Location: Playa Larga
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Zapata Swamp (Spanish: Ciénaga de Zapata, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsjenaɣa ðe saˈpata]) is located on the Zapata Peninsula in the southern Matanzas province of Cuba. It is located less than 150 kilometres (93 mi) southeast of Havana. Ciénaga de Zapata represents also a municipality, the largest one of Cuba with 4,162 km.
Restaurants in Playa Larga
1. Varadero Diving Tour
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 25 reviews
Varadero Diving Tour offers services of tourism and scuba diving, here you can plan your excursions with the guarantee of maximum comfort and safety!
2. Cueva de los Peces
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4.0 based on 453 reviews
Reviewed By Bidule005 - France, null
The Cueva de los Peces is located between Playa Larga et Playa Giron. We visited this natural swimming pool with crystal-clear water, who is 70 meters deep. Our guide explained us that this natural swimming pool gives direct access to the deepest cave in Cuba, resulting from long-term tectonic motion. A beautiful and peaceful place! Because crystal-clear waters are full of tropical fish and multicolored corals, it's a paradise for snorkeling and diving enthusiasts!!!
3. Playa Larga
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4.0 based on 276 reviews
Reviewed By Melsy1 - Ipswich, United Kingdom
Such calm water and soft golden sands. No high rise hotels, just small local casa's and a scattering of places selling drinks and food. We ate at Sol Y Caribe beach bar on Caleton beach, good value food and selling a fantastic Cubinata. The beach has a relaxed vibe and the sunset is beautiful, just take plenty of bug spray as there's lots of little bitey things out to get you. It's a thin long stretch of beach and we so wished we had spent more than one evening in this area of Cuba. We understand the snorkeling in the area was great and we were sad not to move on. There's lots of nature in the area and plenty of parks we wish we had visited.
4. Zapata Swamp
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4.0 based on 34 reviews
Reviewed By Trollydolly747 - Sydney, Australia
Alejandro, the host at Hostal Nuevo Vida, introduced us to a wonderful guide at Zapata national wild life park. We were guided through this historic area which aided the victory at the Bay of Pigs fiasco, and were provided with the opportunity to swim in the natural rock pools with waterfalls along the route.
5. Criadero De Cocodrilos
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3.5 based on 152 reviews
Reviewed By dianedinky
Thought this would be a bit of a wasted morning, and we actually only went because our boat trip through the mangroves was cancelled due to a lack of diesel - how wrong I was! It was a fantastic place. The fact that you can pay a small fee and feed the crocodiles - or watch others - made this visit standout. You can get really close to the creatures and their mighty jaws but you are safely behind the fence (or up on the viewing bridge). You can also stroll around the park and watch the crocodile behaviour, such as when one male took exception to another and suddenly pounced on it in a flurry of huge splashes. Great stuff. There are also tree rats and iguanas to see and the park itself is very picturesque fr just a stroll around for the trees and flowers. There are, of course, also many shops and stalls for souvenirs, but you only need to look if you want to, nobody hassles you. I'm so glad there was no diesel that day and we got to see this place instead :-)
