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By BKLYN NYC
Amazing ocean views and crazy caves to climb around. But please watch your step there are legit craters you can fall into. I did not attempt to climb into the cave although I saw many people coming out. Not a fan of close quarters. The view from atop is amazing. Way high up. Some of the holes in the rocks are super big and could be dangerous. Pay attention up there.
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By Sheila Calderón
Beautiful place to visit. Need to be careful walking around the area (kids can go but I do not recommend the little ones, if you take them keep an eye on them!!! There’s a few holes where they can fall 10 to 15 feet high. To get to the natural pool inside the cave you need to climb down rocks which is challenging. It cost $10.00 per person Breathe taking arch as well. Everything was worth! Second time visiting and will be back.
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By Jay H.
A must see stop if your exploring the island. Superb views from atop the cliffs of a wonderful place. Helpful review tip – WEAR SHOES, rocks are very sharp and jagged. The person at the entry was very helpful and friendly when we went. Note, there is a legitimate $10 per person entry fee to get in. A small price to pay to check out such beauty
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By Jacob Keele
Absolutely amazing!
Amazing cave with great views and excellent adventure!
There’s a natural pool at the bottom of the cave, deep and large enough to dip into.
It takes a bit of a scramble to get into the cave but it’s worth it!
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By Carlos otos
Spectacular! $5 per person to get in. The hike is mild but rocks are sharp. I don’t suggest wearing open shoes, you’d be asking for trouble. Hunting for petroglyphs is fun as was climbing down into the rock formations. And then there are the view. Simply amazing.
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Parque Recreacional Cuevas del Indio arriba a 33 años – Minec

Prensa Ecosocialismo y Aguas (Minea) / Inparques, 16.04.2016.- El Parque Recreacional Cuevas del Indio cumple 33 años de haber sido decretado como espacio protegido por el Instituto Nacional de Parques (Inparques) el 18 de abril de 1983.

Para este lunes de aniversario, Cuevas del Indio tendrá sus puertas abiertas para que todo el público pueda disfrutar de la variada programación que tienen para ese día.

La coordinación del lugar natural y de esparcimiento en el municipio El Hatillo del estado Miranda, organiza una jornada de reforestación con 50 plantas de las especies palmareca y alpinea. Estos ejemplares serán colocados en la parte baja del parque (donde se iza la Bandera Nacional) y en la entrada principal.

Asimismo, prevén realizar una pancarta con motivo del aniversario, apostando a la creatividad y pasión por la naturaleza que poseen los servidores públicos de ese lugar. La imagen se colocará en una de las paredes de la entrada a la oficina de la coordinación del parque.

Además, efectuarán una actividad especial de mantenimiento y preservación, en la cual participarán todos los trabajadores del parque, muy apreciado por los escaladores y excursionistas, debido a las magníficas formaciones de rocas calizas que le caracterizan. También, la vista desde las alturas hacia el Parque Nacional Waraira Repano es muy apreciada por quienes escalan el exterior de las cuevas.

Para estas actividades, contarán con el apoyo del Poder Popular representado por los consejos comunales Cuevas del Indio, El Puente y Esperanza. Igualmente, quien esté interesado en participar podrá hacerlo en el horario normal del parque (de 8:30am a 4:30pm). Para más información, pueden contactar a Zulimar González, del ámbito Uso Público, a través del 0412 0150683.

El Parque Recreacional Cuevas del Indio posee 37,75 hectáreas, de las cuales dos fueron acondicionadas para ofrecer al visitante puntos de disfrute (kioscos piñateros, miradores) y acceso a servicios: cafetín, estacionamiento y sanitarios.

Históricamente, se cuenta que el Morro de La Guairita y sus cuevas fueron conocidos durante la primera década de este siglo por los hacendados de esta zona. La primera exploración científica realizada en el lugar fue efectuada en marzo de 1944, por el profesor José María Cruxent y Walter Dupouy, del Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Caracas, quienes exploraron las cuevas del Pío, Varraco e Indio y prepararon un verdadero trabajo científico muy completo.

Las formaciones rocosas albergan murciélagos, mientras que en su exterior se pueden ver ardillas, guacamayas, diversas aves, entre otros animales. En cuanto a la flora, se pueden observar: yaguarumo, ceiba, Indio, café, rosa de montaña, uña de danta, palma, orquídeas salvajes, líquenes, musgos y hongos variados.

