Bay of Pigs Tour
A vast, virtually uninhabited swampy wilderness spanning the entirety of southern Matanzas, the 4520-sq-km Península de Zapata quickens the pulses of wildlife-watchers and divers alike with the country's most important bird species and some of the most magical offshore reef diving secreted in its humid embrace. Most of the peninsula is a protected zone, safeguarded nationally as the Gran Parque Natural Montemar, and internationally as the Ciénaga de Zapata Unesco Biosphere Reserve. The sugar-mill town of Australia in the northeast of the peninsula marks the main access point to the park. Just south of here is one of the region's big tourist money-spinners, the cheesy yet oddly compelling Boca de Guamá, a reconstructed Taíno village. The road hits the coast at Playa Larga, home to the peninsula's best beaches, at the head of the Bahía de Cochinos where propaganda billboards still laud Cuba's historic victory over the Yanquis in 1961.
Now we offer you this guided excursion, which is actually a meeting with Cuba's flora and fauna. As main attractions we have for you the visit to the crocodile farm in Boca de Guama, where you can see for yourself how these reptiles are raised and cared for in this state run farm. You could also admire, not so far from there, "La Aldea Taina", that's a reproduction of a village that tries to feature what an Indian village of the former Cuban natives looked like. There is also for you the possibility to go snorkeling or scuba diving into the amazingly clear waters at Matanzas' south coast. There is even so much more to do there, just make up your mind and let us know.
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