Cueva de Saturno — Attraction in Matanzas

This was a pretty cool place to go!

The water was lovely. The walk down is beautiful! We spent about 1.5 hours in the water exploring. When we were done we went up top and had drinks and food and then changed.

The cave is a lot smaller that expected. It was very busy, I would suggest going in the morning! We were there for 2 hours and had about 30 minutes to ourselves then the buses from excursions came.

They have spikes on the deck posts to hang your bags from.

They have a life guard.

We took a cab from our resort and asked if he could wait and take us home. We paid 80 CAD and we got two hours of swim time. Total time with him was 4 hours (The excursion was $75USA per person) this was saved us a lot of money.

Things I wish I brought: toilet paper swim goggles water proof flashlight...

If you are in Varadero, I suggest a quick trip over here, and to also bring snorkeling gear! If you aren't a swimmer you'll probably be here for just 15-30 mins. If you snorkel and swim you will stay here longer.

Cool little cave and walk down. The water was relatively cool and clear. We went when it wasn't busy and it made the experience much better. There is not a lot of room to loiter, but there is a deck halfway up that you can view from. There is also a deck at the bottom but I would say that would be more for swimmers.

Unfortunately there is no desk or spot to place your belongings, but you can put them on the rocks/outside of the stair pathways.

There are lots of large, slow moving millipedes near the jungle canopy, so watch out as you head down...

Bring your underwater camera and snorkelling gear because under the water is even more gorgeous than on top. I have been there twice now and loved the experience! Go to the right where there is a bit of a tunnel then look under water to the left and you will see a second cave starting there under water. The stalagtites are more pristine under water. I have done 8 caves in Cuba so far and this one is the best to swim in. Go visit Cueva Bellamar after. Totally different. Do NOT go with a tour, just book a taxi and if you are on a tight budget just ask other tourists where you are and share a taxi. Then you can go visit La Diniosia Cafetal (look it up on Google) and Cueva Bellamar. If you can go visit...