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Salto del Guayabo Registers Record Number of Visitors

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The Salto del Guayabo waterfall registers this year around 6,000 nationals and foreign visitors. This figure constitutes an annual record for that tourist facility belonging to the Flora and Fauna Company, attached to the Ministry of Agriculture.
 
A better commercialization of the Ecotur agency and the increase in the quality of services have been the main catalysts for such number of visitor arrivals, said William Pinachet, administrator of the complex, consisting of an information center, a kitchen-restaurant and hiking areas, viewpoints and natural pools.

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“Here we practice ecotourism in its nature modality. The most offered is hiking, in order to enjoy two fragile mountain ecosystems and the pinus cubensis forests. The two waterfalls are our most important attractions, because they give an excellent panoramic view. Here we also facilitate the observation of wild fauna and flora, and include gardening. We have won a lot in the development of exquisite Creole dishes,” said Pinachet.

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He pointed out that Cuban clients outnumber foreign ones; some even arrived there up to three times in the summer season. As long as foreign visitors,  the tourists who most visit the faciltiy are Europeans.

Another factor in the growth of visits was the renovation of the facility in 2017, as part of the revitalization of tourism in Holguín, from the realization in the territory of the TURNAT International Event.

The falls or waterfalls of El Guayabo have an altitude of 95 and 127 meters, respectively, said the head of the complex, who is concerned about the status of access roads to the site, something in which it will be necessary to work.

To access the excursions of Salto del Guayabo, located in the Pinares de Mayarí, from the City of Parks, it can be booked in the Ecotur Sales Bureau, or in any of the travel agencies' headquarters.