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88 ❯❯ Cuba Area by Area

The Best of the Rest

San Antonio
Playa Jibacoa
1 6
de los Baños
MAP E2
MAP C2 Jibacoa is a series of beaches
This small colonial town has a popular with Cuban families.
museum of humor and echoes Accommodations range from all-
with laughter during its biennial inclusive resorts to simple camps
Humorismo Gráfico festival. popular with Cubans.
Criadero de Cocodrilos
7
MAP D4 • c/o Ecotur: Calle 24 &
31, Nueva Gerona; (46) 32 7101;
ecoturij@enet.cu; guide compulsory
Cuba’s endemic crocodile is raised
here for reintroduction into the wild.
Visit in the early morning to witness
feeding time.
Reserva Ecológico
8
Los Indios
MAP C4 • c/o Ecotur: Calle 24 & 31,
Nueva Gerona; (46) 32 7101; eco
turij @enet.cu; guide compul sory
These mangroves, grasslands, and
María la Gorda forests on the southwest shores of
Isla de la Juventud teem with life.
María la Gorda
2 Gran Caverna
MAP A4
de Santo Tomás
This remote and popular dive spot 9
at the far west end of Cuba is set MAP B2 • 20 miles (32 km) west of
on a gorgeous bay full of coral and Viñales • (48) 68 1214 • Guided tours
other marine life. In the heart of a mogote-studded
valley, the Gran Caverna de Santo
Cueva de los Portales
3 Tomás (see p16) form the largest
A dramatic cavern full of
under ground system in Cuba.
drip stone formations (see p17), which
Che Guevara made his headquarters
during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Cuevas de Puntas
4
del Este
MAP D4 • c/o Ecotur: Calle 24 & 31,
Nueva Gerona; (46) 32 7101
A permit is required to visit these
protected caves adorned with
ancient Taíno pictographs. Gran Caverna de Santo Tomás
Museo Finca El Abra
Parque Nacional
5 0
Punta Francés
MAP D4 • Carretera Siguanea,
km 2 • Open 9am–5pm Tue–Sat, MAP C4
9am–1pm Sun • Adm At the southwest tip of Isla de la
This simple colonial-era farm, where Juventud, stunning coral for ma tions
José Martí stayed during his house and numerous wrecks make this
arrest in 1870, is now a museum. a superb spot for diving.

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