Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine April 2017 | Page 491

CRUSOE’S CAVE, CROWN
POINT
When Daniel Defoe wrote of Robinson
Crusoe being shipwrecked on an island,
he said the island was in sight of the ‘great
island of Trinidad’ and inhabited by only
goats and fierce Amerindians, he could
only mean Tobago. Today visitors can visit
a cave in a limestone buff above Crown
Point Beach, just a few minutes from the
airport. This cave is best visited at low tide
and is today known as Crusoe’s cave.
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FORT KING GEORGE
Sitting regally at 140ft above Tobago’s
coast, Fort King George is the best-
preserved historical site on the twin
islands. Although originally built by
the British in 1777, in French built
its perimeter walls in 1871. The fort
changed owners many times but
in 1804 it was finally won back by
the British. In the grounds of the
fort which are known for its great
panoramic views, cool breeze and
tranquility, there is a museum located
with exhibits of military memorabilia
and fossils.
Photo Credit: BGabel
BUCCOO REEF & NYLON POOL
This is the most visited of the island’s
reefs and is vibrant with sea life and coral.
Visitors can see the reef via glass bottom
boat if they wish and between the reef
and the mainland is a meter deep pool
formed by a sandbar. The pool was given
the name Nylon Pool after a visit by
Princess Margaret who mentioned that
the waters in the pool were as clear as her
nylon stockings.
Photo Credit: Quillons