eSIM for Trinidad & Tobago

This eSIM uses Digicel in Trinidad and Tobago. Digicel has been the main competitor to the state-owned bmobile since 2006. The bigger issues for visitors are safety and getting around: a nationwide state of emergency declared in July 2025, robberies on the road from Piarco airport, unreliable ride-hailing, and several different emergency numbers to save.

A nature-led week split across both islands: Port of Spain, rainforest birding at Asa Wright, Maracas Bay and the scarlet ibis of the Caroni Swamp on Trinidad, then a short hop to Tobago for Buccoo Reef and the Main Ridge Forest Reserve.

Length

7 days

Bases

2

When to go January to May is the dry season and the best time for birding and beaches, with Carnival in the days before Lent; leatherback turtles nest from March to August, and June to November brings more rain and storm risk.

1. 01

   Day 1 Port of Spain

   Port of Spain: the Savannah and the Botanic Gardens

   → Piarco Airport to Port of Spain is about 45 minutes by a pre-booked airport or hotel taxi. Do not stop on the highway for minor problems.

   Walk around the Queen's Park Savannah, past the Magnificent Seven, a row of grand early 20th-century mansions including Stollmeyer's Castle and the restored Whitehall. Visit the Royal Botanic Gardens and the Emperor Valley Zoo on its northern side, then the National Museum and Art Gallery near the south-east corner. In the late afternoon, drive up to Fort George above the city for the view to the Gulf of Paria.

   Signal Digicel 4G across central Port of Spain and the Savannah. Ride-hailing apps here are not always reliable, so save your hotel's taxi number on WhatsApp.

2. 02

   Day 2 Port of Spain

   Asa Wright Nature Centre in the Northern Range

   → Port of Spain to Asa Wright is about 1 hour 15 minutes by road via Arima, the last part on a narrow mountain road.

   Drive into the Arima Valley in the Northern Range to the Asa Wright Nature Centre, a former cocoa and coffee estate that is now a protected rainforest sanctuary run by a non-profit trust. Its residential lodge closed in 2021, so contact the centre in advance to book a day visit and check what is open. Take a guided trail walk to look for hummingbirds, bellbirds, manakins and toucans, and ask about access to the oilbird colony in Dunston Cave.

   Signal Digicel coverage is weak in the Arima Valley and on the forest trails. Load your directions before leaving Arima.

3. 03

   Day 3 Port of Spain

   The North Coast Road, Maracas Bay and Las Cuevas

   → Port of Spain to Maracas Bay is about 45 minutes; Las Cuevas is 15 minutes further east.

   Drive over the Northern Range on the North Coast Road, stopping at the lookout above Maracas Bay. Swim at Maracas Bay, Trinidad's best-known beach, and try a bake and shark from the beach stalls. Continue east to the quieter Las Cuevas Bay, which has lifeguards in season, then return to Port of Spain in daylight.

   Signal Digicel signal drops on parts of the North Coast Road through the forest, and is variable at the beaches. There is no second network to switch to.

4. 04

   Day 4 Port of Spain

   Temple in the Sea and the Caroni Swamp

   → Port of Spain to Waterloo is about 1 hour by road; Caroni Swamp is around 30 minutes back towards the city.

   Head south to Waterloo to see the Temple in the Sea, built on a causeway by a Hindu labourer, and the 26-metre Hanuman statue at the Dattatreya temple in Carapichaima, both reflecting the island's Indo-Trinidadian heritage. In the late afternoon, take a boat tour through the Caroni Swamp to watch flocks of scarlet ibis, the national bird, fly in to roost at dusk.

   Signal 4G on the main highways and at Waterloo. On the Caroni Swamp boat the signal is patchy among the mangroves.

5. 05

   Day 5 Crown Point, Tobago

   To Tobago: Store Bay and Pigeon Point

   → The flight from Piarco to Tobago takes about 25 minutes; the inter-island fast ferry from Port of Spain to Scarborough takes around 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours. Book either in advance.

   Take the morning air bridge flight or the fast ferry to Tobago. Settle in around Crown Point, then spend the afternoon at Store Bay and the beach at Pigeon Point Heritage Park, with its thatched jetty and calm water. In the evening, if you are visiting from March to August, you can join a guided leatherback turtle watch at a nesting beach on the Caribbean coast.

   Signal Digicel 4G in Crown Point and at Pigeon Point. The ferry loses signal for part of the crossing.

6. 06

   Day 6 Crown Point, Tobago

   Buccoo Reef, the Nylon Pool and Fort King George

   → Crown Point to Scarborough is about 20 to 30 minutes by road.

   Take a glass-bottom boat trip from Pigeon Point or Store Bay over Buccoo Reef, with a snorkel stop on the reef and a swim in the Nylon Pool, a waist-deep sandbar in the middle of the lagoon. In the afternoon, drive to Scarborough and visit Fort King George, an 18th-century British fort with cannons, a small museum and views along the coast.

   Signal Generally good Digicel coverage on the water near Buccoo and in Scarborough.

7. 07

   Day 7 Crown Point, Tobago

   The Main Ridge Forest Reserve and Argyle Waterfall

   → Crown Point to Argyle is about 45 minutes; the Gilpin Trace is around 30 minutes further on the Roxborough to Parlatuvier road.

   Drive along the windward coast to Argyle Waterfall, the island's tallest, with pools to swim in. Then cross the Main Ridge Forest Reserve, protected since 1776 and one of the oldest such reserves in the Western Hemisphere, and walk the Gilpin Trace with a local guide to look for the white-tailed sabrewing and other forest birds. Return to Crown Point for your flight.

   Signal 4G in the windward coast villages, but weak or absent on the Gilpin Trace and in the forest. Arrange a pick-up time with your guide in advance.