Tobago Cays – great scuba diving location
Tobago cays is beautiful with great snorkelling and excellent views
The Tobago Cays are five tiny, uninhabited islands surrounded by reefs and enclosing a turquoise sand-bottomed lagoon one of the most inspiring natural beauty spots in the Caribbean. The Cays are also one of the Grenadines’ most popular anchorages.
Many visitors are perhaps unaware that until very recently, the Vincentian government did not actually own the Tobago Cays. The Cays, once the property of the Eustace family of St. Vincent, had been sold by them some 40 years ago to private owners in the United States.
Tobago Cays - great location for scuba diving
But after over 15 years of negotiations, the government of St. Vincent & the Grenadines finally acquired the islands in an official handing-over ceremony at the Prime Minister’s office on 12 April, 1999. A price of US$1.025 million was paid by the government to the “Tobago Cays Holding Company” for the 58.5 acres of land.
At the handing-over ceremony, St. Vincent & the Grenadines government agreed no building are envisaged and the islands are looking cleaner than they have in many years, the vendors drive slowly and there is great area where you can snorkel with turtles.
