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Eco-Tourism
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Published 2018
Trinidad & Tobago has a remarkable array of native flora and fauna, hiking trails, and natural wonders that will delight anyone, from the hardcore eco-tourist to the erstwhile nature lover. Sites like the Tobago Rain Forest reserve—the oldest reserve of its kind in the Western Hemisphere—demonstrate that communion with the natural world has long been a part of the nation’s heritage.
According to the naturalists at the Asa Wright Nature Center in Arima, Trinidad has 97 native mammals, 400 species of birds, 55 types of reptiles, 25 types of amphibians, and 617 species of butterflies, as well as over 2,200 species of flowering plants. In the twenty-first century a number of efforts to preserve T&T’s natural wonders, including the endangered leatherback sea turtle, pawi, and red howler monkey, have started to see good success. Here is a list of some major eco-tourist sites on the two islands.