The Viñales valley has not really changed in hundreds of years; most of the people in the area are farmers growing tobacco and coffee during the winter, other crops and vegetables during the summer. Vinales is the most popular tourist area, close to a spectacular cave system (the largest in Latin America) with underground streams and gorges, the valley is home to some unique flora and fauna.
The Vinales Valley was once an enormous cave system itself before the top eroded away and is now the site of the strange-looking “mogotes” the almost sheer limestone outcrops smothered in palm trees which are found only in Cuba and two other sites in southeast Asia. The lovely islets (Cayos) of Cayo Levisa and Cayo Jutias are within easy distance just off the north coast, about one hours drive from Vinales.
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