Salt Cay is truly a TCI classic. We call it the ‘island the time forgot’ and that’s pretty much how it is over there. No need for a watch on Salt Cay! It’s our least populated island, but there are few places to stay and eat – surf on over to their local web site [...]

From the December, 2007 issue of Outside: UNTIL RECENTLY, IT WAS SCUBA DIVERS who salivated over the turquoise waters and Technicolor reefs. But recently, kiteboarders have discovered the Turks and Caicos—a 166-square-mile archipelago in the eastern Caribbean—and it’s fast becoming a hallowed destination for world-class riding. During the winter, cold fronts rolling across the lower [...]

As you know, the Island Insider loves all things conch, so it was with great pride that we saw an article on our very own Conch Farm in the latest issue of the Robb Report, that glossy, only-for-the-super-rich publication that normally writes about mega-yachts and Ferraris. But there amongst all the reviews of the latest [...]

Providenciales (or as the locals call it, “Provo”) is the main tourist center for the Turks & Caicos Islands, but there are actually several other islands across our chain that are worth considering as you plan your trip to visit us. Grand Turk is the capital of the Turks and Caicos and reputed to be [...]

Tourists weary from the cold and snow aren’t the only ones arriving in the Turks & Caicos every winter. Each December begins a 3-month long migration of humpback whales through our waters. These magnificent creatures travel thousands of miles to reach their breeding grounds a bit further south of here, and on their way treat [...]

Our friends at Bohio Dive Resort in Grand Turk share a special dive spot with our readers. To get in on their little secret, surf over to the site or call 649 946 2135   It is no secret that some of best wall diving to be experienced anywhere on the planet can be found [...]

The Fourth Annual Turks & Caicos Conch Festival was a big hit, and highlighted the great diversity and quality of culinary expertise here in TCI. More than twenty restaurants participated in this years’ event and an array of innovative conch-based recipes were showcased. Two restaurants in particular have battled it out for the Best in [...]

The Turks & Caicos officially opened the doors of a new casino, the Casablanca Casino, this past weekend with a glitzy opening/holiday party. The casino has actually been open for a few months, but this was its ‘coming out’ event. And come out they did – it was a virtual ‘who’s who’ of TCI, plus [...]

The world’s newest Noble Peace Prize Winner, former US Vice President Al Gore, will be “on island” November 18-20 for an important environmental conference hosted by the TCI government. The event, called Fostering a Green Culture in Small Island Nations, will be held at Beaches Resort and is part of the Year if the Environment [...]

Not that we need an excuse to throw a party here in the islands, but the Fourth Annual TCI Conch Festival, to be held November 24 this year, celebrates something that is truly unique to Turks & Caicos – the conch. The Strombus gigas, otherwise known as the queen or pink-lipped conch, holds a special [...]