Zapata Biosphere Reserve in Cuba - Bay of Pigs area Playa Giron, Playa Larga and Laguna del Tesoro

National Park - Zapata Biosphere Reserve, which includes Peninsula Zapata is the largest wetlands in the Caribbean.
Zapata wetland is located 177km from Havana, 130km from Varadero and 90km from Cienfuegos at the south cost.

There's a crocodile breeding center in the area, Cuban Alligator a prehistoric fish and the Manatee which Spanish Conquistadores thought were mermaids. On the way from Playa Larga the area provides great snorkeling and diving

Zapata Park's main attractions is the cave system, which extends along the coast for 70km. The roof of some of these caverns has caved in, turning them into circular lakes. "Cueva de los Peces" is the largest flooded cavern in the Cuban archipelago, ideal place to practice cave diving. Here, you will find flooded caves that open on the sea. The park is also an excellent place to go hiking, fishing, birds watching and boating. Laguna del Tesoro

Cuba is a wonderful place to go bird watching, exotic Caribbean location, make Cuba one of the best places in the world for bird watching. Cuba has a total of 350 different species of birds that are indigenous to Cuba, the smallest bird in the world is native Cuban Bee Hummingbird. Birds watching regions are: The primary location Peninsula de Guanahacabibes west end of Pinar del Rio and Zapata National Park at the south coast. Also Sierra Masetra National Park is excellent spot for birdwatching.

"Fiesta Campesina Farm" locatad at the way to Zapata is famous for its Cuban coffee, served in a clay "jícara" a typical container used in Cuba's countryside serve with sugarcane.   Spectacular Crab Migration

• Hotel Playa Giron  Hotel Reviews/Rates located just a few steps from the beach, at the end of Cienaga de Zapata. Rooms are housed in a series of one, two, and three bedroom ranch bungalows and duplexes. All equipped with all amenities demanded by modern tourism, so that they can enjoy their leisure time. Ideal location for vacationers who love nature, beach and water sports. Same of the hotel cabins are right on the beach.

• Hotel Playa Larga Hotel Reviews/Rates villas located deep in the Bay of Pigs on the large shallow beach, Zapata Biosphere Reserve nestled between the beach and the forest. It is an ideal location for bird watching as well as vacationers who participate in water sports and indulge in the pleasures of this typically Caribbean cocktail of sand, sea and sun. Playa Larga is an ideal place for underwater activities, such as snorkeling and scuba diving.

• Hotel Villa Guama Hotel Reviews/Rates located at the Bay of Pigs area Zapata Biosphere Reserve at Laguna del Tesoro. An attractive unique architecture, is a reproduction of the houses built by the aboriginal Cubans. Near the Crocodile park and birds watch areas. Motor boats, motor launches can be rented here.


 Scuba Diving and Snorkeling Centers provide professional service for experience and inexperience divers. Dives
 are made directly from the shore, because samples of the beautiful species of coral large numbers of multicolored
 fish are very close to the coast.
 One Dive and professional diving equipment rental cost: CUC$ 25     Snorkeling equipment rental is CUC$ 5