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Turks and Caicos - Travel Guide

East of the Bahamas and north of Hispaniola, this group of islands is a haven for those who seek to “get away from it all”. Made up of a series of eight main islands and twenty smaller islands, this British Overseas Territory, was, up until most recently, known to only a privileged few. Most of the islands remain uninhabited, and each has its own distinctive feel. There is the largest island of Middle Caicos with its grassy cliffs and coves, and Grand Turk, home of the sleepy capital Cockburn Town. Visit Salt Cay with its laid back feel and remnants of a colonial past, and compare it to bustling Providenciales, bustling for Turks and Caicos that is.

Here the adrenaline rush is to be found in swimming alongside humpback whales on their migratory passage or exploring the sharp drop of the vertical undersea wall of the continental shelf in one of the top dive sites in the world. The coral reef is a protected national park and the waters simply too shallow to allow motorized vehicles in the waters. Indeed, the greatest appeal is the draw of sitting underneath the gently swaying casuarinas trees while you gaze out at the stunningly serene view.

While there, ask to hear the story of ‘The Belongers’ heritage. ‘The Belongers’ are the locals and the history, that of their ancestors, 193 slaves freed on the islands when the ship carrying them was wrecked off the shore.