Grand Turk Private Historical and Ecology Tour

Your guide is a local historian with surprising stories to share. In the 1950s and 1960s, Grand Turk played a role in historic space missions. The tour passes Waterloo, an 1815 colonial mansion and the Governor’s official residence. For nearly 300 years, Grand Turk supplied salt to a global trade network. The tour passes through Cockburn Town, a preserved colonial capital with Bermudian-style architecture, where every corner is photo-worthy. Hear about abolitionist Mary Prince and her connection to Grand Turk and the British West Indies. See some of the island’s oldest churches still standing today. Visit the Turks and Caicos Islands National Museum to learn about the Tanios/Lucayans and see the Western Hemisphere’s oldest known European shipwreck. Learn about Columbus Landing National Park and the salt flats that attract flamingos and wading birds in season. At the 1852 Grand Turk Lighthouse, enjoy Atlantic and Turks Island Passage views from the Horatio Nelson Lookout.