Located about 10 kilometers from the beautiful primate city of Cuba, the plateau of calcareous origin named The Yunque of Baracoa, can be seen from any point of this tropical city that is born in the midst of dense, and jungle vegetation.
However, although the whole set is seductive, the strange hill of about 400 to 575 meters of altitude always stands out on the horizon from any enclave that you look at it, adding to that wild landscape a unique and unforgettable stamp.
They say that the great Admiral Christopher Columbus made notes in his travel log about the singular shape of the hill with its broad, flattened summit, slightly rough due to the type of calcareous rock that dominates it, in addition to abounding in sinkholes, casimbas, and hurtful dog teeth.
However, the greenness is the tint that covers its surface in a homogeneous and remarkable way, since it is in the most humid region of the country, as part of the Cuchillas del Toa Protected Area, where the rainfall level is the highest annually in the country asaverage.
Baptized with a name that now sounds to us with patriarchal resonances, its name invokes the working instrument used by blacksmiths since time immemorial to forge the necessary iron tools, with the blow of their dexterous hammer
It is that Baracoa, its tropical forest, its mighty waters, and its Yunque form a complex landscape, that also provides cultural and historical information about original Cuba, from the aborigines, colonization, and current life, which would be a privilege for any traveler to know In the forest of the region and the one that covers the famous Yunque, the odd royal palms, almácigos, cedars, mahogany, majaguas and barías which predominate, with a great proliferation of these precious woods.
And the most beautiful Cuban birds live in such habitats: tocororo, the national bird, the Cuba letter, hummingbirds, nightingales, mockingbirds, blacks, tiles, verduns, jabados and churrosos woodpeckers, the caguarero hawk, the owls, to mention some… Once in the maritime Baracoa, also a land of mighty rivers such as the Toa, visiting El Yunque will be an unforgettable excursion that will allow you to exercise your muscles and enjoy the greenery of the healthy tropics and full of history and traditions, in the company of very happy and hospitable people.
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