Trinidad and Tobago harbours many wonders and secrets. Forest covers much of Trinidad and Tobago, and is the home of a surprising number of wild animals: the agouti, paca(known locally as the lappe), armadillo(tatoo), opossum(manicou),deer, wild pig, ocelot and ant-eater.

Other species easliy found include the Amazon parrot, the voilaceous trogon, iguana, hummingbirds, manatees, capuchin and howler monkeys. Frogs and toads abound, and you will hear their raucous calls all over the island during the wet season. The butterflies include the wonderful iridescent Blue Emperor

Thanks to our location in the midst of the tropics, the island is covered with plants and wildlife that seem somehow richer in colour than almost anywhere in the world.

In Trinidad The Asa Wright Nature Center offers shady pathway hewn through the rainforest. It lies 1200 feet up in the Northern Range, an old estate house that has become a conservation and study center for naturalists and bird-watchers.

The Point-a-Pierre Wild Fowl Trust on the grounds of the Point-a-Pierre oil refinery grounds nutures numerous species of endangered birds and waterfowl for their return to their natural wildlife areas.

There are 13 offical wildlife santuaries, ranging from the Caroni Swamp and El Tucuche to the offshore Soldado Rock and Saut d'Eau , Trinidad's only pelican breeding ground.