Today we head east across Cuba, we drive through giant citrus and sugar plantations and out onto the Zapata Peninsula.
Further on ‘cenotes’ or pools created by the ceiling collapse of the underground rivers dot the landscape and provide wonderful swimming opportunities.
Later we visit Playa Giron and the nearby museum dedicated to the infamous ‘Bay of Pigs’ invasion, where a US supported attack by Cuban exiles failed to overthrow the Communist regime.
Our journey then skirts the edge of the wooded scambray mountains, hugging the coastline with views over the sparkling turquoise waters and arrive to our base, just outside of the beautiful Spanish colonial town of Trinidad.
