Along old Amerindian trails: mountain biking in Trinidad...
... with bike an nature guide Courtenay Rooks

A mountain bike is the ideal vehicle for exploring Trinidad. The landscape is a combination of steep mountains covered in rain forest, craggy stretches of coast, and green lowland. "There’s a dense network of paths and tracks that dates back to the time of the plantations, and some of them have been in use since the days prior to Columbus’ arrival by the Amerindians", says Courtenay Rooks, who used his bike to explore the most remote corners off his own bat.

For visitors he worked out biking tours along these tracks that lead all across the land. "It’s the small places off the main routes where you can best get to know the mixture of Caribbean, African and Indian culture", the islander raves. "But what makes it fascinating is the exotic nature, the great views, the colorful birds and exotic plants – even the most fanatic bikers will stop in utter amazement at a huge blue Morpho butterfly!" Rooks is the one to know - he works as a nature guide and manages a project for the protection of ocelots.

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