Diving in Tobago

Tobago is a scuba-diver’s paradise. Its warm, nutrient-rich waters are rich with an abundance of aquatic life. The island’s spectacular dive sites that rank among the best in the world have so far been little-known and are now an open secret. Divers from around the world visit Tobago to drift dive for an absorbing view of healthy coral and bold, colorful marine life. The south end of the island affords a lucky diver with a chance to see stingrays and nurse sharks in their natural habitat.

The Sisters, a series of rock pinnacles that rise from the deep on the northwestern end of the island is another great site where a diver may be fortunate enough to spot a manta or hammerhead. London Bridge is the home of tarpon, turtles and sharks and the occasional octopus. At Boulder Valley a diver can zigzag through huge coral and sponge encrusted boulders. Diving in Tobago is safe, under the watchful eye of experienced dive-masters.

After a hard day’s scuba-diving there’s no better place to unwind than at the Bacolet Beach Club, Tobago’s finest boutique hotel. The Bacolet is nestled between a hillside and its secluded beach and is located close to some of the island’s best dive sites. A diver can relax in the Bacolet Beach Club’s warm, friendly atmosphere at the Beach Bar sipping a cocktail as the sun douses itself in the Caribbean Sea. Its restaurant, the Café Havana is known for its adventurous menu of delectable cuisine. The Bacolet offers a 20% discount on standard rates in their Trinidad and Tobago Bay Deluxe rooms. Starting at TT$1100.00 per night for two, the tariff includes breakfast and hotel tax. It gets better: From 19^th to 26^th November, Virgin Atlantic offers economy fares from London to Scarborough at GBP 168.90 all-inclusive.

For more details please email bacoletbeachtobago@gmail.com and visit the hotel’s website at www.bacoletbeachclub.com

Tobago in November

Trinidad and Tobago was awarded Island of the Year at the 2009 Caribbean World International Travel Awards, a justly deserved honor. The awards are considered the Oscars of the Caribbean.

November is a particularly hectic month in Tobago. See what’s in store:

 

• National Tourism Week runs from 22^nd to 25^th November. It’s a time of fun and frolic when the island lets its hair down.
• The precursor to Tourism Week is the 10^th Blue Food Festival, an all day gastronomic adventure of creative indigenous food concoctions. The main ingredient is the root vegetable, Dasheen, known in the US as Taro. It is also known locally as ‘blue food’ because some varieties of the vegetable turn shades of blue and indigo when cooked. This year 15 local chefs will vie for the honors.
• If you’re a golfing buff, the Scarborough Golf Tournament is scheduled to be played from 22^nd to the 23^rd on two stunningly beautiful courses – the Mt. Irvine and Tobago Plantations.
• The last Friday and weekends thereafter starts the build-up to the Christmas season. A musical caravan is brought by the Culture Department to various locations to sing its Season of Joy Christmas carols.
• And of course all the other attractions of the island remain – beautiful   beaches, exotic cuisine, flora and fauna and the warmth of the local people.

In November the average temperature hovers around a temperate 80◦F, warm and sunny in the ocean breeze. No better time for a Caribbean vacation.

A great place to stay is the Bacolet Beach Club just minutes from Scarborough the capital. The Bacolet is an exclusive boutique hotel with a wonderful restaurant and bar … and of course a private beach. The Bacolet has redefined luxury yet retaining its rustic ambience. Spend Thanksgiving at the Bacolet for an unforgettable beach vacation in the sunny Caribbean.

To know more, please visit their website at www.bacoletbeachclub.com .

 

Indulge in an Artistic Vacation

Would you like to spend an artistic vacation in a place that displays unimaginable landscapes and seascapes painted with vibrant colors? Do you want the music of the tropical islands to transform a vacation into a swinging paradise? The Bacolet Beach Club takes you into a luxurious hideaway created especially for you to communicate with nature and gives you a getaway filled with all things natural. Gloria Jones-Knapp, a former model has crafted this incredible boutique Hotel, Restaurant and Bar that is just two minutes away from the island’s capital, Scarborough and only 15 minutes from Tobago’s airport. Taking a divine path into a world of luxury, the Bacolet Beach Club is situated in the posh suburb of Bacolet and overlooks the Scarborough Port and Rockly Bay.

