Category Archives: Turks and Caicos Islands

Dolphin pod

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Incredible...we played hide and seek with a pod of five dolphins

Incredible...we played hide and seek with a pod of five dolphins

How lucky could we get…………..five dolphins played with us for 45 minutes off Five Cays close to South Dock on Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. We took family friend, Jane and Jennifer out for a day of boating. We stopped first at a little cay where the girls saw iguanas and just before the docks we sighted these magnifiscent dolphins. Wow, we couldn’t believe seeing so many of them at one time as they swam and frolicked under the boat and cut through the water with such phenomenal speed. It was really tough trying to get photos. You too may be lucky and see dolphins when you visit us here in the Turks and Caicos.

Marta

http://www.diving.tc

Iguana photo#2

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Iguana at the sanctuary at Little Water Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands

Iguana at the sanctuary at Little Water Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands

The Turks and Caicos Rock Iguana is a protected species. Visitors can take short boat ride to Little Water Cay to see the iguanas. They feed on berries, leaves and fruit (Sapodilla is a favourite) and live in shallow burrows. This is a great place to take the kids. The National Trust has built a board walk so visitors can walk the trail, stop to take photos and see the iguanas at close range. Make a point of stopping at Little Water Cay when you visit Providenciales and the Turks and Caicos Islands. See you soon!

Marta

www.harbourclubvillas.com

Iguanas

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Friendly iguana on Bay Cay just off the marina at Harbour Club Villas

Friendly iguana on Bay Cay just off the marina at Harbour Club Villas

A short boat ride or a two mile kayak trip takes you to Bay Cay. Guests at Harbour Club have spent all day on this little island (they call them “cays” here ) exploring, snorkeling, fishing, lazing in the sun on the beach and getting up close and friendly with the iguanas. This one was very gentle as he ate an apple from Scott’s hand. Organized trips are available to see the iguanas at Little Water Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands. Hope you get a chance to see one or two on your visit here.

Marta

http://www.harbourclubvillas.com

Bonefish

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Bonefishing is great on the flats of Providenciales

Bonefishing is great on the flats of Providenciales

Here’s a close up of a bonefish. To be honest, we never knew what a bonefish was let alone what it looked like!! Our guest at Harbour Club Villas caught this beauty out on the flats. Flyfishermen will really enjoy wading the flats in search of bonefish. Often you see them tailing in the lake infront of our villas.  We’ve had guests run down from the villas, cast and catch them right from the road. Come and enjoy the great bonefishing to be had in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Marta

http://www.bonefishing.tc

Bonefishing the flats

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Bonefishing is great in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Bonefishing is great in the Turks and Caicos Islands

The south side of Providenciales has endless fishing flats where you can wade and bonefish. Guests have been seeing and catching some pretty big bonefish. It’s all catch and release and pound for pound , these bonefish give fisherman a pretty good fight. If you want to fish and you have family that doesn’t……..no worries as we can send you to some great spots where everyone will be happy. Tight lines!!!
Marta
http://www.bonefishing.tc

Island sunset

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Turks and Caicos Island sunset on the south shore of Provo

Turks and Caicos Island sunset on the south shore of Provo

Today was a flat calm day and the ocean showed not a ripple. I sent one of our guests to the bonefishing flat in the photo just a short ways down the road from our villas.  He spent part of the afternoon wading in search of bonefish. When the sun sets on the south side of Providenciales, it’s a good opportunity for a photo. You have to be on the beach early though as the sun goes down at 5:20 or so. Hope to see you enjoying some of our fabulous sunsets soon.

Marta

http://www.bonefishing.tc

Turks and Caicos flora

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Shak Shak Tree

Shak Shak Tree

 Here’s a photo of the Flamboyant tree or Royal Poinciana ablaze with colourful flowers on Provo.  I mentioned in a previous post that the Junkanoo band often has many percussion instruments that include the shak-shak.  This instrument is like a maracas and at one time, the seed pods of the Royal Poinciana or Flamboyant tree were used as a shak-shak in the Turks and Caicos Islands. I thought this was interesting as I didn’t know what a shak-shak was.

Marta

http://www.harbourclubvillas.com

Turks and Caicos Junkanoo

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Junkanoo festivities on Provo

Junkanoo parade in the Turks and Caicos Islands

We made it to midnight and watched the fireworks from our deck. We had to get up at five to take guests to the airport for the early Miami flight. The downtown traffic circle was blocked off by police as the New Year’s festivities and junkanoo on Provo were just winding down. At the same time that we are going to bed, our island friends are heading out in the wee hours of New Year’s Day to celebrate and party till the morning. The junkanoo parade is the highlight of the festivities… full of people in colourful costumes dancing to up tempo combinations of goatskin drums, cowbells, horns, shak shak (see post) and other instruments. You can’t help but join in as the performers go through some wild, uninhibited and hypnotic dancing as they bang on drums and move to the island rhythms. The term “rush” is given to this all-out, no holds barred form of dancing in the streets and everyone joins in (“jump up”). We wish everyone all the best in 2009.

Marta

http://www.harbourclubvillas.com

 

Turks and Caicos flowers

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Christmas vine blooming on Provo

Christmas vine blooming on Provo

Happy New Year everyone!!

Finally while travelling down Venetian Road, I spotted a vivid flash of red……….Ipomoea is the official name of this wild vine that grows in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Other names for this beautiful wild flower is Wild Potato or Christmas vine because it generally blooms around Christmas and New Year.  This one was growing along the roadside but most often you see them climbing and clinging to trees. I can’t believe the colour as it is always such a bright scarlet red.

Cheers, and I hope we can stay awake to bring the New Year in!!

Marta

http://www.harbourclubvillas.com