The careful steps being taken by the Cuban Government when marketing its environment – to ensure its preservation – do not deny, however, an orderly access to its natural virtues, whose international demand has been steadily increasing.

Cuba counts with six zones that have been declared by UNESCO Biosphere World Reservation and more than a hundred protected natural areas. There are 14 national parks making the island and adjacent keys a potential destination for those who love enjoying nature.

Places like Viñales Valley – awarded as a World Cultural Landscape – stand out for being the habitat of more than 6000 of upper plants and around 13 000 fauna specimens, none of them poisonous or harmful to humans.

Bird watching is a most popular option for Nature tourism lovers. More than 400 species of birds have been reported (around half of them are endemic from Cuba). The Cuban archipelago is blessed by hundreds of migratory species that stop over due to its geographic position.

Ecotourism in Cuba has reached a particular development on the Zapata Swamp, The Escambray Mountains, the keys north of Ciego de Avila province, the northeast side of Holguin and Southeast of Granma.