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Thursday, 30 January 2014

With a guide we've seen waterfalls and lots of tropical plants in Parque Natural Topes de Collantes


In the Escambray Mountains you will find the 110 square km
Parque Natural Topes de Collantes that lies 16 km from Trinidad



There is an extraordinary flora and fauna including several
endemic species such as the parrot cotorra


In an old Russian army truck we went into the
mountains whit very steep roads






This village was built for the workers of a coffee and banana plantation






On the south side of the park are deep ravines carved by storms

This is a beautiful landscape with valleys where coffee is grown


Coffee plant



Freshly picked coffee beans




Topes de Collantes is divided into smaller parks

We've visited Parque Guanayara with this guide

During the walk, which lasted over five hours, he let us
see and taste and told a lot about the local nature




Orchid


This fruit tasted like marzipan


Some tourists had their name in the bamboo stalks scratched



Higher up is the cold (16/25 C) and humid atmosphere ideal for
epifytplanten clinging to branches of eucalyptus trees




A very large termite nest





From afar we heard the roar of the 65 meter high
waterfall 'Salto el Rocio' that I found wonderful to see




















A Cuban orange



In the Netherlands these are houseplants



The Tocororo is Cuba' s national bird because he
has the colors of the Cuban flag

Unfortunately I couldn`t get a better picture of him







Halfway you could choose to make a "Rambo tour"
with the guide or just follow the path

The Rambo tour went through the waterfalls, you had to swim,
dive and climb rocks



At the last waterfall you had to grab a liana and swing
over the waterfall and drop into the water



Halfway was a Cuban with a horse selling drinks


This farmer lived alone in the mountains far away from everyone



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