If you can only choose one thing to do when visiting Trinidad this is it! Best swimming hole where you can swim through a waterfall and explore the caves behind it and next to it. You can clif dive or jump. You can do some bouldering on each side of the gorge. Don't believe the other reviews complaining about the 10CUC entry fee being too much, not at all! Best 10CUC you will ever spend! If you are the type of person who does nothing when exploring then just stay on Ancon beach and do your thing. This place is heaven for people who appreciate swimming, hiking and nature. You can be old and still get in the water and totally have the time of your life. This place will become one of your favourite life memories. Enjoy. (Some of the reviews about horseback riding are showing the Pilon waterfalls and not Javira. Javira is...
Read moreATTENTION read this if you‘ll intend to visit the Parque el Cubano and especially the cascado Javira by HORSE TRIP. We did that and an „Agency“ betrayed us: first off, they brought us to Pilon Waterfall, which is a joke compared to Javira (in february anyway) and secondly they charged us 10 cuc for the park fee. But since there is no park at the pilon (and I know now why there is no park) there is actually no regular fee. So please be careful, checking out the riding trip - there were a lot of...
Read moreEl Cubano is located about 5km outside Trinidad. You can get a tour here but I walked here, it's about an hour walk outside Trinidad. To get there walk on the main road towards Cienfuegos for about 1km and you'll see a sign for El Cubano, turn right and follow the trail. It's $9 to get inside the park and it's a 3.6km walk which includes a few swimming spots, a waterfall and a cool spot where there is a few dozen beehives that look like stalactites. A...
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