Conch Day takes place on November 30 on Providenciales Island in Turks and Caicos . Visitors can wave down a float plane from the beach on neighboring Salt Cay . Columbus discovered the conch on Turks and Caicos in 1500 , describing it as ` ` the size of a calf . ''
Conch Festival takes place on November 30 on Providenciales island in Turks and Caicos . Visitors can wave down a passing plane from the beach on neighboring Salt Cay . Columbus discovered the conch on Turks and Caicos in 1492 , describing it as `` the size of a calf head ''