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Mountain Highs

El Yunque, Baracoa
Parque Nacional
El Yunque
1 6
Pico Turquino
A unique flat top on El Yunque
forms a dramatic backdrop to MAP N6
Baracoa, and you can hike to the Cuba’s highest peak (see p51) is
summit. The views from the top are a challenging two-day ascent
fabulous and worth the trip (see p33). leading through various eco systems,
including a cloud forest.
La Farola
2 Grupo Maniabón
MAP R5
Experience a winding, breathtakingly 7
MAP P4
steep drive up the mountain linking Surrounded by mogotes (see p17),
Guantánamo to Baracoa. Magnificent this visually delightful mountain
scenery awaits drivers, but extreme chain northeast of Holguín is best
care is required on the way up. explored via a steam train excursion.
Parque Nacional
La Comandancia
3 8
Alejandro Humboldt
de la Plata
MAP R5 • Ecotur: (21) 64 3665 Fidel Castro’s former guerrilla head-
Don sturdy footwear for the hike quarters, hidden by thick forest and
into the mountains of this park, overhanging a ravine, are kept as
which features miradores (look outs) they were five decades ago (see p39).
offering marvelous views. Guides are
Gran Piedra
mandatory, and Ecotur can arrange 9
them for you. MAP P6
The “Great Stone” is a huge boulder
El Saltón
4 balanced atop the ridge of the Sierra
Baconao, and reached via a 454-step
MAP N5 • Villa El Saltón:
(22) 56 6326 staircase. It offers pano ramic views,
This ecotourism mountain resort and Haiti can be seen on the horizon.
offers trails, waterfalls, and superb
Mayarí Arriba
bird-watching. The Villa El Saltón 0
is a good base for exploring. MAP P6 • Museo Comandancia
del Segundo Frente: Av. de los Mártires,
Pinares de Mayarí
5 Santiago de Cuba; (22) 42 5749; open
MAP P5 • (24) 45 5628
9am–4:30pm Tue–Sat, 9am–noon Sun
Accessed by a denuded road, this The Museo Comandancia del
mountain resort (see p51) offers Segundo Frente recalls the years
outdoor activities amid the pine of the Revolution when the pine
forests, as well as around the forests surrounding this town were
Salto el Guayabo waterfall. the setting for guerrilla war fare.
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