| o-tourism | | | | local touristic information desk offers varied options |
| Explore the natural beauty of Cuba at Las Terrazas | | | | and the required equipment for each activity. |
| eco-tourism resort, just a short trip from Havana, | | | | |
| Cuba. Just 60 Km from Havana, along the Western | | | | Accommodation options at Las Terrazas are varied, |
| Highway, lies the natural paradise of Las Terrazas. | | | | with the most luxurious being the 4-Star eco-hotel, |
| The whole area is protected and you need to pay | | | | La Moka, built taking into account the proper respect |
| before entering. There is also an information desk | | | | for nature, to such extent that you can easily run |
| with maps, guides, and you can even reserve several | | | | into trees or ground features on your way inside the |
| services being offered by the complex. Once inside, | | | | hotel. It’s located on top of the highest hill and |
| the first thing to admire is the impressive vegetation | | | | magnificent views of the surrounding environment |
| of pines, eucalyptus, cedar trees, and mahoganies | | | | can be enjoyed from its balconies. Other lodging |
| more than 50 years old and 40 meters high. You may | | | | choices include local private houses, rustic cabins near |
| find it hard to believe, but this whole place was an | | | | the baths of San Juan River, and huts (casas de |
| area of semi-desert by the middle of the 20th | | | | campaña). Restaurant and café options are not |
| century because of the deforestation that took place | | | | that many in the community. However, La Moka |
| over more than 4 centuries. In 1968, they came up | | | | hotel offers excellent, although a little expensive, |
| with a plan to reforest around 50 square km and to | | | | services. |
| gather the families isolated in the mountain ranges | | | | In addition to the numerous ecotourism offerings, Las |
| into several communities. The system they used was | | | | Terrazas hosts historical sights and a thriving art |
| that of flat terraces, to avoid the soil deterioration | | | | community; the Home-Museum of the Cuban |
| due to the intense rains of the place, making this the | | | | singer-songwriter Polo Montañez is particularly |
| first project for the Cuban ecologic, social, and | | | | popular. You can also go through the ruins of the |
| sustainable development. | | | | French coffee plantations that stretched throughout |
| The community with around 900 inhabitants was built | | | | the area after the Haitian Revolution. Cafetal La |
| around an artificial lake in the San Juan River and its | | | | Unión and Cafetal Buenavista both host economic |
| water mirror is one of the most famous in Cuba. You | | | | restaurant options. There also is a good food service |
| can tour around its environment by hiking through the | | | | at the baths of the San Juan and Bayate Rivers. |
| foliage, ziplining under the Canopy, cruising the lake, | | | | These baths are especially crowded during summer |
| taking a refreshing dip in one of the numerous natural | | | | time, particularly by locals and other national tourists |
| baths, or simply strolling and admiring the surrounding | | | | who love cold waters and barbecues (barbecues are |
| nature. Recreational activities in Las Terrazas are all | | | | offered here, along with rustic furnishings and cooking |
| related to Nature: hiking, trekking, and birdwatching of | | | | utensils that can be reserved at the entrance of the |
| such endemic species as the Tocororo, the | | | | Complex). |
| Zunzuncillo, the Cartacuba, and the Carpintero. The | | | | |