The peninsula de Guanahacabibes is the westernmost landscape of Cuba. It begins about 95 km von Pinar del with La Fe, far away. It has a surface of 1200 km and is hardly settled. It is very flat country, without considerable collections. The whole area consists of recent limestone formations, which were arranged strong by tropical Karst. There are many caves and Dolinen.

The north coast of the peninsula consists mainly of while the southern coast region of sand beaches and is The vegetation apart of the coast is a drying forest, with season-green wood (bushes and usually low trees). Ranges were cleared are savannahs. Precipitation seeps immediately (Karst), thus no agriculture is possible except extensive pastoral industry. The area is very species-richly, above all the 172 kinds of bird is remarkable, among them parrots, owls and the smallest bird of the world, the Hummelkolibri (Bienenelfe (Mellisuga helenae As the protection of the rich Flora and fauna the peninsula was explained 1987 of the UNESCO as the biosphere reservation. Preventive measures do not seize yet correctly, despite sharp controls with the entry into this area, but the danger for nature does not proceed from the few tourists.

There is a crocodile farm (with the endemic kind Cuba or lozenge crocodile (Crocodylus more rhombifer)), which can be visited.

For beach and dipping tourism there is a hotel plant.

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