Trinidad Island Sightseeing Tour: Pitch Lake and Chaguanas | La Vacanza Travel

Trinidad Island Sightseeing Tour: Pitch Lake and Chaguanas

Duration: 8 hours
Destination: Caribbean, Trinidad, Trinidad
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  • 8 hours
  • Trinidad
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

This 8-hour tour takes you to explore the attractions of Central & South Trinidad. On this guided tour, visit the second largest city in Trinidad - San Fernando plus make stops at the Market, Pitch Lake, the Hindu Temple & Hanuman Statue. This full-day tour includes entrance fees, a local guide and hotel pickup and drop-off from Port of Spain hotels.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Chaguanas Borough Corporation, GHCJ+8WH, St Thomas, Trinidad and Tobago

Enjoy all that the busy bazaar streets and fresh produce markets of Chaguanas has to offer. With local fruits, provisions, meats and snacks, vendors put them all on display for purchase. Look out for the hot peppers! Also try some local East Indian snacks, like Khurma.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Dattatreya Temple and Hanuman Statue, Datta Dr. At Orangefield Rd, Port of Spain Trinidad

Located in Central Trinidad and so you see a number of Hindu temples, and prayer flags in the yards of seemingly every house. See the largest (85-foot/26-meter) statue of the Hindu monkey-god, Lord Hanuman, outside of India. A tour of the site including the attached yoga center allows you to learn about interesting rituals and concepts

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: La Brea Pitch Lake, La Brea Village Trinidad

In deep South of Trinidad, we visit the small village of La Brea, where the Pitch Lake is situated. It is the largest of its kind in the world, and looks something like an elephant skin which can be peeled off! Our guide leads us around the site for one hour, making sure we don’t stand up on one of the vertical veins where the pitch is soft and sinking is easy. There are also spots for bathing in the sulphur pools (according to the weather).

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Temple in the Sea at Waterloo, Waterloo Rd Trinidad

Take a short drive across to the Temple in the Sea and Cremation Site. Also enjoy a tasty, authentic roti lunch (not included in tour price)

Duration: 20 minutes

Inclusions
  • Bottled water
  • Local guide
  • All activities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (in Port of Spain/environs)
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan or private vehicle
  • Entry/Admission - La Brea Pitch Lake

Exclusions
  • Gratuities
  • Lunch
  • Food and drinks not mentiond in inclusions
  • Due to uneven surface on Pitch Lake, this tour is not recommended for those with walking disabilities or using a wheelchair
  • walking shoes recommended (might get wet in rainy season)
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • sun screen and/or sun hat
  • modest clothing for religious sites (covered shoulders and no short pants/skirts)
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 100 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Traveler pickup is offered
We pick up at hotels in Port of Spain and environs. Any pick-up outside of Port of Spain requires an additional cost.

Airports

  • Piarco Airport, Port of Spain Trinidad


Departure Time

09:00 AM

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

8 hours


User's Reviews

AJ071971

29 Feb, 2024

The tour was fantastic. it was nice to see more of the island and seeing a side of Trinidad I knew little about. The Hindu temple on the sea. Our guide/driver Junior was wonderful and Vicky (Victoria) at the Pitch lake was brilliant and funny tour guide. Would definitely use this company again

chitrak2024

23 Feb, 2024

Chaguanas market trip was wonderful. It was a great experience to go to Pitch Lake as it was unique. The tour guide Denton was excellent and cheerful to be with.

H5152PVrobertd

01 Jun, 2023

I booked four tours through my hotel's tour desk with Island Experiences. I was pleased with all four tours. First I took a half day tour of Port of Spain. This was a good introduction to the city. The next day I took the Island Tour to Pitch Lake and Chaguanas. Khalil was excellent as a guide. He took us to try the Trinidad national breakfast dish of doubles. Then we visited the market at Chaguanas. Khalil described the products offered for sale at the market. A highlight had to be the visit to La Brea Pitch Lake. We had a guided tour of the lake followed by a visit to the small museum. For lunch, we stopped at a Roti stand to try another local dish. Finally we visited the Dattatreya Temple and the Temple in the Sea. It was a nice look at the central and southern parts of the island. I also took a tour to the North Coast beaches. I arranged to also include the Chaguaramas Military Museum. My driver/guide took me there, but alas they were closed on that day. He showed me other sights in the area instead. Finally, I took a tour to Yerette to see the Hummingbirds followed by the Caroni Swamp Boat tour. My guide, Janelle, went on the boat with me and pointed out some animals that the boat driver did not see.

sarahdU2418TM

26 May, 2023

It was a funfilled and beautiful trip. Cultural exposure to the island at its best!!!! It was truly a lovely overview of the island's best spots. Would highly recommend it. Our guide and driver Junior was the best. Not to mention tour guide Billy at the pitch lake.

John_W

12 Mar, 2023

Great trip Khaleel was a great guide and host. Enjoyed seeing a lot of Trinidad and it was just us which was lovely

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