Rain Forest Tour

After breakfast we were met by Newton George, a local naturalist, ornithologist, and the former custodian of Little Tobago, and a bus for a tour up to the rain forest in the center of Tobago.  We made several stops along the way where Newton talked about Tobago and the local ecology.

Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Wildlife along the road
Blue-backed Manakin	Note the scarlet crown
Blue-gray tanager	Tree with large brilliant red flowers
Rufous-tailed Jacamar

We stopped at the top of the ridge and rented "Wellingtons" for our walk into the rain forest.  The "easy" but muddy trail followed an old road.

Blue-crowned motmot	Motmot nest in a dirt cliff
Yellow-legged thrush

We reached our turn around spot at a small waterfall.

We drove further up to a place where there were "facilities" and a view to the Caribbean.  Here we saw a Southern Lapwing

Then we returned to the Blue Waters Inn for lunch, a last swim and to pack up for our return home.

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