Prensa Ecosocialismo y Aguas (Inparques) / Pierina Soledad Quintero

Foto / Archivo Inparques

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Tour “Standard” (6 days/5 nights)

Day 1 | Arrival

Arrival at José Marti International Airport. Help of a Russian-speaking guide.
Accommodation at Telegrafo / Ambos Mudos hotel (breakfasts included).

Day 2 | Old and New Havana

7:00 – Breakfast at the hotel.
8:00 – Panoramic tour (Revolution Square, Colon Cemetery, University of Havana). Revolution Square /Plaza de la Revolución/ is 72 thousand square meters. The square was created during the time of President Fulgencio Batista and was originally called “Plaza Civica” / Plaza Cívica /, i. e. “Civil Square”. But international fame, as well as a new name, the square received after the Cuban Revolution. The José Marti Monument is the most important monumental complex in the capital of Cuba. It is dedicated to the National Hero and is the venue for important political and cultural events. Fidel Castro addressed the Cuban people in this square every year, on July 26, on the “Day of the National Insurrection”. It was in this memorial complex on the Revolution Square in Havana that the urn with the ashes of the legendary Comandante Fidel Castro was exhibited. The leader of the Cuban Revolution died on November 25, 2017. nine0022

Colon Cemetery is considered to be one of the most interesting and informative places to visit. The Colón Cemetery or Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón is located on the site of the old Espada cemetery. Officially, the first stone was laid on October 30, 1871. The necropolis in Havana is considered one of the largest cemeteries in America /has an area of 57 hectares/. It contains more than a million graves.
Valid from November 1, 2018 to October 31, 2019. nine0014
The University of Havana was founded in 1728 and became one of the first such institutions in the Western Hemisphere. The solemnity and majesty of the building is given by its large size, as well as architectural elements made in the neoclassical style. The interiors of the university, created by Armando Menocal, are decorated with seven frescoes that symbolize medicine, art, thinking, the humanities, literature and law. In front of the main entrance there is a bronze statue of the Alma Mater. The author of the figure, created in 1919, is the artist Mario Corbel, and the model was Feliciana “Chana” Villalon, the 16-year-old daughter of the professor of analytical mathematics at the University of Havana, José Ramon Villalon Sanchez.

✓ Visit to the Roma Museum.
Visitors are led through various halls that imitate a distillery. There is even a model of a sugar cane plantation, which is driven by a small steam train. At the end of the tour, guests are offered a tasting of rum. The tasting room deserves special attention. Here you will see a huge bar, reminiscent of those that were in the drinking establishments of Havana in the 30s. nine0022

✓ Lunch at Paris restaurant.

✓ Visit to 4 squares (Old, Cathedral and Arms Square, as well as St. Francis of Assisi Square) and the Cathedral.
Cathedral Square is perhaps the most beautiful square in the Cuban capital. The square is located at the intersection of Empedrado and San Ignacio streets, called Plaza de la Catedral in Spanish. The square arose in the 16th century, and in the 18th century it became one of the main ones in Havana, thanks to the Cathedral of San Cristobal, built in 1748-1777. Plaza de la Catedral is a Cuban baroque museum, since all the buildings located next to it, including La Catedral, date back to the 18th century. nine0022

The Old Square was designed in 1559 and is the most eclectic square in Havana from an architectural point of view, the Cuban baroque harmoniously coexists with modernity. The square was known as Plaza Nueva and was mainly used for military exercises, in the 18th century the Plaza turned into a popular market / square at that time was called Plaza del Santo Cristo /, and it received the name Plaza Vieja in 1814. In 1908, the old market on the square was demolished. The urban architectural complex is represented by historical colonial buildings of the 17th, 18th and 19th-th century and some examples from the first decades of the 20th century that maintain stylistic unity.

The Armory Square was founded in 1519, shortly after the foundation of the city, and is considered the oldest and one of the most beautiful in Havana. At that time it was called Plaza de la Iglesia, as it was here that the parish church was located, which was demolished in 1770. At this place now you can see the Palace of the Captain-Generals /Palacio de los Capitanes Generales/. During the colony – the administrative center. Bullfights, theatrical performances, executions, tournaments, canonizations were held on this square . .. Plaza de San Francisco de Asis was founded near the port of Havana in the 16th century. In the first decade of the 16th century, a market functioned on the square, and in 1608 a church was built here. Due to complaints from members of the clergy about constant noise, the market was moved to Plaza Vieja. At the end of 19In the 1990s, La Plaza de San Francisco de Asís was completely renovated. On the square you can see one of the most beautiful fountains in Havana – Los Leones, made of white marble.

