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El Yunque Rainforest / El Yunque National Forest (Puerto Rico)

2 weeks ago By Editor

El Yunque National Forest is a forest reserve located in northeastern Puerto Rico, is located on the slopes of the Sierra de Luquillo mountains. and is the only tropical rain forest in the U.S. National Forest System. High annual rainfall creates a jungle-like setting with lush foliage, crags, waterfalls and rivers.

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Saint Barthélemy Nature Reserve

7 months ago By Editor

Saint Barthélemy Nature Reserve, founded in 1996 to protect underwater ecosystems, covers 2,965 acres in five sectors. It was established with the objective of conserving coral reefs, sea grass beds and marine life. The reserve has coral formations in an area of 680 acres.

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Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve (US Virgin Islands)

2 weeks ago By Editor

Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve is located on the island of St. Croix. The protected area preserves upland watersheds, mangrove forests and marine environments. It also contains the the only known site where a Columbus expedition set foot on what is now U.S. territory.

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San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba

10 months ago By Editor

This massive series of fortifications on a rocky promontory was built to protect the important port of Santiago de Cuba. This intricate complex of forts, magazines, bastions and batteries is the most complete, best-preserved example of Spanish-American military architecture.

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Sierra del Rosario Biosphere Reserve (Cuba)

7 months ago By Editor

The Sierra del Rosario Biosphere Reserve is located at the eastern part of Cuba's Guaniguanico mountain range. It protects over 100 square miles of tropical forests with evergreen and semi-deciduous environments. It was also the site of the first major coffee plantation in the New World.

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Sint Eustatius National Marine Park

5 months ago By Editor

The St Eustatius National Marine Park encircles the entire island and extends up to 2 miles offshore. Created in 1966, the park covers 6,800 acres and protects a variety of habitats including pristine, biologically-diverse coral reef, seagrass beds, sandy seabed and open ocean communities.

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St. Mary’s Biosphere Reserve (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

10 months ago By Editor

St. Mary’s Biosphere Reserve, located in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles on the island of St. Kitts, is one of the first biosphere reserves of the Caribbean island countries and an important site in terms of biological diversity, comprising cloud forests, mangroves and coral reefs.

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Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios (Cuba)

8 months ago By Editor

Founded in the early 16th century in honor of the Holy Trinity, the city was a bridgehead for the conquest of the American continent. Its 18th- and 19th-century buildings, such as the Palacio Brunet and the Palacio Cantero, were built in its days of prosperity from the sugar trade.

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Turquino National Park (Cuba)

8 months ago By Editor

Turquino National Park, also known as Sierra Maestra National Park or Sierra Maestra Grand National Park, is a national park in Santiago de Cuba Province, situated in southeastern Cuba. The park is located in the Sierra Maestra mountain range.

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Urban Historic Center of Cienfuegos (Cuba)

8 months ago By Editor

Situated on the Caribbean coast of south-central Cuba at the heart of the country’s sugar cane, mango, tobacco and coffee production area, the historic colonial town of Cienfuegos first developed in the neoclassical style. It later became more eclectic but retained a harmonious overall townscape.

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Viñales Valley (Cuba)

11 months ago By Editor

Cuba's Valle de Viñales is encircled by mountains and its landscape is interspersed with dramatic rocky outcrops. The quality of this cultural landscape is enhanced by the architecture of its farms and villages, illustrating the cultural development of the islands of the Caribbean and of Cuba.

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