Trinidad and Tobago Island Routes and Stays

October 30, 2026

Travel advice as of October 2026: the US State Department tells travellers to reconsider travel to Trinidad and Tobago because of crime. The UK FCDO rates violent crime as high and asks for particular caution in downtown Port of Spain, Carenage, Sea Lots, Belmont, Laventille, Morvant, Beetham, Barataria, Cocorite and the interior of Queen’s Park Savannah. See the city centre in daylight, ride in registered taxis, never walk alone at night, and read the UK advice and the US advisory before you book.

Choose a shape for your nights

Trinidad and Tobago is one country on two islands, so a multi-night trip takes one of four shapes: Trinidad only, Tobago only, a crossing between them, or a single-purpose stay such as turtle nights or diving. Fares are in Trinidad and Tobago dollars (TT$), at roughly TT$6.8 to US$1.

Shape	Nights	Base	Best months
Northeast turtle weekend	2	Grande Riviere	March to August
Asa Wright forest stay	1 to 2	Northern Range lodge	Year round
Tobago dive stay	3 to 4	Speyside	About January to May
Tobago north coast retreat	3 to 5	Castara	Year round
Two-island week	6 to 7	Trinidad, then Tobago	Year round

Crossing between the islands

By sea. The passenger fast ferry runs from the Port of Spain Ferry Terminal on Wrightson Road to Scarborough, and TTIT quotes the crossing at 3 to 3 1/2 hours. The first sailing leaves about 06:30 and the last passenger sailing about 16:00. On Wednesdays only one passenger vessel runs. Schedules change often, so read the live timetable at www.ttitferry.com before you commit to a date.

Ticket	One way	Return
Economy adult (12 and over)	TT$75	TT$150
Economy child (3 to 11)	TT$50	TT$100
Premium adult	TT$150	TT$300
Premium child	TT$100	TT$200

Infants travel free but need a ticket, and nationals aged 60 and over pay TT$25 in economy. A car that travels with its driver on a passenger ferry costs TT$146.73 one way or TT$244.58 return, added to the passenger ticket, and a vehicle ticket cannot be bought alone. A car without its driver goes only on the cargo vessel, at TT$150 one way or TT$300 return. See the fares page for the current list.

By air. Caribbean Airlines is the only nonstop airline between Piarco and Crown Point, and the flight is about 25 minutes. Press reports in September 2026 gave return economy fares from about US$60 under a subsidy that was being debated, so check the airline for the current price.

Northeast turtle weekend (Trinidad)

Between March and August, spend one evening at Matura with Nature Seekers and the next at Grande Riviere, where the beach is run by a local guides association and tours are guide-led only. The Mt Plaisir Estate Hotel at Grande Riviere is run by HADCO and lists turtle nesting from its beach. Galera Point lighthouse sits along the way. Beds fill in season, so book early. On every beach, lights and flash are off and turtles are never touched.

An Asa Wright night (Trinidad)

The lodge has 29 rooms and is booked through HADCO . For comparison, the day pass costs TT$550 per adult.

Speyside dive base (Tobago)

Give diving two or three days. Kelleston Drain and Japanese Gardens are the named sites, and Extra Divers and Tobago Dive Experience both operate here. The best conditions usually fall between about January and May.

Castara retreat (Tobago)

Castara is a fishing village on the leeward coast with hillside cottages, and Castara Retreats is listed on the major booking sites. The Thursday bonfire and the morning seine-net pulls set the rhythm.

Carnival 2027

Dimanche Gras is Sunday 7 February, Carnival Monday and Tuesday fall on 8 and 9 February, and Ash Wednesday is 10 February. Flights, ferry seats and rooms sell out months ahead. The FCDO says opportunistic crime rises at Carnival, so carry little.

Rooms are listed on Booking.com .