✓ Visit to the San Jose warehouse. Time to buy souvenirs. (X)

✓ Visit to Morro Fortress (without going inside).
El Morro Fortress / Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro / included in 1982 in the UNESCO World Heritage List of cultural sites and is a symbol of Havana along with the Capitol. El Morro /also the Fortress of the Magi/ is a colonial citadel that protects the entrance to the bay of Havana. The name of the fortress refers to the three biblical magi. Another name is El Morro from Spanish. translated as “hill, rock, cape”, are clearly visible from the sea and are a navigational landmark. nine0022

✓ Return to the hotel.

✓ Free night. (X)

✓ Accommodation at Telegrafo / Ambos Mudos hotel (breakfasts included).

Day 3 | Havana – Viñales – Havana

7:00 – Breakfast at the hotel.
7:30 – Departure to Viñales.
The Viñales Valley was declared in 1999 a natural heritage site by UNESCO. The exclusivity of flora and fauna, as well as the uniqueness of the landscape, amaze travelers. nine0022

✓ Visit to a tobacco factory.

✓ Visit to Cueva del Indio Cave.
Boat trip on the underground river San Vicente, which runs inside the cave.

✓ Visit to the Mural de la Prehistoria (Prehistoric Wall).
On one of the hills bearing the beautiful name “Two Sisters” /Dos Hermanas/, you can see the picturesque image “Mural of Prehistory”. On the hillside of Pita, the aforementioned mural was painted, 120 meters high and 180 meters wide. This is a unique insight into the biological evolution of the Sierra de los Organos. nine0022

✓ 13:00 Lunch at Finca San Vicente.

✓ Visit to the observation deck at the Los Jasmines hotel with a cocktail.

✓ Return to Havana.

✓ Free night. (X)

✓ Accommodation at Telegrafo / Ambos Mudos hotel (breakfasts included).

Day 4 | Havana – Guama – Cienfuegos

7:00 – Breakfast at the hotel. nine0022

✓ Departure to Guam.

✓ Visit to a crocodile farm and boat trip to Taina village.
Crocodile nursery has up to 8 thousand specimens of animals. Locals produce shoes, bags, belts and other products for export from reptile skin. Tourists are shown catching predators and feeding crocodiles. Through the channel, surrounded by virgin rainforest, through Lake Laguna-del-Tesoro, tourists get to the island, where a stylized Indian village is located. Here you can learn about the indigenous population of Cuba – the Taino Indians, as well as see the huts of the Taino tribe, sculptures, and try crocodile meat dishes. nine0022

✓ Lunch at Cueva de los Peses.

✓ Departure to Cienfuegos.
Cienfuegos is considered a Cuban gem of 19th century architecture. It stands out for the perfect layout of the streets and the elegance of the buildings in the historic center of the city. The wide and straight streets of the city intersect at right angles, the architecture is dominated by late neoclassicism. Old buildings, churches and castles, as well as city squares are located near the coast. The Cienfuegos Center was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.

✓ Panoramic tour.

✓ Visit and cocktail at the Palacio del Valle.

✓ Free night. (X)

✓ Accommodation at Jagua hotel (breakfast and dinner included).

Day 5 | Cienfuegos – Trinidad

Panoramic tour of Cienfuegos.

✓ Visit to the Thomas Terry Theatre.
The Teatro Tomás Terry/North side of the park is a beautiful two-story building with five arched entrances on the first floor and massive square windows on either side of the central balcony on the second floor. Above the central windows of the theatre, there are three mosaics depicting the Graces. In addition, the building is richly decorated with stucco inside and outside. The building was named after the governor of Cienfuegos, a wealthy industrialist, with whose money the theater was built. nine0022

✓ Departure for Trinidad.
Trinidad is the main tourist center in the south-central part of Cuba, one of the best preserved architectural ensembles of the colonial era in Latin America. For a hundred years, the city was isolated from the rest of the island, thanks to which the luxurious mansions and palaces, as well as the cobbled streets, have been perfectly preserved. Trinidad is a real museum city, which has been on the UNESCO list since 1988.

