Tobago's Main Ridge Forest Reserve is the oldest protected rainforest in the western hemisphere — bird-filled, waterfall-laced and twenty minutes from the beach. Giant leatherback turtles nest on Turtle Beach between March and August, and the reefs at Speyside teem with life. It's the Caribbean without the polish, which is precisely its charm. Curried crab and dumplings is the essential lunch.
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