Las Terrazas Tourist Resort, in Sierra del Rosario, a special place for spending your Cuba Holidays
A few kilometres from Soroa is located Las Terrazas Tourist Resort, in Sierra del Rosario, a special place for spending your Cuba Holidays, boats amazing landscapes in a protected area with more than 800 plant species and 73 different kinds of birds. This population is largely endemic. In the surroundings are the sulphurous water baths, the springs of San Juan River, the ruins of French coffee plantations and several camp sites. You can be one of the thousands that take Cuban flight to swim in those medicinal waters. This beautiful town was home of one of the most important figures of Cuban Music: Polo Montañez, he passed away some years ago, however his music is still on the air. He was a country side man with no musical education, nevertheless he had it in his blood and he composed and sang beautiful songs that were international known and sing by important figures of the world music as Gilberto Santa Rosa. Visiting his museum on this Cuba Holidays is an opportunity that you should not miss.
Matanzas has gifts for you on this ecological Cuba Holidays
Matanzas has gifts for you on this ecological Cuba Holidays. The Zapata Peninsula lies south of the Cuba island and comprise the largest wetlands of the entire insular Caribbean. Pencilled in as a Biosphere Reserve in as much as 70% of its area and labelled as a RAMSAR location, hopes are pinned on the place to be declared a Sustainable Tourism Destination by the Association of Caribbean States in the course of the ongoing year. During your summer holidays, you will visit Montemar, Cuba's largest tourist nature park. This is the best place that in Cuba has the original mix or Sea (Mar) and Land (Monte), a true example of wild life for you to know on this amazing luxury holidays.
On this summer holidays, there are a lot of places that you can visit which have their own special attraction in the area: La Boca, with its spectacular breeding of crocodiles, the Laguna del Tesoro (Treasure Lagoon).This is a place fit for catching trout and where the manatees can be found, a water mammal almost in extinction, as you can appreciate this is a unique possibility only given by your Cuba Holidays. There is also Guamá with its singular Taino village, a sort of tropical Venice; the beaches of Playa Larga and Playa Girón, emblematic historical places and Salinas de Brito, where two routes of migratory birds converge. There are several Cuba Hotels in The Zapata Peninsula. Its facilities and restaurants offer Cuba Holidays makers lodging possibilities and superb dishes in an environment in which nature is the name of the game on this one of the kind Cuba Holidays.
Topes de Collantes the best place for discovering your natural inner site
Your Cuba Holidays will stand for a great opportunity to let go, exchange and share your inner feelings on this ecological summer holidays. And there is no place better than Topes de Collantes for discovering your natural inner site. This Grand Park is the ideal place for adventure tourism enthusiasts. Rapids and waterfalls combine to paint paradise-like scenery.
Cuba packs quite a punch for adventure travellers. Its breathtaking scenery captivates Cuba holidays makers and the Topes de Collantes Grand Park is a good case in point. Embracing over 130 square miles, the park is perched on the Guamuhaya mountain range of the Sierra del Escambray, on the southern side of the central province of Sancti Spiritus. This rugged and mystical region features the island nation's second-highest mountain, the 1,140-meter-high San Juan Peak (above sea level). The mountainous ecosystem provides an eye-popping view. Its wide in-between valleys, caverns, narrow rapids of crystal-clear water and the jaw-dropping waterfalls are nothing but samples of what this humongous paradise actually has to offer.
The perfect mix of emotion and relaxation
Driving up to Topes de Collantes on the road that hooks up the cities of Cienfuegos and Trinidad, bordering the southern coastline, is a must-see on this Christmas Holidays in Cuba. The way up is packed with emotions only comparable to La Farola road in the easternmost tip of Cuba. Reaching up a height of over 600 yards gives the possibility of unearthing the first reason anyone might have for taking on this amazing all inclusive holidays: the landscape.
When enjoying your package holidays you will discover right before your very eyes, spreading like a huge green and bright carpet, the Valley of the Sugar Mills –a former enclave of wealth in 19th century's Cuba- is flanked by the deep blue Caribbean Sea. To the left, belfries and kilned clay roofs of Trinidad's houses dominate all sights. The whole panorama comes on at one fell swoop, showing off a place that UNESCO declared Heritage of Mankind a few years ago.
The Grand Park's jungle sports an assortment of woods and forests. Countless fruit trees, medicinal shrubs and hardwood plants grow and bloom on the premises all year round. Tree-climbing ferns and coniferous forests are almost everywhere. There is a variety of ecotourism programs, ranging from more conventional packages aimed at hikers to others designed for bolder trekkers. There are also horseback rides up and down the slopes, some of them stretching out for up to four days in a row, as well as great camping sites for speleologists. As you will see, there are options for every kind of Cuba Holidays makers on this journey.
Too many places to meet Nature on this all inclusive holidays
While enjoying this Cuba Holidays in Topes de Collantes you will see that the whole place is divided in eight different parks: Caburni, Vegas Grandes, Guanayara, Codina, Javira, El Cubano, Cayo Iguana and El Nicho. Caburni and Vegas Grandes harbour the biggest challenges for derring-do seekers. Their highly specialized trails take pathfinders that are in good shape and have vast mountain climbing skills (some peaks here are more than 650 yards high).As you can see adrenaline will be the guest of honour of this ecological Caribbean Holidays in Cuba.
Caburni is one of the milestones of the Sierra del Escambray. The main course is a waterfall named after the place that features a 60-yard-high non-stop freefall of water. Trailblazers need to climb 45-degree slopes to reach the top of that hill. On the other hand, both your mind and body must be in great shape on this amazing Cuba Holidays if you truly want to get to the waterfalls of Vegas Grandes and feast eyes on a paradise-like universe. Make light of the many natural obstacles that you might find on your way to the top. Don't give in.
