Indio Cave, a boat ride on the underground river, and hot springs at the San Vicente spa.
This itinerary is the continuation of number 3. The main attraction of this itinerary is the visit to the Indio Cave, where you can take a boat ride on its underground river. In the following stops, we visit the Rancho San Vicente hydrothermal center and, in the northern area, the impressive wall formed by the mogotes in La Costanera.
GEOSITES
1. Indio Cave
Cave and underground river
Spring of groundwater
Carso
2. Paleolevels
Horizontal marks on the rocks
Ancient water levels
Karst
3. El Americano Member
Fine stratification rocks
Contact between the Jurassic and the Cretaceous
Karst
4. Hot springs
Hot water with a peculiar odor
Medicinal water
Hydrogeology
5. Well No. 3
Wellhead with water
Mineral medicinal water
Hydrogeology
6. La Costanera
Rocky wall
Northern part of the San Vicente Mountains
Hydrogeology
CURIOSITIES
Dora Alonso (1910-2001) was a writer with a broad creative history, especially for children. She is the Cuban author with the most children's works published abroad. She is the winner of a long list of literary awards, highlighting the José Martí World Prize for Children's Literature in 1997. As a fervent lover of nature, Viñales was her favorite place to write and rest. In fulfillment of her last wish, a plaque was placed in her memory with a fragment of this poem in the same place where her ashes were scattered, located at the entrance to the valley, very close to the Los Jazmines viewpoint, while for all Viñaleros and especially children and young people, grandmother Dora will continue to be present with her fantastic stories like that of the Valley of the Painted Bird with Felo Puntilla.
TESTAMENT
May the landscape of Viñales watch over me, the most luxuriant plain, the heartfelt presence of its valley. May the mogotes receive me and the mountain range guard me. The wonder of its peaks will be the most faithful companion. Wherever my name is pointed out in this land they must plant a new pine to add me to its pine forests. In the silence of the caves I will have my peace and rest. Only the murmur of the waterfall will reach me from the nearby river And if the roads welcome me there will be a festival of friendships The nightingale and the seibones will be able to come to greet me Let the bee fly in my memory As in the humble wildflower In the memory of the children May I be a conscious shadow May the landscape of Viñales watch over me the most luxuriant plain, the heartfelt presence of its valley.
