The Reservation of the Biosphere Zapata Peninsula, located in the south portion of the territory of Matanzas, is particularly attractive for those who look for to enjoy the multiple specialties of the nature tourism; although also exist spaces of a lot of interest for those that prefer to practice the diving to open sea, or the expeditionary diving in flooded caves.
A preservation strategy and care of the environment has been developed during almost four decades, next to the scarce presence of population establishments, they have allowed to maintain almost virgin this ecosystem, considered the biggest reservation in marshes of the Caribbean and where places like the Salinas de Brito stand out (ecosystem of coastal swamps), the Boca (biggest hatchery of crocodiles of Latin America) and the international fauna refuges The Salina and Santo Tomas, this last one classified as the small area of the biggest endemic characteristics of the planet.
The Laguna del Tesoro, of eight square kilometers of surface and five of depth, is maybe the good known place of the park. Appropriate for the fishing, the walks in boat, and to know the tourist center Guamá, there, have their dwelling two species of aquatic vertebrates in extinction and danger: the "manatí” and the "manjuarí".
It also enhances the values of the area a natural pool; a garden where it is possible to observe the transition between the forest semideciduo and the marsh grass land; and the Museum of Playa Girón that picks up aspects from the confrontation to the armed invasion against Cuba perpetrated by mercenary troops in April of 1961 and defeated in less than 72 hours. |
Havana City
Bay of Pigs Museum
Criadero de Cocodrilos
International Diving Center El Pirata