✓ Visit to the local museum. nine0022

✓ Visit to the Kanchachara bar, treat with a cocktail.

✓ Lunch at El Higue.

✓ Free time.

✓ Return to the hotel.

✓ Free night.

✓ Hotel accommodation in Las Cuevas (breakfast and dinner included).

Day 6 | Trinidad – Santa Clara – Varadero / Cayo Santa Maria

7:00 – Breakfast at the hotel. nine0021 08:00 – Departure to Santa Clara.

✓ Visit to the Valley of De los Ingenhos.
De los Inhellos Valley (lit. “Valley of Sugar Mills”) – a collection of three valleys in Cuba, located 12 km from the city of Trinidad, which were the former center of the sugar industry in Cuba

✓ Visit to the Che Guevara memorial.
Ernesto Che Guevara Monument, founded twenty years after his death /in 1987/, is the most important place in the city. Since 1997, the Mausoleum has housed the remains of Comandante Che and sixteen of his comrades who were killed on 1967 in Bolivia.

✓ Visit to the Tren Blindado National Monument.
The memorial commemorating the attack on the armored train is located east of Parque Vidal on Avenica Liberación in the suburb of Begonchea, near the depot of the Santa Clara station. It was created in memory of the events of December 29, 1958 during the Battle of Santa Clara. It consists of an outdoor sculpture park, an obelisk dedicated to Che Guevara and a monument to the bulldozer that the Comandante used to stop train

nine0020 ✓ Lunch at the Los Caneyes hotel.

✓ Departure for Varadero / Cayo Santa Maria

Tours in Cuba – Aurora Travel Company

Tours in Havana

Cannon Shot Ceremony
You will be taken by bus to the most famous fortress of the city of La Cabana. Also, you will be able to attend the cannon shot ceremony. You will have enough free time to explore the fortress and a great opportunity to take beautiful pictures. nine0022

In Hemingway’s places
Visit and familiarization of Hemingway’s house-museum. Further, on the way back you can visit Hemingway’s favorite places where the writer used to visit – Obispo Street, where the writer’s first refuge is located – the Ambos Mundos Hotel, the Bodeguita del Medio restaurant and the Floridita bar.

Botanical Garden
You will visit an amazing place – a trip to the botanical garden with a specialized guide, which has a huge number of exotic flowers and plants, including 1000 species of Cuban cacti. nine0022

Havana: Tobacco and Rum
An exciting and educational visit to a tobacco factory, with the opportunity to see for yourself the entire hand-made process of the world’s most famous Havana cigars. Then a visit to the rum museum, an excursion into the history of the production of its best varieties. Then you will go to the sculpture of Christ the Savior – Cristo de la Havana and stop at the observation deck.

Ecotourism Las Terrazas.
Cruise by bus to the province of Pinar del Rio, in the west of Cuba – Sierra del Rosario Biosphere Reserve with unique local flora and fauna. An unforgettable visit to the old French coffee plantations of the 18th century, then a leisurely pleasant walk along the paths of La Serafina. A great opportunity to take a dip in the waterfalls of the San Juan River. Even a tour with an overnight stay is possible, on the territory of the tourist complex Las Terrazas. nine0022

Miracles of Soroa
Bus trip – to the west of Cuba, to the province of Pinar del Rio. Visit to the Soroa waterfall with a unique opportunity to swim. In the amazing greenhouse you can see more than 200 varieties of orchids – the largest in Cuba.

Excursions from Varadero

Havana (overnight stay)
1st day: Departure from hotels, on the way to Havana with a stop at Mirador Bacuñagua. Traveling around the capital of Cuba and getting to know it, UNESCO honored it with declaring it as a heritage of mankind. Acquaintance of the Museum of the Revolution and the Revolution Square. Accommodation in a hotel in Havana. Expect a bright show under the starry sky at the Tropicana cabaret. nine0207 Day 2: Breakfast at the hotel. A pleasant leisurely walk and survey of the historical sights of colonial Havana, its heritage – squares, fortresses and buildings built by the Spaniards in the 16th-19th centuries, as well as Morro Castle, Cathedral Square and of course a market for buying souvenirs. Great lunch at the restaurant.