Guanayara is the name of a not-so-hard-to-climb park that makes way for the Centinelas del Rio Melodioso (Caretakers of the Melodious River) trail. This spot is pocked by numerous natural pools and is home to the El Rocio (The Dew) waterfall, right in the heart of the Escambray jungle. This is the best opportunity of being in touch with Cuban Nature on your summer holidays, once you are surrounded by the ever seen green vegetation, the bluest sky and the quiets and freshest waters, you will agree with us that you are in Heaven.
But rookies may cut their trailblazing teeth in the Javira Park, a forest highly coveted by birdwatchers, while the El Cubano and Codina paths are more conventional, less spectacular and designed for people who in their Cuba Holidays want to get a with green thumb.
Camaguey: another perfect destination for your Christmas Holidays.
Your Cuba Holidays has plenty of surprises on Camaguey where you can take a catamaran cruise that will take you to the nearby Sabina key. Sabinal, Romero and Guajaba are part of a Natural Resource Preserved Area covering 34 651 hectares with quality-famous beaches such as Bonita, Los Pinos and Brava. The largest colony of pink flamingos in the Caribbean is located in that area, also the spawning site of four sea turtle species. Colon's lighthouse, located in one of its borders, was built in 1894 as a fortress to protect the Spanish metropolis. There is also evidence in the region of aboriginal settlements, piracy smuggling and Spanish charcoal ship trading.
Departing from Santa Lucia, several tours take Cuba Holidays makers to the channel entering Nuevitas's Bay, southwest off the beach, to enjoy bird colonies and the ballenatos islands, also give you the opportunity of watching one of the most beautiful sunsets of your Cuba Holidays. The tours reach Sierra de Cubitas, a natural reserve of more than 300 plant species, some of them indigenous.
In this mountain range- with peculiar slopes- it is possible to find Los Generales, Las Mercedes, Indio and Pichardo caves where there are famous paintings made by the aboriginal populations several centuries ago, as well as, Polando's Chasm, with a hole whose depth exceeds the 100 meters. On this Cuba Holidays in Santa Lucia you can even practice archaeology.
Holguin: the province that has turned into an eye-catching tourist destination on their ecological Cuba Holidays.
Lying in the northern portion of eastern Cuba, bathed by the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea, there is Holguin the province that has turned into an eye-catching tourist destination on their ecological Cuba Holidays. This is a safe and healthy destination in terms of natural resources and the environment: There are choices galore for everyone willing to take a closer look at his superb tourist cluster and its wide range of possibilities.
This ever-growing trend worldwide that works like clockwork when it comes to driving mental strain off, has found huge natural richness in the province's vast shoreline, extensive beaches, environmental parks, underwater reserves and mountains that run along the entire northern coast. A couple of nature parks and scores of protected areas teeming with unfathomable beauties are two good cases in point for spending this luxury holidays with a nature touch.
Cayo Saetia boasts nature at its best. This is a genuine 34-square-mile nature park, a safe heaven for Cuban flora and wildlife showcasing endemic creatures and animals from other tropical countries like antelopes, white-tail deer, ostriches, water buffaloes, crocodiles and birds. All these critters roam freely in the jungle and they are best seen at daybreak and sunset, either in jeep safaris or riding on horseback. Cuba Holidays makers can also take a swim in unexplored beaches, take a spin around the Bay of Nipe and enjoy a good homemade meal.
Pinares de Mayari –perched on La Mensura National Park- has a microclimate of its own at 680 yards above sea level. Out there, tourists can make out 300 endemic species of Cuba's finest flora and follow the whereabouts of the wapiti –from the moose family- and the African deer. The place features ecological trails where endemic flora and wildlife are the kings of the ecological party in which you are the guest of honour on this package holidays. A garden where only tropical flowers grow under this unique mountain weather is no doubt another must-see. Come to visit the breathtaking Guayabo Waterfalls and the Poza de Rafael, or take a relaxing horseback ride around.
Holguin offers you on this Cuba Holidays the perfect combination between nature and luxury on this summer holidays.
Holguin offers you on this Cuba Holidays the perfect combination between nature and luxury on the twenty rooms equipped with satellite TV, small bars, safety boxes, hot water and phone that you will find in very of its Cuba Hotels. The establishments offer bar-restaurant, laundry service, medical assistance, massage, swimming pool, tennis court, volleyball & basketball courts, gym, ecological tours and mountain biking.
You should visit the Mayabe Watchtower and the Holguin Heights at a 15-minute drive from the city and resting on a valley bearing the same name. This countryside recreational centre offers you a bar, a restaurant, a cafeteria, bungalows and a swimming pool. Not far from there you will find the Mayabe Farm House that is outfitted with a restaurant serving Cuban food, live-music shows and occasional hick bashes.
The Bahia de Naranjo Recreational Park is a nautical zone close to Guardalavaca, Esmeralda and Pesquero beaches. Shows of performing dolphins and sea lions, an once-in-a-lifetime chance given to you by this wonderful Cuba Holidays to swim with dolphins, an aquarium of tropical fish, nautical activities and a festival of marine food are all top choices.
A case in point is Chorro de Maita and its cemetery-museum that still keeps the mortal remains of the town's first residents, as well as the Taino Village that depicts the life of the island nation's former dwellers. The whole place combines an offer of history and nature under the wing of the Christopher Columbus Nature Park. The Bani Indo-Cuban Museum in the city of Banes –long recognized as Cuba's archaeological capital- is another piece of historic evidence that shows off Holguin as the main cradle destination of this ecological holidays in the Caribbean.
