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50 ❯❯ The Top 10 of Everything

Nature Trails

Valle de Viñales
1 forest – a protected habitat for jutías,
jabalís, and over 170 bird species.
MAP B2
Surrounded by mogotes, Valle de For birding and visits to caves, there
Viñales has the most dramatic are the Cueva de las Perlas and
scenery in Cuba. Local tour agencies Sendero del Bosque al Mar trails.
offer specialist hiking excursions
Finca La Belén
along mountain trails, including 4
climbs to the summit of mogotes; MAP L4 • 27 miles (43 km) SE
an official guide is obligatory. of Camagüey • (52) 19 5744 • Adm:
for horseback and guided bird tours
A walk or horseback ride from this
working farm, home to zebra and
various exotic cattle, leads through
semi-deciduous wood land and
mon tane forests that help protect
the different types of endemic plants
including a rare cactus species.
Bird-watchers will have a field day
spotting parrots, hummingbirds,
and other colorful birds.
Las Terrazas
5
Valle de Viñales This mountain resort (see p16)
is Cuba’s premier ecotourism
El Yunque
2 desti nation, with trails, waterfalls,
springs, and coffee plantations
The unique flat-topped El
Yunque mountain (see p33) can be surrounded by forest. Hotel La Moka
accessed by trail from Baracoa for a (see p130) provides decent lodgings.
climb accompanied by a compulsory
guide. The rewards are the staggering
panoramic view and a chance to spot
exotic birds.
Península de
3
Guanahacabibes
MAP A3 • Centro de Visitantes: La
Bajada, Sandino • (48) 75 0366 • Adm
At the far western tip of Cuba, this
slender peninsula is covered with
a rare expanse of tropical dry Mineral Springs at Las Terrazas
Havana Varadero
A tlantic
CN
CC Colón O c ean
A4 A1 Santa Clara
CC Pinar Jagüey Grande
del Río Cienfuegos A1 Ciego de
Nueva CS Ávila
Gerona Trinidad CC Nuevitas
Manatí
Camagüey Holguín
Las
Tunas
C aribbean Santa Cruz Bayamo CC
del Sur
S ea Guantánamo
0 kilometers 200 Imías
Pilón Santiago
0 miles 100 de Cuba
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