Caves Cuevas de Bayamar
A real find for the cave-tourist. Through the city of Matanzas you will find yourself at the caves, the main city of the province with an overview of its attractions. The cave is about 3 kilometers long and about 50 meters deep. For tourists, only 300 meters of the cave is accessible, the ceilings of which are covered with millions of shimmering multi-colored crystals, these are stalactite and stalagmite crystal formations, the oldest of which are over 40,000 years old, and there is also an amazing stream with cool crystal clear water. nine0022

Sea safari (boat)
You will have a wonderful sea trip on a boat or a motor sailer with a visit to the nearby islands of Cayo Blanco and Cayo Piedra, with an excellent lunch of rich seafood. If you wish, you can swim with a mask, snorkel and fins. Also available to choose from:
1. swimming with dolphins after a sea trip.
2. the opportunity to watch a fascinating dolphin show in the dolphinarium

Jeep safari
Cross-country jeep tour to the Cave of Saturno, where you can stop and swim in the underground lake. The trip will continue to the river Canimar and ends with a pleasant ride on a motor boat (45 minutes). Outdoor lunch. You will have a great opportunity to ride horses.

Jungle tour (jet skis)
Guided sea tour on a water scooter through the water corridors of the mangroves with a stop at a small paradise island-reserve, home to exotic birds, flamingos, crocodiles, turtles and iguanas. nine0022

Varasub
A trip on a surface ship, the underwater part of which is a bathyscaphe, from which you can admire the underwater world of coastal waters: corals, colorful fish, starfish, sea plants and take pictures through a transparent bottom.

Trinidad (flight, overnight)
Day 1: Departure to Trinidad from Varadero airport. At the Mirador del Rio restaurant you will be greeted with a pleasant cocktail and an excellent lunch. Introduction to the city. Visit and familiarization with the work of the ceramics factory, the tobacco factory and the La Canchanchara factory. Overview of the Historical Museum and the Cathedral Square. Accommodation in the homestead Maria Dolores. Excellent dinner at the restaurant. nine0207 Day 2: Breakfast. Departure to the town of Topes de Coyantes and a visit to the “House of Honey”. You will visit the estates of Codin and the caves of El Altar. A pleasant lunch awaits you at the homestead, and then return to Varadero.

Treasures of the Caribbean: Guama, Cienfuegos, Trinidad
Interesting visit to the botanical garden, Indian village, crocodile farm. Swimming in the Caribbean sea and lake with a unique opportunity to feed exotic beautiful fish. Dinner. A visit to the amazingly beautiful seaside town of Cienfuegos, nicknamed by the Cubans of the botanical garden “the pearl of the south”. This place is the third largest fortress in Cuba, built long before the city around it along the shores of a quiet bay began to be created on the sly. Acquaintance with the colonial architecture of Trinidad – an amazing city-museum, which was declared by UNESCO as a heritage of mankind and a monument of culture of world importance. In 1514 the city was founded by Diego Vilasquez, but Trinidad itself is the same as before, the same as it was 2 centuries ago with its baroque churches, pavements, wrought iron bars and red tile roofs. nine0022

Pinar del Rio (air flight or bus)
A trip to the province – Pinar del Rio, which is located in the west of the island, with luxurious nature. This part of Cuba is recognized as a natural cathedral. Journey to the Vinales Valley, on the plains of which the most famous and best tobacco in the world is grown, the valley is famous for its beautiful views of the unique hills called “mogato”, declared by UNESCO the cultural landscape of mankind. Stop at the observation deck in Mirador de los Yasmines, then the path to the cave of the Indian Cueva del Indio, there, if you wish, you can take a boat trip along the river that flows inside the cave. Next, you will visit the Mural de la Prehistory with interesting prehistoric rock paintings and lunch from the national cuisine. nine0022

Cayo Largo Island
Departure from the airport. An exciting boat trip to Iguan Island awaits you, to the coral reef, which is a unique underwater reserve, on Mermaid Island. A boat trip with an open bar with the opportunity to soak up the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea and sunbathe on the snow-white wild beaches of the island with unusually fine sparkling sand. It is here that the best area in Cuba for scuba diving, as well as other water sports. nine0022

Santa Clara
Journey to the central and richest green province of Cuba – Via Clara. Its main city Santa Clara is called the city of Ernesto Che Guevara. Once upon a time, a partisan commander fought on this place, thus bringing the victory of the Rebel army over the troops of the tyrant Batista closer, and his remains are stored at this very place, as well as the remains of his comrades who fell in battles on the lands of Bolivia.