El Bagá Natural Park

Cuba / Ciego de Avila / Moryn /
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Is located 18km to the west of Cayo Coco and 17 km to the east of Cayo Guillermo. The park's main theme is the BAGA tree, a plant that can be 2-4 meters high and grows in flooded and humid areas. Its fruit is edible and has medicinal properties. Visit exhibitional and breding areas of native animals, some of them are endemic species and others are endangered, sometimes hard to see in their natural habitat such as: juitas (tree rats), iguanas, crocodiles, jicoteas (fresh water tortoise), flamingoes, among others. Birds are quite abundant in the region, since Jardines del Rey is in the middle of one of the main corridors used by migratory birds in the Caribbean. An aboriginal village and a Cuban farm
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Coordinates:   22°31'14"N   78°31'8"W
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