Mixing great birding with history, one can visit the furthest eastern point of the island, where you can find the Toco Lighthouse. The lighthouse is used to warn boats of the rocky waters, where the Caribbean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean. This is also the most accessible point to study the seabird migration of the Common Tern, Brown Noddy, as well as smaller numbers of the Sandwich and Roseate Terns. Sightings also include Blackpoll Warblers, Yellow-billed Cuckoos and Lilac-tailed Parrotlets.
Continuing along the coast is the village of Grande Rivière, famous for the nesting giant Leatherback turtles, in season April through August. One can witness the turtles as they come up the shore to lay hundreds of eggs along the beachfront. Take an early morning hike up to Montevideo Trace, a hilltop with a lovely platform among the nutmeg trees, where the Trinidad Piping-Guan can be found in the early morning feeding quietly.
The Trinidad Piping-Guan is one of Trinidad’s two endemic species. As the sun rises, walk into the surrounding forest and agricultural fields to find species such as toucans, woodpeckers, kites, trogons, and Silvered and White-bellied Antbirds.
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