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Kayaking Big Blue style in the TCI

Sometimes we get intrepid travellers who find us because they want more than a half day trip. They want real adventure, off the radar, away from the noise. They have the skills; they just need the equipment and the local information to do it safely and while hitting the top spots. Anthony reached out about…

Learn to Scuba Dive in the Turks and Caicos

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Diving History

You can’t visit the Turks and Caicos without enjoying our sublime diving opportunities. With private boat charters in the TCI so rewarding, it’s a great way to add to the experience. But whether you’re an old hand in the water, or you have your first beginner PADI-certified diving course booked with us, do you know…

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The Temperatures that make the TCI Tick

One of the biggest drawcards for the Turks and Caicos is its remarkably level temperatures throughout the year. Visit anytime, and find a soothing, warm beach experience waiting. While summers can get a little too hot (yes, it’s possible), we have all-around great weather for most of the year. What role does the sea and…

Kiteboarding in the Carribean

The History of Kiteboarding: A Short Guide

Kiteboarding is one of the fastest-growing adventure sports in the TCI. And it’s easy to see why. The sport is thrilling and exhilarating, and even makes for great viewing, too. Plus the flat waters and steady winds of the Turks and Caicos make the location perfect. Who invented this thrill-a-minute sport, however? Today the Big…

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TCIFF Education Collaboration

As one of the leading ecotour and adventure companies in the Turks and Caicos, Big Blue Collective considers the environment a paramount resource; doing all we can to preserve these crucial eco systems. Hence supporting local environmental and conservation initiatives is of utmost importance. Inevitably inviting a collaboration with the TCI Film Festival, whose primary…

Shark Week 2021

SHARK WEEK 2021 comes to the Turks & Caicos

This July 2021 saw a real Turks & Caicos first, (two of them actually), land on a Discovery Channel show normally dominated by our northern island neighbours. This year the Turks & Caicos Islands together with our Big Blue team were selected to provide the backdrop and help host two of this year’s legendary Shark…

Kiteboarding

TCI’s first ever kiteboarding Instructors.

This summer Kaylam Pratt, 23, and Pendieno Brooks, 20, of Big Blue Collective, successfully passed the International Kiteboarding Organisation (IKO) exams to become TCI’s first local level 1 IKO kiteboarding instructors. Their course and exams took place in Cabarete, Dominican Republic, where they trained for two weeks during September of this year. Eco Guides to…

Caicos Challenge 2021

THE CAICOS CHALLENGE

May 2021 When Eco-Explorer Mario Rigby decided to return home to the Turks and Caicos Islands and cross the archipelago under his own power, he did not realize just how much of a physical challenge this would prove to be. In 2015, Mario had set out from South Africa on foot to traverse the continent…