to the island at its best!!!! It was truly a lovely overview of the island's best spots. Would highly recommend it. Our guide and driver Junior was the best. Not to mention tour guide Billy at the pitch lake.
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John_w
Mar 12, 2023
Great trip - Great trip Khaleel was a great guide and host. Enjoyed seeing a lot of Trinidad and it was just us which was lovely
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Nova_f
Nov 27, 2022
Very interesting trip. Excellent tour guide. - Very interesting trip but shame that it rained all morning. Ginelle was an excellent tour guide. Bob was an excellent driver
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Williamm4625
Feb 12, 2019
Loved it - It was a perfectly different experience from the beach. It was truly amazing it left my skin feeling so smooth and soft. if you're ever around or have the time I would defiantly go and check it out.
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Roxannea247
May 23, 2024
Playing Tourist - We have family in Trinidad but rarely get to see the sites so decided to be tourists. Our tour guide, Junior was so easy going and nice. we got such a great vibe from him. The official guide at La Brea was also easy going and great! We learned things that we never thought about... the colonial past to the ancient indigenous past. We could have missed the market, but that is because we have been to many markets already. But I got my Trinidad scorpion peppers, so...
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Mrsvictor
Jan 28, 2020
Not Worth it - The tour guide was really just a taxi driver. His knowledge on the history and geography of Trinidad was very very limited.
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