Mil Cumbres with 17521 hectares, located in the community of San Juan de Sagua, La Palma, is a Protected Area of Managed Resources, which indicates that man protects nature and in turn, through projects run by the National Company for the Protection of Flora and Fauna, makes a rational use of those resources.
In its landscape, the cork palm (Microcycas calocoma) appears as a prehistoric plant, whose emergence dates back to the time of the dinosaurs, more than one hundred and fifty million years ago; Cuba was still not where it is today.
To the West, on Cajálbana plateau (464 m.), on its Southern slope, is the path known as Mas alla de las espinas» (Beyond the Thorns. It has a length of 6 750 meters. Upon entering the forest, the greatest number of endemic floristic species in Cuba per square kilometer is impressive, reaching the number of thirty-five types of plants within the Cuabal forest.
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