Sailing Saoirse - Exploring Tobago 🏝

We finally get to explore Tobago.
After almost 5 months in Trinidad we finally made it to the blue waters of Tobago.
When arriving in Tobago we anchored in Mount Irvine Bay, a quiet little bay on the SW side of the island. We had to check in with customs and immigration (yes even though we were still in the same country) which is in Scarborough which is on the SE side of the island. Teagan and I took the dingy to shore, locked it up on a railing to the right of the life guard tower and restaurant and walked up the the main road.
There is a bus stop right there but we decided to try and get a ride share instead which was TT$ 9 each. Scarborough was about a 10 - 15 minute drive from mount Irvine.
We had to go to the Fairy/ Cruise ship Terminal and check in with Immigration first. The. You head out of the fairy terminal and east straight down the same road until you reach a Rituals Coffee and Churches Chicken on the left hand side of the road and you turn right, customs is a small building near where the huge red and white ferries park to offload people and cars.
The anchorage at mount Irvine bay was incredibly rolly while we were there. We had friends who were previously there and raved about how great and quiet it was. Unfortunately when we were there there was a funny system of swell coming from the North which made for big swells swooping through the anchorage.
The under water life and Mt Irvine was beautiful. There was lots of coral just in-front of the restaurant between the breakers and the still water. We also found incredible brain coral and life if you snorkel close to the rocks to the right of the hotel and dive shop. The reef comes up really shallow. The visibility wasn’t great and we put it down to the fact that there was a lot of swell coming through which could have been turning up a lot of sediment in the water.
We spent a day driving around Tobago with SY Puff - Kris and Ingrid. We managed to do almost the entire coast line of Tobago in a few hours - it’s not a hard thing to do because the island is so small 😂
We stopped along the way at Shurland Hummingbird Viewpoint which overlooked a valley and the ocean. You pay TT$60 to be able to sit there at her beautiful look out, she gives you sugar water in your own individual containers so you can feed the hummingbirds. She also give you a piece of cake and a juice or coffee, we had opted for her fresh juice which was made of ginger, turmeric and lemon it was absolutely delicious!
There were so many hummingbirds the felt like flies around our heads, swooping around us, chasing each other, sipping sugar water from the feeders and stopping to check us out every now and then. It was such an incredible experience to be able to sit there and have wild hummingbirds so freely buzzing around you.
The roads in Tobago are narrow and windy, we are very grateful that Kris opted to drive!
Thank you for watching with us, if you enjoyed our video please give it a like and if you have any questions or comments please leave them bellow 😁🤩🪸🌊🇹🇹🐬

[@Nick-un1em]

Born & raised in T'dad. Thanks for the amazing shots & memories.

[@SailingSaoirse22]

Hi Nick, thanks for watching. We have truly loved every minute of Trinidad and Tobago.

[@debraduplessis3064]

Just loved your hummingbirds....incredible

[@SailingSaoirse22]

It was an amazing experience

[@veryanoynimouse]

Fantastic video. The hummingbirds are just amazing.

[@SailingSaoirse22]

Thanks so much. Awesome that you keep watching our videos

[@theunisia6378]

Guys this looks amazing and you captured those hummingbirds beautifully ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@FaddaWolf]

I told you guys you'd love Tobago. Laid back and beautiful!

[@SailingSaoirse22]

You were spot on, and again, the people were as friendly as in Trinidad.

[@TheunisCrouzer]

Great video! Can't wait for some more snorkeling videos.

[@SailingSaoirse22]

Thanks so much Theunis, there will be many more 👍

[@paulpistorius5129]

Great Video - looking forward to the next instalment

[@SailingSaoirse22]

Thanks Paul. So nice to have people follow along and get some pleasure out of our travels.

[@anewchapterover55]

Wonderful photography, video and drone skills. Such a great vlog to watch, what an amazing experience x

[@SailingSaoirse22]

Thanks so much Paula. Aways love getting your comments

[@joshuadickerson2709]

Awesome video.....👍🏿

[@SailingSaoirse22]

Thanks Joshua and welcome

[@linellwilliamsadams4276]

Thanks for showcasing our beautiful island Tobago🥂

[@SailingSaoirse22]

It's a really beautiful place and we wish we could have spent more time there.

[@linellwilliamsadams4276]

@@SailingSaoirse22 you're always welcome to return 🥂

[@souguellis]

Hummingbirds are endemic and abundant in Brazil.

[@SailingSaoirse22]

Sadly we didn't get to see them there.

[@michaelanderson1788]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@gavinbotes4272]

I got the "Mainstay" pic........I am not happy. It was supposed to be on a white sandy beach, Not sealed and taken on the deck of a stupid boat. How can I love you all if you will not crack the seal on that baby while sitting on a deserted piece of drifting white sand.

[@unfunny.meme22]

well we see anymore Tobago videos?👀

[@SailingSaoirse22]

Yes for sure!

[@gunghoadventures871]

Totally awesome . In other words Very lekker, .

[@SailingSaoirse22]

🤣😂you are definitely South African!! Thank you for watching.

[@gunghoadventures871]

@@SailingSaoirse22 Rampant II (Lavranos 71 left SA 1992 . After Amazon and Carib , settled in Ft Lauderdale.Awesome videos,awesome family. Well done

[@SailingSaoirse22]

@@gunghoadventures871 that's excellent. We were in Brazil for a while and had planned a short trip into the Amazon but right when we were planning it, there was an armed robbery on one of the other boats we were going to join. Stories started coming out that piracy of foreign vessels had died down a lot over the years but they were still hassling the local fishing boats. We figured we had left SA to get away from all that and weren't prepared to be on our nerves over here. So we gave it a miss but were very disappointed. So great that you got to settle in USA- we are desperately trying to find somewhere that we can settle over here rather than going back to SA but at our age and without very specific good qualifications, options are limited. I'm scouring the internet for opportunities because at the current exchange rate and the fact that we used a good 3 years of our 'cruising kitty' in SA (boat rebuild and pandemic) we won't be able to sustain this life for long. 🙏 Hopefully we find something.

[@gunghoadventures871]

@@SailingSaoirse22 Get to St Maartin ASAP. Alles sal regkom.

[@SailingSaoirse22]

@@gunghoadventures871 not sure how the visa situation will work with our British and SA passports at St Maarten? We hoped to visit as have another friend there too but still needed to look at the finer details?

[@marttinaalbert5009]

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[@marttinaalbert5009]

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[@darksaint5247]

She's cute 🥰