Vinales Visitor Center

Visitor Center, Centro de Visitantes de Vinales, Vinales National Park, Pinar del Rio, Cuba

Passing through the Farm

Walking on the fertile rust-red soil of Vinales. To access some Vinales National Park trails, visitors must navigate through private farmlands.

Vinales Lush Green Jungle

Lush green jungle scene along the trail in Vinales National Park, Vinales Valley, Pinar del Rio, Cuba

Anole - Need ID

Anole, Genus Anolis, Order Squamata. Documented in Vinales National Park, Vinales Valley, Pinar del Rio, Cuba

Longhorn Beetle

Beetles: Longhorn Beetle, Heterops dimidiatus, Subfamily Cerambycinae, Family Cerambycidae, Order Coleoptera. Documented in Vinales National Park, Vinales Valley, Pinar del Rio, Cuba

Gorgeous Day in Vinales

Striking karst landscape of the Viñales Valley in Sierra de los Organos of Pinar del Rio, Cuba. The valley is encircled by mountains and dotted with spectacular dome-like limestone outcrops known as mogotes.

Hiking in Vinales

Exploring the trails of Vinales National Park, Vinales Valley, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. The trails wind through dramatic rock formations known as mogotes. These limestone towers are covered by lush green foilage.

Lush Green Forest of Vinales

Scenery in Vinales National Park, Vinales Valley, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Trails wind through dramatic landscape from jagged rocky outcrops known as mogotes to deep red soil. These lands are a testament to the natural heritage of this planet.

Bell Mimosa Flower

Bell Mimosa, Dichrostachys cinerea, Family Fabaceae, Order Fabales. Documented in Vinales National Park, Vinales, Cuba

Headlight Beetle - Need ID

Beetles: Headlight Beetle, Tribe Pyrophorini, Family Elateridae, Order Coleoptera. Documented in Vinales National Park, Vinales Valley, Pinar del Rio, Cuba

Click Beetle - Need ID

Beetles: Click Beetle, Genus Ignelater (possibly), Family Elateridae, Order Coleoptera. Documented in Vinales National Park, Vinales Valley, Pinar del Rio, Cuba

Vinales Air Plants

Air Plants growing on a tree in Vinales National Park, Vinales Valley, Pinar del Rio, Cuba

Leaf Beetle

Beetles: Leaf Beetle, Leptinotarsa undecimlineata, Family Chrysomelidae, Order Coleoptera. Documented in Vinales National Park, Vinales Valley, Pinar del Rio, Cuba

Spotless Lady Beetle

Beetles: Spotless Lady Beetle, Cycloneda sanguinea, Family Coccinellidae, Order Coleoptera. Documented in Vinales National Park, Vinales Valley, Pinar del Rio, Cuba

Gumbo Limbo Peeling Bark

Bursera simaruba, commonly known as gumbo-limbo, copperwood, chaca, and turpentine tree. Documented in Vinales National Park, Vinales Valley, Pinar del Rio, Cuba

Vinales Valley

Striking karst landscape of the Viñales Valley in Sierra de los Organos of Pinar del Rio, Cuba. The valley is encircled by mountains and dotted with spectacular dome-like limestone outcrops known as mogotes. Vinales Valley was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve.

Vinales Valley Scenery

Striking karst landscape of the Viñales Valley in Sierra de los Organos of Pinar del Rio, Cuba. The valley is encircled by mountains and dotted with spectacular dome-like limestone outcrops known as mogotes.

Striking Karst Landscape of Viñales

Striking karst landscape of the Viñales Valley in Sierra de los Organos of Pinar del Rio, Cuba. The valley is encircled by mountains and dotted with spectacular dome-like limestone outcrops known as mogotes.

Entering Parque Nacional Viñales

El Parque Nacional de Viñales, or Vinales National Park in Sierra de Los Organos, part of the Pinar del Rio province in Cuba

Vinales National Park

Exploring the trails of Vinales National Park, Vinales Valley, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. The trails wind through dramatic rock formations known as mogotes. These limestone towers are covered by lush green foilage.

Cuban Emerald Hummingbird

Cuban Emerald Hummingbird, Chlorostilbon ricordii, Family Trochilidae, Order Apodiformes. Documented in Vinales National Park, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.

Cuban Tody

Cuban Tody, Todus Multicolor, Family Todidae, Order Coraciiformes. Documented in Vinales National Park, Vinales Valley, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Endemic in Cuba: native and occurs nowhere else.

Cuban Tody

Cuban Tody, Todus Multicolor, Family Todidae, Order Coraciiformes. Documented in Vinales National Park, Vinales Valley, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Endemic in Cuba: native and occurs nowhere else.

Cuban Tody

Cuban Tody, Todus Multicolor, Family Todidae, Order Coraciiformes. Documented in Vinales National Park, Vinales Valley, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Endemic in Cuba: native and occurs nowhere else.