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The trip to Viñales region imposes the unique experience of making an incursion into the Great Cavern of Santo Tomás, as the largest in Cuba and the second largest in Latin America. Inside, a large number of fossil remains have been discovered, with an age of around two million years. Inside its gigantic halls, an experienced group of local guides will help the visitor to know the great diversity of subterranean landscapes, inviting him to live an incomparable experience.

During this journey geology, history and culture are intertwined by visiting the Museum of Los Malagones, birthplace of Cuba's first militiamen, in the El Moncada Community, founded in 1960, and  Dr. Antonio Núñez Jiménez National School of Speleology, an installation that trains young generations of cave explorers.

Road to Pons village 25 km from Viñales, Pinar del Río.

Tel: (53) 48 68 12 14

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Passing the village five kilometers opens a cliff in the rock carved by the river Palmarito, with two elevations known as "Mogotes de las Dos Hermanas¨. In its interior there is a small valley where the Camping Dos Hermanas is located and to the West, is located the Mural of Prehistory, considered one of the largest mural paintings in Cuba. Executed by the peasants of the area, directed by Leovigildo González, pupil of the great Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, the megalocnus, plesiosaurs, anmonites and other figures that run through the evolution of life in Cuban territory were drawn.

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Mural painting made on the wall of a mogote (120 x 80 meters) located in the Valley Dos Hermanas within the Viñales National Park which reflects the different evolutionary periods from remote times, projected by the painter Leovigildo González with the collaboration of Dr. Núñez Jiménez and executed by peasants in the area. It has the installation with ranches of traditional construction, designed in wood and guano roofs, reproducing the vernacular architecture. It offers restaurant services for 320 people, a servibar and recreational options.

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