One of the most beautiful Biosphere Reserves in Cuba. The big areas offer different geographical contrasts such as marine terraces and mountainous elevations with a exuberant vegetation that endow this site like an unforgettable place to be in contact with an almost virgin nature. This park covers an extensive area of forest, offering visitors numerous attractions such as the Valley of Prehistory, the Museum of Land Transport, the Great Lagoon of Baconao, Daiquirí beach and the Great Stone, a stunning viewing point in the ruins of a French coffee plantation.        

The Great National Park, covering around 38,000 hectares across the provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo. This is not only the site of the highest point on the Island, the Pico Turquino (1,974 metres above sea level), but also the peaks of Cuba, Caracas and Magdalena, ideal for mountain climbing. Of particular interest to visitors is the place known as El Saltón-Cedrón, ideal for ecotourism and health tourism. You’ll find an array of endemic species here, including, and birds such as Carta Cuba, Tocororo and Zunzun. This park contains many sites of historical interest, such as La Plata, which served as Fidel Castro’s headquarters in the late 1950s.

Discover the La Gran Piedra Mountain Range, and admire the most surprising geologic formation in the area. A huge volcanic rock, with around 63,000 tons, is located on top of a mountain at 1,225 meters (4,019 feet) above sea level, with cool atmosphere and lush vegetation, housing numerous interesting spots like the Botanic Garden, the Cafetal de La Isabelica Coffee Plantation and Prado de las Esculturas. Visitors have access to the Gran Piedra through 452 steps, where they enjoy adventure amid exuberant vegetation of ferns, orchids and other species growing in the region, in addition to 926 animal species, including the "tocororo" (Cuban trogon - Priotelus temnurus), Cuba's national bird, complement the region's offer for adventure tourism. You’ll be able to enjoy the splendour of nature and be witness of the legacy of history while discovering the coffee plantations created by French farmers after running away from the bloody revolt of slaves from Haiti in 1791.

The Pico Turquino National Park is in the Sierra Maestra Mountains, the biggest mountain range that conforms a scenario of 17 thousand hectares of rivers, forests, valleys and summits crowned by this elevation. This place with a great variety of well-preserved species of flora and fauna is one of the most important protected areas in Cuba. Calls the attention the variety and the state of conservation of the landscapes, with a great variety of species of the flora and the fauna, some endemic ones as the Sabicú, the Savin, the Oak of Maestra, ferns and birds like the Cartacuba, the Tocororo and the Zunzún. This Park contains the highest mountains in the country, Turquino Peak (1974 meters above sea level) and it is considered by its natural values and also for the place that occupies in the national history as a Cuban symbol. You can reach the Turquino Peak, in an easier and quickly route starting in Las Cuevas, ideal if you want to reach the top of it. If you prefer to enjoy a more historic route, you must take the trail starting in Alto del Naranjo, this route passes by Comandancia de la Plata and crosses Sierra Maestra.