The Dominican Republic has one of the world's largest reserves of amber - petrified sap from trees that grew there 50 million years ago. The largest piece of amber found there weighed 21 pounds (9.5 kg).
whale
As every year before the pandemic, Costa Rica celebrates the arrival season of humpback whales in the Ballena Marine National Park. In 2022 the festival returns with renewed energy after two years without celebrations. It is a unique opportunity to see these spectacular mammals, which can measure up to 16 meters, as they approach the warm coasts of the country looking for places to have their calves. A unique spectacle of nature that is repeated twice a year, the first between December and March from the northern hemisphere, and the second between July and October from the southern hemisphere. But, ....
Coral reefs
At a critical time for economies and the ocean, The Nature Conservancy, the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association and the United Nations Environment Programme joined forces to create, for the first time in the Caribbean, a guide to coral reef restoration designed specifically for the tourism sector.
Healthy coral reefs are essential for the Caribbean tourism industry, which drives local economies and supports hundreds of thousands of livelihoods throughout the region. A Guide to Coral Reef Restoration for the Tourism Sector presents coral restoration best practices backed by scientific research, practitioner experience and stakeholder input. It addresses barriers that, ....
Guanacaste
The Hilton Garden Inn Guanacaste Airport Hotel is located just 3 minutes from the Liberia airport in Costa Rica, with all the amenities to enjoy a well-deserved vacation or to work with all the necessary resources.
The hotel is a starting point for those who want to visit the beaches of Guanacaste, as well as other nearby destinations including the Santa Rosa National Park, Rincon de la Vieja Volcano, Waterfalls, Blue Zone and ....
Sunset
In this life there are two types of tourists: those who keep souvenirs of their trips and those who do not. Some opt for fridge magnets of the countries they have visited, others prefer to collect postcards, and there are those who go further and decide to capture photos of the best sunsets they have witnessed. With the latter kind of traveler in mind, Discover Puerto Rico, the island's Destination Marketing Organization, has selected the most extraordinary places to contemplate live and direct the color "Puerto Rico Sunshine," a flamboyant shade of orange created by the Pantone Color Institute, which ....
The Ecuadorian capital offers corners, traditions, natural environments and unique experiences that you never imagined you would find in the same metropolitan district.
Center of the World
North of Quito, in the parish of San Antonio de Pichincha, is the most visited attraction in Ecuador, the Mitad del Mundo monument dedicated to the equinoctial line. Here the tourist's favorite activity is to be photographed with one foot in the northern hemisphere and the other in the southern hemisphere.
Historic Center
Declared the first World Heritage Site, it is the best preserved in the world and has a fabulous architecture and religious ....
The Yana , Photo Rolando Pujol
Text and photos: Rolando Pujol
About 177 km from Havana is Cayo Largo del Sur, a small island that is part of the Canarreos Archipelago in its southern portion. The islet, one of the most interesting tourist destinations in the country, offers 25 km of practically virgin beaches.
Among the diversity of species of flora that populate the key, there is a tree that has a special protection, the Yana, a variety of mangrove, which has survived for several centuries, dominating with its thick branches almost a hundred square meters in the middle of the uverales and coastal palms. Because ....
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The Dominican Republic has one of the world's largest reserves of amber - petrified sap from trees that grew there 50 million years ago. The largest piece of amber found there weighed 21 pounds (9.5 kg).
