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Children’s Attractions

is a boat ride on an underground river
that emerges into open air. Horse-
back rides are also offered (see p17).
Acuario Nacional
3
MAP F5 • Avenida 3ra & Calle
62, Miramar, Havana • 7202 5871 •
Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun • Adm
The outdoor National Aquarium in
Havana features a large number of
mammals, reptiles, birds, and fish.
Crocodile Farms
4
Kids can safely get close to
Steam train Cuba’s endemic crocodile in breeding
farms found on the island (see p88).
Steam Train Rides
1 This monster grows to 16 ft (5 m)
Once a vital resource for
long. Younger crocodiles are kept
hauling sugarcane, many of Cuba’s apart. Some farms also breed the
steam trains are now retired as American crocodile.
museum pieces. Others are used
Cuban Schools
for excursions at Central Australia 5
(see p19) and at the Museo de Azúcar Most Cuban schools are small
in Morón. Kids can also whistle down and intimate, and foreign children are
the tracks on a 1907 “choo-choo” almost always welcomed for brief
that circles Havana’s Parque Lenin visits. Local kids are usually curious
in the summer months. to learn about foreign cultures. Make
arrangements to visit in advance.
Cueva del Indio
2 Valle de la Prehistoria,
MAP B2 • Carretera Puerto
Santiago de Cuba
Esperanza, km 36 • (48) 77 8053 6
• Open 9am–5pm • Adm Huge Tyrannosaurus rex occupy this
This underground cavern in the Valle pre historic theme park, featuring
de San Vicente will delight children life-size concrete reptiles. A natural
with its spooky, bat-ridden stalag- science museum has informative
mites and stalactites. The main thrill displays on local wildlife (see p114).
Valle de la Prehistoria,
Santiago de Cuba

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