“VIÑALES” Tour
General Information
- Category: Half day tours
- Modality: Landing tours
- Duration: 10 hrs
- Departure time: 07: 30 hrs
- Tour guide: Yes
- Children are allowed: Yes
- Languages spoken: Spanish and English
Program Details
“VIÑALES” Tour
Viñales, a small town in the province of Pinar del Río, is the ideal place to admire the beauty of the Cuban landscape. Land of tobacco and rum and in this is the largest cave system in Cuba. The Cueva del Indio which offers the visitor the possibility to travel 200 meters from the cave by boat, through the San Juan River. It also has the St. Thomas cave, considered the largest in the Antilles with 45 kilometers in length.
In relation to its flora, it is classified as having an atypical evolution, very varied in terms of species with characteristics of relics from the past; there are around 17 endemic botanical species in the Valley that are not found anywhere else in the world. Its maximum exponent is the Mycrocycas Calocoma , known as Palma Corcho, the only species declared National Monument. This is a 150 million year old living fossil, the oldest palm in the West Indies. This phanerogam species of living fossil is particularly abundant in the territory near the Valley.
The fauna is relevant because of its marked differentiation, and it is the union of the different ecosystems that favours its diversity. This site has a great variety of birds, reptiles, mammals and mollusks; among the invertebrates we can mention the presence of endemics, as is the case of the Papilionidae family with the Parides Gundlachianus species.
Itinerary
- Pick-up at your hotel and departure to Pinar del Río.
- Walk through the Viñales Valley, declared a UNESCO Protected Cultural Landscape and a National Natural Monument.
- Tour of one of the area's tobacco plantations (during growing season).
- Visit to the Mirador de Los Jazmines, a spot offering a beautiful overview of the Viñales Valley;
- Visit to the Cueva del Indio (Indian Cave) with a boat ride on the river that runs through it;
- Lunch at a local restaurant;
- Visit to the Prehistoric Mural, which depicts the evolution of life in the Sierra de los Órganos, from the mollusk to the first indigenous inhabitants of the area;
- Return to the hotel.
TIPS: - Light clothing, sunglasses, hats or caps, tennis shoes, sandals or comfortable shoes, sunscreen, camera, water bottle.
• The collected may be delayed up to 15 minutes depending on the number of hotels and punctuality of customers. Customer should be informed on sales desk to avoid disagreements. • This tour operates with a minimum of 12 passengers. Holiadventure will reconfirm 48 hours prior to the departure of your tour. If the provider decides to cancel, due to not reaching the minimum number of passengers required, Holiadventure will offer you an alternative tour or fully refund the cost of your tour.
Cancellation and no show policy:
• Cancellations more than 72 hours before the tour: No penalty applies. • Cancellations between 72 hours and 48 hours before the tour: a penalty of 50% of the total value of the excursion applies. • Cancellations less than 48 hours before the tour: a penalty of 100% of the total value of the excursion applies. • NO-SHOW: a penalty of 100% of the total value of the excursion applies.