Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine April 2016 | Page 161
Located just 575 miles southeast of Miami, this is one of the places you must visit!
The Turks and Caicos is a British Overseas Territory consisting of 40 islands
most of which are uninhabited.
Grand Turk - Corkburn Town,
located on Grand Turk, is the country’s
capital housing its government offices and
supreme courts. Grand Turk is the second
most populated of the Virgin Islands
(3,720 people) where you’ll find many
colonial style buildings gracing its streets.
Providenciales - Most
international flights land at the
Providenciales International Airport
(PLS). Of all the islands, this is the most
developed and populatated with 23,769
people. Many of the top beaches are
here and as such, diving, snorkeling,
kiteboarding, kayaking and stand up
paddle boarding are some of the activites
to be enjoyed.
North Caicos is the lushest of
all the islands with a population of less
than 2,000. Known as “garden island”,
its wildlife and protected wetlands, five
national parks and nature reserves makes
this an ideal eco-tourism destination.
Middle Caicos - a causeway links
North Caicos to Middle Caicos which
is another favourite for heritage and eco
tourism. It is the largest of the Virgin
Islands but has a population of only 200.
Here you will find remnants of an 18th
157
century cotton plantatiion. The Conch
Bar Caves, once a haven for the Lucayan
Indians, contains corridors and caverns
fille dwith bats, stalacites and stalagmites.
South Caicos or “The Big South”
is the territory’s fishing capital. Fishing,
snorkeling and cuba diving are the main
attraction on this island of les than 2,000
people.
East Caicos is uninhabited with
a 17 mile beach on its north coast used
only by sea turtle to lay their eggs. Most
of the island is covered by swamp and
mangroves.
West Caicos. Currently
uninhabited, its a great location for
dishig, snorkelling and is considered to be
an underwater photography mecca. West
Caicos is currently being developed by
Ritz Carlton. It will be the most exclusive
in the world.
Salt Cay is the ultimate escape from
civilization. Only 2.5 squre miles and
under 100 people, it is the smallest of
the Turks and Caicos islands. Quaint
and idyllic, you can relax at your leisure
becaus e time does not exist here.