Chill out on Tobago’s most beautiful beach
One of my absolute favorite beaches in the Caribbean is Tobago’s Pigeon Point. It’s hard to find a more idyllic, with palms bent over the water’s edge, a sugary sand beach and a blue-green sea. Daytime skies are Dutch blue with puffs of white clouds floating overhead. As the sun sinks over the Caribbean the western horizon comes alive in vivid warm tones that fade to black as stars come out in nighttime sky free of city lights.
Windsurfers have favored this point of land for years, with grassy lawn to rig up and picnic tables to lounge around after a session on the water. Today, paddle boarders cruise the shoreline and snorkelers head to nearby coral gardens. World famous Buccoo Reef lies just offshore. Once named the third most spectacular reef in the world by Jacques Cousteau, this protected marine park captivates with its underwater coral formations, which can be seen by topside visitors aboard glass bottom boats. Snorkeling trips ferry groups to Nylon Pool, where they can stand waist deep in a sandy grotto surrounded by living reef.
The 125-acre park known as Pigeon Point Heritage Park charges a modest admission fee of $3. There are bathrooms and showers, beach chairs for hire and an onsite restaurant that serves up a tempting menu of fish sandwiches and cold beer. Perfect after a day on the water.
