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Zapata Peninsula crocodile
        Zapata Peninsula

" Playa Larga Hotel "
located one km from Buenaventura village, in the Montemar Natural Park. "Playa Larga" is an ideal place for swimming, snorkeling and scuba diving.
 " Playa Giron Hotel "
located on the Bay of Pigs, in the Montemar Natural Park. Hotel has International Scuba Diving Center, and also horseback riding.



Guama indians village
     Indians village - slides


Bay of Pigs Museum, which gathers details of the defense against the armed invasion varied out in Cuba by mercenary troops in 1961

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 Montemar Great Natural Park, is located in the Cienaga de Zapata around "Bay of
 Pigs", in Matanzas province. It's the largest and most important wetland in the
 Caribbean. Sixteen species of reptiles, inhabit the area specimens are the Cuban
 and American crocodiles. Mammals are also represented in park: several hutia
 species, wild boars and deers.
 Ponds and lagoons are home to two aquatic vertebrates now in extinction, the
 manatee and the Cuban alligator gar an ancient fish that can only be found in this
 region. The park main attraction is system of caves, that extends along the coast
 about 70 km is also an excellent place for hiking, horseback riding, diving & boating


Cuban Crocodile

 Treasure Lagoon, with a depth of 10 m and almost 16 km wide, is the largest in
 Cuba a very popular tourist site in the Zapata Peninsula.
 Preservation and care of
 its environment during almost four decades, with scarce presence of population
 settlements, allowed the ecosystem to stay almost untouched. Is considered the
 largest reserve of humid soil in the Caribbean, with outstanding places like the Salt
 Mines of Brito.
 "La Boca" the largest crocodile farm in Latin America. Boat rides are
 appropriate for traveling to the Guama tourism center, habitat of two endangered
 species of aquatic vertebrates: Manatee and Manjuari.


Crocodiles farm
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