hallo,
waar kunnen we het beste mooie natuur en watervallen vinden in cuba??
bedankt,
anke en anneke
Gran Parque Natural Topes de Collantes ( Trinidad )
El Salton (waterfall) Caburni. It is located near of Topes de Collantes. Going by taxi cost about 20 - 25 CUC (both ways with waiting). The driver will wait some hours for you then you will have enough time to walk to the waterfall and enjoy the place. From Topes de Collantes to the Salton take about one hour by foot that’s way good shoes are necessary. Go only by good weather, so you have the possibility to enjoy a natural swimming pool by taking a bath and the waterfall itself. There’s only one very bad report… You will have to pay between 2 and 10 CUC por person to enter this area.
Salton de Javira. ( Trinidad )You can go by horse to a place called “el Cubano”. At this place you will se the waterfall. If you like to go close to the waterfall you have to swim through a cave (about three metres). There you can join not only the waterfall but also a nice small beach. This tour will cost you about 15 CUC a person (entries and rent the horses).
Baracoa :
Río Toa. A big river, about 10km away from Baracoa in the direction of Moa. You can also have a swim in the river and enjoy the nature. There you normally also can easily contact with people, for exemple with farmers of with women washing in the river. I recomend to go by bicycle, the road is in a good condition.
**Río Yumurí. **This river ist located between Baracoa and Maisí. It’s a quiet place in the middle of the nice nature. You can walk a little bit, have a swim and so one. But be also prepared for some people which want’s to sell you coconuts, meals and so on - if you cought the little ship for getting a little bit out of the village they will get fewer.
To get there you can catch also a truck, a taxi or a bicycle - but atention, there are some hills to cross, it’s not so terrible easy to go there by his own power… If you go by truck you need to start early and have to go back to Baracoa not later than 17:00, because afterwards there are hardly any trucks. When you go by an oficial taxi I also suggest to meet with other people because the journey isn’t very cheap
Playa Maguana is a very nice beach, situated in the direction of Moa, about 20km away from the city of Baracoa. This beach is for all Baracoa visitors a must. You can go there easily by bicycle. Other posiblitie would be a taxi. I don’t recomend to catch a particular one, because there are frequently police stops and when you go by a particular taxi you will be playing with your time at the beach (I’d like to say that you maybe don’t will get to the beach because of the drivers fear…). So catch a oficial taxi. This will cost about 25 CUC both ways. Every hour the driver need to stay you have to pay some 3 CUC more. So I recomend, if you don’t like the idea of the bicycle (or a scooter - you can rent them in Baracoa for about 20 CUC a day) to meet with some other people so the taxi don’t will cost a fortune. An other posibility: Go there by truck. The trucks in the direction of Moa stop near the beach. But maybe you will spend more time waiting at the border of the road than at the beach…
Remko.
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Succes !
Het hangt er natuurlijk een beetje vanaf waar je sowieso naartoe wilt gaan. Ik ben vanuit Santiago de Cuba naar “El Salton” geweest. Was prachtig en het water was heerlijk! Kon heerljk onder de waterval staan.
Het is mogelijk een wandeling naar boven te doen. Is ook heel mooi, maar het is niet iets wat je per se moet doen.
Liefs,
Carolina