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1. Scuba Diving & Snorkeling en Caimito
El Salado in Caimito, with a magnificant coral reef, is very suitable for snorkeling. Blue Reef Center offers beginners courses as well as night time diving. It is also a place where you can rent motorboats, catamarans and water-bikes or arrange a trip in any of them.
The other attractive aspect of El Salado is that it is not one of these typical tourist beaches. This because the beach is near Havana city, and Havana´s people often come here to have their day at the beach.
2. Hiking in the Biosphere Reserve Sierra del Rosario
The Artemisa province with its rainforests and abundant flora and fauna is a great place for some serious hiking. The Biosphere Reserve Sierra del Rosario in general and more specifically the community Las Terrazas, is an excellent starting point for hiking excursions past waterfalls, coffee plantations and mineral springs. It´s a good option to spend your holidays .
3. Horseback riding on Rancho Azucarero
You can visit the Rancho Azucarero, located in the municipality of Artemisa. This ranch is known for breeding and preserving esteemed specimens of horses, both Cuban and imported. The ranch occupies a total area of over 1,600 hectares of which almost half is used to provide food for the horses.
The Ranch is not only used for breeding, but also includes a riding school, a school for stablemen, for blacksmiths and for taming horses. . They don´t give classes to toursits but you can rent a horse here.
Address: Carretera to Cayajabos, Artemisa
Open: 8:00am to 5:00pm
Entrance: gratis (all other options are charged separately, such as: renting horses with prices starting from 7.00CUC per hour) |
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