Cafe Havana is one of Tobago’s newest restaurant and cocktail bars. Located in Bacolet Street near Bacolet Beach Club it is featuring an eclectic mix of modern interior design with a hint of the Caribbean flair. Click here to reserve a table. If you would like to enquire about using the restaurant for your wedding or special event, please use our special events form.Alternatively, please feel free to call us
on  +1 868 639 2357  +1 868 639 2357 or email us at dine@cafehavana.org.

Idyllic and ideal with the infinite ambience of luxury, the Bacolet Beach Club pampers its guests with an amazing 3 Bedroom Villa, a Superior Penthouse, 22 Bay Suites and Junior Penthouses decorated with appealing perfection. With a fabulous view of the sea, these gorgeous accommodations have elegant furnishings showcasing class and culture. Offering great amenities and facilities, the suites and penthouses evolve with lovely verandahs that overlook the bay. Lined with Travertine, the bathrooms are pristine with beveled mirrors. The Bacolet Beach Club has mastered the art of pampering as it flows gently to a tranquil and sandy beach where attendants wait to supply guests with long cool drinks and fresh towels. As crickets chirp to the rhythm of the tropical isles of Tobago and Trinidad, the Bacolet Beach Club invites its guests to relax in the infinity pool with the sky as its awning lit up with a million stars.

The Bacolet Beach Club offers a brand new feature of an exclusive and tasteful sojourn at the Café Havana that has been sculpted with a spectrum of flavors to pamper the taste buds.

Get Immersed in the Caribbean Culture

Romantic and ravishing, the tropical islands of Trinidad and Tobago evolve with lush vegetation and the most exciting places to explore. Guests can stroll through the beautiful gardens, relax on the inviting beach or discover quaint villages that throb to the tempo of the calypso, Limbo, Soca and Steelpan. Colored with myriad cultures of Trinidad and Tobago, guests staying at the Bacolet Beach Club will be thrilled with the innumerable festivals that rock the islands all year long. With exciting activities to keep a vacation packed with the wonder of sport, visitors to the islands can indulge in swimming, snorkeling, bodyboarding, sport fishing, golfing, diving to discover the enchanting marine life, taking rides in glass-bottomed boats, bird watching or just absorbing the old-fashioned romance of the Caribbean atmosphere.

With its exotic air and excellent cuisine, the Bacolet Beach Club offers the simply delectable and exclusive Café Havana that can be accessed by a small romantic bridge that leads to the charming restaurant, lounge and bar. Appealing and aesthetic, the Café Havana evolves with Green Heart wood with every level displaying a vista of the blue Caribbean Sea. Awash with the fragrance of delicious and carefully prepared Asia Cuban cuisine, the Café Havana serves exotic cocktails that guests can enjoy amongst the splendor of a lush tropical garden that ranges over the terrace. As the night flows into a typical tropical morning, the guests can indulge in a soothing dip in the whirl-pool or refresh themselves with a steam bath or rejuvenate in the large Gym or simply find relaxation on the sunny sands of the private beach.

Let The Bacolet Beach Club Lead You Into A Life Of Leisure

Visit the website for room reservations at a fantastic rate. For more details on resort booking visit: www.bacoletbeachclub.com and www.tobagobeachresort.net.

Tobago and ‘Swiss Family Robinson’

Many may not know that the 1960 movie ‘Swiss Family Robinson’ was filmed on location in Tobago. Still less known is that Jamaica, Trinidad, Puerto Rico and the Galapagos Islands were considered as possible sites and discarded before the director settled on Tobago. The movie was filmed in 22 weeks at a cost of $4.5 million. Though ideal for filming, the island lacked birds and animals so a colorful cross section of wildlife was flown to Tobago with a small army of trainers. It took five months to build the sets including the shipwreck built out at sea on scaffolding.

Three years earlier the island was selected as location for the 1957 movie ‘Fire down below’ that starred Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon and Rita Hayworth. Bacolet Bay was the setting for much of the film. It is also believed that Tobago was the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic ‘Treasure Island’. It isn’t surprising that Tobago was the site of such great literary and entertainment events. Tobago is an island paradise packed in 300 square kilometers of pristine white beaches enclosing verdant hills. Few places on earth compare as an ideal vacation destination to get away from it all.

Vacation in Tobago

The Bacolet Beach Club is a great boutique hotel and beach vacation resort just minutes from Scarborough the capital. It affords its guests a unique experience with multi-cultural cuisine and the last word in hospitality and comfort. A resort vacation in Tobago is an unforgettable experience. Virgin Atlantic offers cheap economy flights from London from 19^th to 26^th November at an all-inclusive price of GBP 468.90 only.

