San Ambrosio Cave, Varadero. Cuba
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Two out of the fifteen archeological sited discovered at the peninsula that reveal the customs of the area’s indigenous population are both located in the Varahicacos natural park. Traces of pre-Columbian inhabitants (72 rupestrian paintings) can be found in local burial plots that go back 2000 years, representatives of the agro-alfarera taino culture. The primitive pictographs and carsic formations in the Cave of San Ambrosio are surprising. The first one is a 250 meter long cave with five interconnected galleries. During the colonial period, it also served as safe heaven for maroons, or black runaway slaves. Los Musulmanes’ path, with its great diversity of plants and animals, also presents several interesting geographic points as does.
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San Ambrosio Cave is located in Varadero
Varadero is the famoust beach in Cuba and one of the most important destinations in the Caribbean. Varadero is the main tourist destination of the country. Its total area is 14.4 km square and its most important natural potential is the beach that is 20 375 m long with a sand strip of around 22 km wide and an average dune height of 1 m.
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San Ambrosio Cave
Ambrosio's Cave is about 250 metres long and has 5 galleries that interconnect. The walls of the cave have numerous drawings that make up one of the largest collections of Indian pictographs in the Caribbean. During the slave trade, many runaways hid out in the cave systems. In the district are salt works and it is believed that the famous sea captain, Sir Francis Drake, stopped to take on salt used for preserving meat on his way back to England.
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My tour began with an awesome view of a DVD which heightened my curiosity. I expected to experience and see the same spectacular rocks and crystals. I was a little disappointed. I did see a few interesting rocks and the tour guide who was rushing to and fro between the Spanish and English group tried to give a few jokes... More
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