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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Archipiélago de los Canarreos
(Isla de la Juventud).
Road Map B3. * 500.
n Varadero: Cubatur, (45) 667
216; Havanatur, (45) 611 452.
Excursions: from Marina Cayo
Largo: departure in the morning,
return at sunset.
Transport
k Vilo Acuña, (45) 248 141.
. Playa Tortuga
This beach in the eastern part of the island is popular with nature
lovers: it is a nesting area for marine turtles and has become a natural
reserve for Chaelonidae (species of marine turtle), which are also raised
at Combinado.

Key
Major road
Minor road
Unpaved road

. Playa Los Cocos
0 km 1 The coconut palms along the shore provide
0 miles 1 some shade here and the shallow water makes
it ideal for children. The nearby coral reefs and
shipwrecks attract scuba divers.

Visiting the Nearby Islands
The small cayos nearby offer many natural attractions.
Cayo Rico, an island surrounded by brilliant green water and
fringed with beaches of sand as fine as sugar, is only a few
minutes away by boat. The seabeds, which are especially
rich in lobsters and molluscs, are fascinating and can be
admired from glass-bottomed boats. While various species
of fish abound at Cayo Rosario, which is a scuba diver’s
dream, the only inhabitants of Cayo Iguana, just off the
western tip of Cayo Largo, are the harmless iguanas, which
can be as much as 1 m (3 ft) long. Cayo Pájaro is the craggy
habitat of ocean birds, while Cayo Cantiles is rich in flowers,
An iguana in Cayo Iguana birds and fish.

For keys to symbols see back flap

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