Visit the Bacolet Beach Club website at www.bacoletbeachclub.com to learn more of this incredible location and its facilities.

 

Tobago, Paradise in the Sun

Few places on earth compare with Tobago as an ideal beach vacation destination. A tiny sliver of an island paradise wedged between the crystalline swells of the Atlantic and the shimmering surface of the Caribbean Sea, Tobago has everything to offer … and then some. Tobago has it all … enchanting tropical rainforests, exotic nature resorts, incredible dive sites and some of the world’s most stunning aquamarine bays. Tobago’s laidback multi-ethnic population welcomes tourists. Let your feet tap to the pounding beat of Steelpan while sipping local rum or mojitos at the open-air bars where dress codes don’t apply and bare’ sandy feet are welcome.

Little wonder then that Tobago was chosen the location for the old Robert Mitchum – Rita Hayworth movie ‘Fire Down Below’ and more recently, ‘Swiss Family Robinson’.

Tobago’s best Hotel

Undoubtedly, Tobago’s finest beach hotel is the Bacolet Beach Club secluded between a rainforest hillside and the sparkling sea of its private beach. Just minutes from Scarborough the capital, the Bacolet has redefined luxury in a rustic, unspoiled ambience. So have a warm Halloween this year in the Caribbean.

The Bacolet has a special package. It will accept bookings till end November for 4 glorious nights for the price of 3 beginning at TT$950 per night for two which includes breakfast and all taxes. And what’s more, Virgin Atlantic is offering special cheap fares from London to Scarborough between 19^th to 26^th November at the incredible low economy fare of GBP 468.90 which includes taxes, fees and surcharges.

So what are you waiting for? Visit their website at www.bacoletbeachclub.com and make your reservations.

Tobago, Island of three time-zones

For an island that’s 8 miles at its widest and 26 miles long, if you measure at low tide, surprisingly Tobago has three time zones – slow, slower and slowest. Tobago is a land of friendly, fun-loving people proud of their island heritage where hospitality is a byword. Stress hasn’t yet reached this island that’s lapped by Atlantic swells and the pounding surf of the Caribbean Sea. The laid-back attitude is contagious; a casual visitor soon grooves into lounging on sun-bleached tropical beaches, sipping rum cocktails and feasting on the bounty of the sea. But don’t let that deceive you. A true Tobagonian is up before the sun. He’s out in his boat casting his nets at the swirling tide. But once he’s back … its rum and coke time and tomorrow is far away.

Are there special fares to Tobago?

Virgin Atlantic has a special offer from the 19^th to 26^th November. It flies you economy from London to Scarborough’s Crown Point International at a steal – GBP 468.90 which includes taxes, fees and surcharges.

There’s no better place to stay than the Bacolet Beach Club, the finest beach resort on the islands. The Bacolet matches Virgin Atlantic with its own special offer of 4 nights of bliss for the price of 3. The rates start at TT$ 950.00 per night for two with breakfast and taxes tossed in. So this Halloween leave the madding crowd for a beach vacation on an island in the sun. For more details, visit their website at www.bacoletbeachclub.com

Tobago: Seafood and Sunshine

The moment you touch down at Tobago’s Crown Point International Airport, you know you’ve reached a different planet with a vocabulary where tension and stress does not exist. North-east of Trinidad, Tobago is a small island paradise of 116 square miles, a blend of verdant hills, unspoiled picture postcard beaches and sparkling waters of impossible blue. Tobago offers everything for a beach vacation with a lot more tossed in. There’s fishing and golfing, horseback riding and mountain biking, smiling faces and sinister beach coves. And that’s not all; Tobago offers unparalleled bounty from the sea and an abundance of exotic tropical fruit.

Savor the local cuisine, a multi-ethnic blend of tangy flavors redolent with spices. Tobagogonian cuisine is a unique fusion of Indian, Chinese, European, Latin American seasoned with traces of the Mediterranean. Try the curry and roti, almost a national dish, or shark-and-bake, typically local. And for the truly adventurous there’s ‘souse’ – boiled pigs trotters in a salty sauce.

The Bacolet Beach Club

Just minutes from the airport is one of the finest beach hotels in the Caribbean, the Bacolet Beach Club that has hosted many celebrities. The Bacolet offers a special holiday package for bookings made till end November: 4 nights for the price of 3 starting at TT$ 950.00 per couple with breakfast and taxes thrown in. And you can fly Virgin Atlantic at a special economy class offer of GBP 468.90 from London, all-inclusive.

