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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