Aerial tours of Tobago

Kathy A · Post by **Kathy A** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:11 am

Please can anyone advise if it is possible to have either a helicopter or small plan aerial tour of Tobago. In my guide book it recommended Hummingbird but I have contacted them and they no longer offer this service.

David Watkins · Post by **David Watkins** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:10 pm

Kathy,ouch a very sore point!!! I won a helicopter trip around the Island only to find,a) nobody concerned with the operation is on island and b) there is no helicopter

David

Bill B · Post by **Bill B** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:31 pm

David,

Look at the bright side though. Instead you took the off road tour with Alibaba accompanied by my beautiful and charming wife (and the not quite so beautiful or charming me).

Bill

Steve Pitts · Post by **Steve Pitts** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:17 pm

Hi Kathy

A real shame that Hummingbird's Tobago-based operation haven't been able to get off the ground, so to speak and a real downer for David.
It's the prize I would have chosen, IF I had won, but that's accademic, seeing as I didn't.

The next best thing must be Steve's photo reconnaissance of the lower two thirds of the island - courtesy of Hummingbird, in the spirit of Andrew Harries.

See here for the best pics -
http://www.mytobago.info/aerial.php

Cheers
Steve

Kathy A · Post by **Kathy A** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:35 am

Oh how disappointing - I thought this would make a lovely surprise birthday present for my husband. Any ideas for something special to do that does not involve diving and is not too strenuous?

Tony Gibson · Post by **Tony Gibson** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:58 pm

Steve, thanks for the great aerial photographs, if you haven’t been to Tobago before it gives you a much better idea of the island, I had thought we could walk from Scarborough to Castara at night! (Walked further from the Toon on a Friday night) however the topography shows this totally impossible, now I know why the taxi takes so long.

David Watkins · Post by **David Watkins** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:02 pm

Tony,I would never even dream of walking to Castara by day or night.Even at night it is hotter than a typical English summer's day(75F)and the danger can not be overstated--many vehicles have no or poor lights even if they decide to use them and you get a ten ton truck coming round a bend on the wrong side of the road at 40mph......well I leave it to your imagination!You can rent a car forGBP20 a day!!!
David