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Bird
Watching
Special program:
Ciénaga de Zapata
- Soroa - Havana
(8 days / 7 nights)
1st
day
Arrival
at José Martí International Airport, Havana. Transfer to
your hotel. Check in. Dinner. Evening free.
2nd
day
Breakfast.
Tour of the historic center of the city, declared a World Heritage Site
by UNESCO. Transfer to Montemar Natural Preserve on the Zapata Peninsula.
Boat trip across the Laguna del Tesoro to Hotel Guamá.
Check in. Lunch.
Afternoon
bird-watching session, two options:
-
First:
Bermejas
area, full of woods and palm trees, nest-building area, especially for
different species of woodpeckers
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Second:
a nearby area full of natural wells, the ideal habitat for different species
of pigeons
Return
to the hotel. Dinner. Evening free.
3rd
day
Early
breakfast. Visit to La Salina Wild Life Refuge, an area frequented
by different species of water birds that live in the many mangrove swamps,
coastal lagoons and woods to be found there. Packed
lunch. Return to the hotel. Dinner. Night bird-watching session. Return
to the hotel.
4th
day
Early
breakfast. Visit to Santo Tomás Wild Life Refuge, famous
for being the habitat of three very rare species of birds:
-
the Ferminia
(Ferminia cerverai), endemic in this area
-
the Cabrerito
de la Ciénaga (Torrearnis inexpectata)
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the famous
and rarely sighted Gallinuela de Santo Tomás (Cyanolimnas
cerverai)
Also,
you are very likely to spot the Zunzuncito, the world's smallest
bird. Packed lunch. Return to the hotel. Dinner. Evening free.
5th
day
Breakfast.
Departure in the direction of Havana. Transfer to the National Botanical
Garden for a guided bird-watching tour. Visit to the Japanese Garden and
lunch at the Ecorestaurante. Then on to Soroa, check in at
Hotel
& Villas Soroa, situated in the Sierra del Rosario
Biosphere Reserve. Dinner. Evening free.
6th
day
Early
breakfast. Bird-watching session in the Sierra del Rosario Biosphere
reserve. Return to the hotel. Lunch. Visit to the orchid collection and
waterfall. Bird-watching session. Dinner. Evening free.
7th
day
Breakfast.
Early departure for La Guira National Park. Bird-watching session.
Packed lunch. Afternoon bird-watching session. Return to the hotel. Country-
style farewell dinner.
8th
day
Breakfast.
Transfer to Havana airport and return to country of origin.
Conditions
-
Prices
vary upon number of participants and travel date
-
Minimum
group size is 4 persons
-
Three-star
hotel lodging
Updated August
20, 2000 Copyright ©2000 USA CUBA TRAVEL
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