Go next

Trinidad

larger of the two major islands which make up Trinidad and Tobago

9.0km

10.46055556-61.44861111

Maracas Valley

Maracas Valley is in northern Trinidad.

26km

10.7446-61.4369

Scarborough (Trinidad and Tobago)

town in Trinidad and Tobago

103km

11.1833-60.7333

Tobago

autonomous island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

113km

11.25-60.667

Mabaruma

city

309km

8.2-59.783333
Sights (14)

Caroni Swamp

The second largest mangrove wetland in Trinidad and Tobago

12km

10.5914097-61.4640326

Mount Saint Benedict

16km

10.6628-61.3964

Nicholas Tower

Nicholas Tower, situated on Independence Square, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago is the fifth tallest building in Trinidad and Tobago. It has an elliptical floor plate and stands 21 floors tall and 88 Meters high. Construction was completed in 2003 and each floor, 8,000 square feet (700 m2) of space, was rented out at a cost of $96,000 a month. It is a blue glass tower.

20km

10.6492-61.5108

Eric Williams Plaza

Eric Williams Plaza, also known as the Eric Williams Financial Complex, located on Independence Square, Port of Spain, consists of two of the tallest buildings in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as in the English-speaking Caribbean. It consists of a pair of skyscrapers 22 stories high and 302 ft tall, locally known as the "Twin Towers". Construction on the complex started in 1979 and ended in 1986. The complex was officially opened on March 29, 1986. The architect who managed the construction was Anthony C. Lewis Partnership.

20km

10.6489-61.5124

Port of Spain International Waterfront Centre

The Port of Spain International Waterfront Centre is a construction project aimed at revitalising and transforming the waterfront of the capital-city Port of Spain located in Trinidad and Tobago. The project is a part of the overall Vision 2020, a government policy attempting to take Trinidad and Tobago to developed country status by 2020. That policy has since been shelved. The towers, which were supposed to usher in the beginning of a "Financial Centre" never materialized, and have slowly been occupied by government departments and offices.

21km

10.65158333-61.52146389

Queen's Park Savannah

park in Trinidad and Tobago

22km

10.669296-61.514082

Asa Wright Nature Centre

22km

10.7-61.3

Royal Botanic Gardens, Trinidad

The Royal Botanic Gardens in Trinidad and Tobago is located in Port of Spain. The Gardens, which were established in 1818, are situated just north of the Queen's Park Savannah. This is one of the oldest Botanic Gardens in the world. The landscaped site occupies 61.8 acres and contains some 700 trees, of which some 13% are indigenous to Trinidad and Tobago, whilst others are collected from every continent of the world.

23km

10.6744-61.5143

Magnificent Seven Houses

The Magnificent Seven Houses are mansions located alongside Queen's Park Savannah in northern Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Maraval Road in the St Clair neighborhood. They were built between 1902 and 1910 on land that was previously used as a government stock farm and are listed as heritage sites at the National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago. Stollmeyer's Castle was the first building in the neighborhood and took several years to complete, as was typical with the Magnificent Seven Houses.

23km

10.671-61.519

Blanchisseuse

31km

10.78333333-61.3

Monos

38km

10.683333333333-61.683333333333

Pitch Lake

40km

10.2325-61.62805556

Pigeon Point, Tobago

89km

11.1167-60.839

Englishman's Bay

114km

11.28333333-60.68333333
Nature

we will see

Chaguanas

Trinidad and Tobago
Someday we will visit Chaguanas or begin to dream about going there! However, for now its not on our radar. Let us know in the comments if you think that should change!

Chaguanas

Chaguanas is in Trinidad.

Chaguanas is low-lying and is just upstream from the Caroni Swamp. The Caparo River runs through the town. The Chaguanas Main Road runs East to West from Felicity to Longdenville. The Southern Main Road (SMR) from Busy Corner (part of which includes the Chaguanas Main Road from Busy Corner to Montrose Junction) runs south to San Fernando. The North-South Highways begins and ends at the flyover in Chaguanas, just east of the SMR West of the SMR, Perseverance Road continues south from Railway Road onto Orange Field Road.

Chaguanas was named for the Chaguanes Amerindian tribe. The area was settled by the time of the British conquest of Trinidad in 1797 (see History of Trinidad and Tobago). The town originated on what was then H.E. Robinson's sugar estate adjacent to the Woodford Lodge sugar refinery and the De Verteuil coconut and cocoa estate to the north and east. It was sold over to the now defunct Caroni (1975) Ltd when sugar was the main export commodity for Trinidad and Tobago, and was part of the Woodford Lodge Estate that is home to several buildings including the homes of several ex-Caroni workers.Construction of the Trinidad Government Railway helped the town grow.

Your notes (private)

What's on your mind? (you can type here notes just for you and they will show on your dashboard)

Information for getting there

When someday comes you'll need to get in.

Information for getting around

When someday comes you'll need to be able to get around.

Your tips and questions

Let us know your best tips about Chaguanas.

Climate

Average temperatures

Jan

25°C20
Precipitation: 109 mm

Feb

25°C19
Precipitation: 53 mm

Mar

27°C20
Precipitation: 73 mm

Apr

28°C21
Precipitation: 111 mm

May

27°C21
Precipitation: 147 mm

Jun

24°C20
Precipitation: 211 mm

Jul

23°C21
Precipitation: 165 mm

Aug

24°C21
Precipitation: 198 mm

Sep

26°C22
Precipitation: 127 mm

Oct

26°C22
Precipitation: 207 mm

Nov

25°C21
Precipitation: 292 mm

Dec

24°C21
Precipitation: 224 mm
Useful links