Trinidad Highlights & Scenic Drive excursion

[Blaise]

We did the "Trinidad Highlights & Scenic Drive" excursion last week. It was a decent survey of Trinidad but not very fulfilling. It was mostly a drive by of various places. There were 3 stops. One was at the botanical gardens, where you'll see only a small part of this place (restroom available). Note that the longer you stay here the less time you'll have at the final stop: Maracas Bay. There's a quick stop at an overlook of Maracas Bay w/some vendors. At the bay you'll be dropped off across the beach (east side) at Uncle Sam and Sons Bake & Shark. It is a decent sized place with a separate bar.  We had only 20 minutes there. I only had time to use the restroom, cross the street to the beach to take pictures, then order a Bake & Shark to be eaten on the bus (messy but quite good. I recommend adding pineapple and the Tamarind sauce). The ride back to the port from here was an hour or more.

[cruiseguy1016]

Thank you for posting this. We'll be there in 4 weeks. The picture of the white bus with the red stripes, is that the bus for the tour?

[Blaise]

Yes. That was our bus. It supposedly had wifi, but the network name presented at the front of the bus never appeared in the list of available ones. We saw numerous other similar network names when at the lot with the other buses, though. 

 

If you take this tour and want some food or drinks at Maracas, have somebody in your party line up right away for it while others do something else, like look at the beach or hit the restrooms.