If having no 'tings to do' at all is your idea of paradise, then Tobago is the place for you. Very quickly you'll learn to 'lime' - which involves nothing more trying than relaxing in good company with a few beers. It's a local art!
For the more active visitor however, look no further. The variety and quality of activities available will keep you busy for as long as you want, and will keep you coming back again and again.

From the extremes of kitesurfing to the gentler pleasures of snorkeling, with the possibilities of surfing, windsurfing, kayaking, wake-boarding, water-skiing, hobie-cat and yacht sailing falling somewhere in between, there's truly something for everyone. It's hard to resist those warm, blue Caribbean waters.....! With an average air temperature of 31°c and an average water temperatures of 28°c throughout the whole year, Tobago is a water-babies dream destination, even if your idea of watersports is lazing in the sun at Pigeon Point and dipping into the calm blue water inside the Bucco Reef once in a while to cool off

Described by Jacque Costeau as some of the best diving available in the Caribbean,Tobago's relatively untouched sites are visited by more than 4,000 divers a year, ranging from experienced drift divers to newly-qualified aficionados. Expect to see manta- and sting-rays, sharks and turtles among some of the world's oldest and the world's largest brain coral. Contact the Association of Tobago Dive Operators.

Deep sea fishing is a popular sport on the island, with Tobago hosting the Carib International Game Fishing Tournament in April each year. Main catches around the coast include marlin, sailfish, tuna, Wahoo and 'dolphin'. For those of you who may be concerned by this last one, Dolphin Fish is another name for Mahi-Mahi, you won't be catching Flipper or any of his cousins!! Charters are available throughout the island from half days to longer durations, with local experienced fishermen, who use FAD's (Fish Attracting Devices - best described as a floating bamboo raft) to almost guarantee a good daily catch.

You can't leave Tobago without having sampled a rum punch, a pina colada or a local beer ("Stag for de men, Carib for de ladies"), nor without trying crab 'n dumplings, callaloo soup or some of the fiery local specialties. Tobagonians are proud of their food and not shy of their drink and if you can't beat 'em, you might as well join 'em. While you're there, do try to get to a steelpan performance, an African drumming evening and, of course, Sunday School - Tobago's biggest open-air 'fête' - at Buccoo village.

Mount Irvine golf course, with its water holes and palm trees, is tough but stunning, with sweeping views over Mount Irvine Bay and the turquoise waters of the Caribbean. Open since 1968, it's a challenging 18-hole course, previously host to the annual Tobago Pro-Am championship. Take a lesson or two from the professionals (one of whom has been teaching there for 30 years); you'll learn as much about the island and its ways as about your backswing!

The newly-established Tobago Plantations Golf and Country Club offers another world-class championship course, on the Atlantic side of the lowlands.

What could rival a morning's golf followed by a few cool Stags and an afternoon on the beach...?