Trinidad & Tobago - two islands, one country. Two vacations in one - could you ask for a better deal? Lying just off the South American coast, this is the most culturally diverse of its peers, with a landscape and natural history as rich and varied as the rainbow faces of its many distinct heritages. A melting pot of cultures with an irrepressible zest for life, this is a land of music and festivals, where Carnival, calypso, steel pan music, and the limbo dance were born. The islands were first settled many centuries ago by Amerindians, and were then stumbled upon by Columbus, settled by the Spanish and French, then conquered by the British. Both islands' populations are mostly descended from the Africans who were imported to work the plantations, and the Hindu Indians who replaced them after emancipation. Portuguese, Chinese, Lebanese, and Syrian traders followed.

Today, Trinidad & Tobago is rich in the architecture, art, fashion, food, festivals, and music derived from this fusion of cultures. There is a story behind everything, from the exuberant Carnival to the serene Divali, from roti to callaloo, from horse racing to crab racing, and to the Christian churches neighboring Hindu temples and Islamic mosques. And, always, there is the sea and the forest. Blessed with miles of empty palm-fringed beaches, coral reefs, wetlands, and mountainous rain forest teeming with wildlife, these islands offer eco-adventures in a compact and accessible form. There are plenty of leisure activities to entertain you like great diving and golf, cricket and football, horse racing, hiking, fishing, and sailing. Trinidad & Tobago is intensely proud of its culture and its people are famously hospitable, eager to welcome you to their land!