Caroni Swamp

Trinidad · Trinidad and Tobago

Caroni Swamp, Trinidad and Tobago
Photo: Bas Leenders, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Year-round; arrive for late-afternoon roosting tours
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
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A mangrove wetland on Trinidad's west coast that shelters the scarlet ibis, the national bird, in spectacular numbers. Evening boat tours drift through tidal channels as thousands of ibis return to roost, turning the mangrove islands a vivid red at sunset.

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