Experts' Choice Award La Brea Pitch Lake
What the experts agree on
A bizarre natural wonder—the world's largest asphalt deposit, thick enough to walk on. Experts call it Trinidad's strangest sight, worth the trek to this southwest coast village.
“All roads may lead to Rome, but most roads certainly come from La Brea Pitch Lake, Trinidad, which contains the largest deposit of asphalt in the world.”
– Afar Magazine
Frommer's "Pitch Lake is on the west coast of Trinidad, with the village of Le Brea on its north shore." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"About 25km southwest of San Fernando, and just south of the small town of La Brea, this slowly bubbling black 'lake' is perhaps Trinidad’s greatest oddity." Full review
Atlas Obscura "This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface. " Full review
