Zapata Peninsula the Bay of Pigs – Playa Giron and Playa Larga, Cuba

Peninsula National Park, which includes the Zapata is the largest wetlands in the Caribbean.
Zapata wetland is located 200km from Havana, 140km from Varadero and 120km 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 a 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, horseback riding and boating. Guama - Treasure Lake

"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.

 Hotel Playa Giron 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.
Same of the cabins are right on the beach. The hotel is the ideal location for vacationers who love nature, beach, water sports, Diving and Snorkeling.

 Hotel Playa Larga located deep in the Bay of Pigs on the large shallow beach, 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.


  International 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 close to the coast.
  - Dive included professional diving equipment cost: CUC$25
  - Snorkeling equipment rental cost: CUC$5.