Visit their website at www.bacoletbeachclub.com or email Gloria Knapp-Jones at info@bacoletbeachclub.com to make your reservations.

Bird-watching in Tobago

Bird-watching is a little-known but popular pastime in Tobago. Tobago boasts some 220 species of birds of which 90 varieties breed there. Since both islands were once geographically part South America, many of the species are common to those found in Trinidad and on the mainland. Many species migrate for the winter to Tobago from Argentina and other countries, while other migratory birds stop at the island on their long journey south. Timed right, bird watchers have an opportunity to see transitory birds from both, North and South America as well as other parts of the Caribbean. South American birds are most commonly spotted between May to September while their northern cousins visit between October and March. The best months however are during the dry season from January to April. The best time is in the early morning after sunrise and then again an hour or two before sunset.

Tobago is known for six species of humming birds that breed on the island, many of which are also common to Trinidad and nearby Venezuela. The white-tailed sabrewing however is almost exclusively indigenous, never seen in Trinidad and very rarely in Venezuela.

The Bacolet Beach Club

An ideal place to stay when on a bird watching vacation is the Bacolet Beach Club. The Bacolet is one of the finest beach hotels in the Caribbean. It is built in a multi-cultural architectural style and offers cordon bleu multi-ethnic fusion cuisine. This colourful beach resort is located at the end of a private beach and the foothill of a tropically-vegetated slope. For more details, visit their website at www.bacoletbeachclub.com or email Gloria Jones-Knapp the General Manager at info@bacoletbeachclub.com

Fishing in Tobago

Though sport fishing around Tobago is still in its infancy, it doesn’t diminish the island as an angler’s paradise. Some of the better-known species found round its waters are Barracuda, Grouper, Moray Eel, Parrot fish, Tarpon and Red Snapper. Further out to sea an angler might expect to land Kingfish, Tuna, Shark or even a giant Marlin.

The beaches and the rocks are the most accessible places from which to fish. In fact there is a strong likelihood of a good catch from any sandy beach. Fishing from rocks is more predictable since the species that inhabit rocky areas tend to be territorial and remain there, while those out at sea are more nomadic and follow their prey.

Tobago is host to the annual fishing tournaments that is popular with big game sportsmen from North and South America, and even some aficionados from as far away as Europe. The tournament, staged out of Charlotteville generally in March is held in a spirit of fiercely competitive camaraderie.

The Bacolet Beach Club

An ideal place to stay during a vacation is the Bacolet Beach Club near the capital, Scarborough. It’s a small and exclusive boutique hotel with its own private secluded beach. The Bacolet Beach Club prides itself on its bars and restaurants that serve an exquisite range of cocktails and gourmet multi-cultural cuisine. The Bacolet is a beach resort with a difference. So whether you’re there for a beach vacation, a fishing tournament or just a fishing holiday, check out the Bacolet at their website www.bacoletbeachclub.com

Golfing in Tobago

If you are a golfer and are planning on a holiday in Tobago, make sure you carry your clubs with you. Tobago has two of the most spectacular golf courses in the world for some adventurous golfing.

The 6973 yard Mt. Irvine Championship Course has been laid on what used to be a sugar and coconut plantation. A golfer has to contend with tall coconut trees that stand as silent memorials of Tobago’s chequered past. Every tee of the Mt. Irvine commands a spectacular view of the sparkling Caribbean Sea. Added to the sea breeze that deflects a stunning drive, are the numerous sea-water hazards expectantly awaiting a wayward ball.

The 7000 yard Hilton is a par 72 that runs along the coastline of a 750 acre development. It has hazards of lakes and wetlands, coconut palms and mangroves. Concentrating on a match-winning putt can be difficult with the variety of birds that bear no respect for silence on the course.

The Bacolet Beach Club

After your round, whether you wish to celebrate, or consign your clubs in disgust to the depths of the Caribbean, retire to the soothing comfort of the Bacolet Beach Club that affords the tired golfer all the comforts he expects. The Bacolet Beach Club is a boutique resort and beach hotel with a difference. Everything about this beach resort is steeped in a fusion theme from its oriental-occidental architecture to its multi-cultural designer cuisine. And at the Bacolet they know how to pamper you. So if you want a memorable beach vacation, the Bacolet is the place to stay … with of course a round or two of golf thrown in.