Zacarías Stream Sinkhole
The Zacarías stream drains from south to north, from the slates to the limestones, sliding through a small cave, making its entire underground journey to the del Indio Cave area.
- La Jutía Valley
Pan de Azúcar Resolladero
Located on the emissive slope of the valley where these waters from the other end of the mountain range emerge. Responsible for excavating large cave systems present in the area.
- Pan de Azúcar Valley
Del Agua cave
Abundant Quaternary fossil remains of the genus Megalocnus rodens, mainly adhered to the ceiling in a calcareous breccia dragged by floodwaters from the outside.
- Hoyo de Jaruco, La Jutía Valley
Hoyos de San Antonio
Numerous specimens of ammonites, fish, and reptiles from the Upper Jurassic in the concretions known as “cheeses”, from the Jagua Formation. It is also reported as the only place in Cuba where remains of giant reptiles have been found.
- Hoyos de San Antonio
Mogote La Mina
An extremely important locality for characterizing the Upper Oxfordian layers and collecting fauna from that stage. Numerous holotypes of ammonite and fish species have been collected here.
- Mina Constancia
Pan de Azúcar Fossils
One of the most important fossil deposits of the Upper Jurassic Oxfordian in the region. The “cheeses” report a large number of ammonites of various species, as well as remains of reptile and fish skeletons.
- Pan de Azúcar Mogote
Ancón Gap
The deepest active fluvial channel in the region, with a height difference of over 300 m, from the Ancón River bed to the summit.
- Ancón Valley
La Jutía Valley
A set of karst phenomena can be observed; the valley is of fluvial origin, located at the bottom of La Jutía, at the entrance to Hoyo de Jaruco in the Guasasa Mountains.
- La Jutía Valley
Ancón Resolladero
The resurgence of the Ancón River constitutes the continuity in Ancón Valley of the Palmarito River, responsible for excavating one of the largest cave systems in the country and the region, “Palmarito Cave System”.
- Ancón Valley
GEDA Cave
Excavated on the western margin of the Guasasa Mountains, it is one of the best-preserved paleontological sites in Cuba from the Quaternary Period. It is also distinguished by its great variety of speleothems.
- San Vicente Valley
Fossils, La Jutía
An internationally known fossil locality for the abundance of ammonites, and to a lesser extent, fish and reptiles from the Upper Jurassic Oxfordian.
- Laguna de Piedras
San Vicente Spa
A natural discharge through ascending springs of mesothermal groundwater with high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide gas and other chemical compounds, giving it medicinal properties.
- Rancho San Vicente
