Trinidad & Tobago

Getting there & away

Sea

Cruise ship

Cruise ships dock on the south side of Port of Spain. The large cruise-ship complex contains a customs hall, souvenir and clothing shops, car-rental agencies, taxis and a couple of local eateries. There’s a smaller cruise-ship facility in central Scarborough on Tobago.

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Water

Ferry

A ship leaves for Guiria, Venezuela, at 9am on Wednesdays (arrives at 7am) from Pier One (634-4472) in Chaguaramas. It takes 3½ hours, costs TT$404 and there’s a TT$75 ­departure tax.

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Entering the destination

Entering trinidad & tobago

Provided that you have a valid passport, coming and going from Trinidad and Tobago is easy. When you arrive, you’ll fill out an Immigration Arrival Card. Customs officials require that you fill out the line that asks you where you are staying; if you don’t know where you’re staying, list any local hotel.

A TT$100 departure tax must be paid upon departure, payable in TT or US dollars (about US$16). For the ferry to Venezuela, it’s TT$75. At the Trinidad airport, the fee can be paid via a special ATM machine. Keep your receipt, or you’ll have to pay it again at security.

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Air

Airports in both Trinidad and Tobago handle international air traffic, but the bulk of international flights arrive and depart from Trinidad.

Airports

Crown Point International Airport (TAB; 639-8547; www.tntairports.com) Located in Crown Point, 11km southwest of Scarborough, on Tobago.

Piarco International Airport (POS; 669-8047; www.piarcoairport.com) Located 25km east of Port of Spain, on Trinidad.

Airlines

Airlines flying to Trinidad:

Air Canada (1-800-247-2262; www.aircanada.com) Toronto

American Airlines/American Eagle (1-800-233-5436; www.aa.com) Miami, San Juan

Caribbean Airlines (625-8246; www.caribbean-airlines.com) Antigua, Barbados Caracas, Fort Lauderdale, New York, Toronto

Continental (1-800-523-3273; www.continental.com) Houston

Delta (1-800-21-1212; www.delta.com) New York

LIAT (625-9451; www.liatairline.com) Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Nevis, St Kitts, St Vincent, San Juan, Santo Domingo, St-Martin/Sint Maarten, St Croix, St Lucia, St Thomas, Tortola

Airlines flying to Tobago:

British Airways (0844-494-0-787; www.britishairways.com) London

LIAT (625-9451; www.liatairline.com) Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, St-Martin/Sint Maartin, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Vincent, Tortola

Virgin Atlantic (454-3610; www.virgin-atlantic.com) London

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