Trinidad & Tobago

A vast mangrove estuary on Trinidad's Gulf of Paria coast, famous for its populations of scarlet ibis, Trinidad and Tobago's national bird, which gather at dusk in spectacular flocks of hundreds of birds.

A hilltop fortification built by the British in 1784 above Port of Spain, offering sweeping panoramic views of the city, Gulf of Paria and the Northern Range mountains.

The most famous beach on Trinidad's North Coast, a sweeping arc of sand backed by the dramatic bluffs of the Northern Range, reached via a scenic mountain road built during the Second World War.

Tobago's most photographed beach, centred on a distinctive wooden jetty with a traditional thatched palm-roof shelter, set inside a protected heritage park on the island's southwestern tip.

The world's largest natural asphalt lake, a surreal black plain near La Brea in southwest Trinidad that has been supplying road-building material globally since the colonial era.

One of the oldest botanical gardens in the Western Hemisphere, established in 1828 on the outskirts of Port of Spain, with mature collections of tropical palms, flowering trees and an adjacent bird sanctuary.