How would you like to journey back into time, yet enjoy a day of fishing, swimming, hiking or snorkeling "down the islands" of Trinidad's north western peninsula.

Islands rich in a history of the people of it's mainland, islands teeming with marine life, wildlife and birdlife, and of local flowers and fauna. These islands are Five Islands (Caledonia, Craig, Lenagan, Rock, & Nelson), Diego Islands (Carrera - Prison Island, Constadt - Baroid), Gasparee (Gaspar Grande), Gasparilo Island (Centipede), Monos, Huevos and Chacachacare.

These island's we so affectionately refer to as "down the islands" have been home to the indentured laborers who first came from India and were quarantined before coming to work the fields of Trinidad; it was the ceremonial grounds of Amerindians who occupied our lands long before Christopher Columbus set sail in search of the Indies, and unfortunately it served as a whaling station for the whalers that hunted the humpback whales which grew to over 80 feet in length and were very abundant in the waters of our Gulf of Paria.

The islands were occupied by the Spanish who built forts, and even burnt and sank their ships here; they were visited by the German U Boats as they snuck their way in to the Gulf to attack local ship traffic during WWII. One of islands housed a Leprosarium run by the Dominican Sisters, this island still has a working lighthouse which is the highest in the world (818 feet). The shortest distance between one of these islands and South America (Venezuela) is just seven nautical miles across, and the fishing and snorkeling is great while the water is usually clear and shallow, ideal for swimmer's and snorkelers.