Sierra del Rosario |
Halfway Havana and the town of Pinar del Río is situated the Sierra del Rosario. It is the birthplace of Polo Montañez, also known as Guajiro Natural (Natural Countryman) because of his humble personality and his songs about the peasant life in Cuba. Discovered in 1999 when performing in Las Terrazas, he died 3 year later in a car accident.
The Sierra del Rosario has been declared one of the six UNESCO Biosphere Reserves of Cuba. Within its 260 square kilometers exist a high biodiversity, a variation of well preserved ecosystems and a flora and fauna with a high level of endemism with species that are indigenous to that area only and are not found elsewhere such as the zunzún (bee hummingbird), the world smallest bird, the tocororo and the pájaro carpintero (a woodpecker).
South of the Sierra del Rosario you can visit San Diego de los Baños, known for its hot springs with warm sulfur rich water. The Sierra is also home to the sustainable community of Las Terrazas, the orchid botanical garden and the waterfall El Salto in Soroa, and the mangrove wetlands near Maspotón.
Make your reservation and come to visit this awesome place!.
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