CAYO LARGO ENVIRONMENT With the experience and enthusiasm of the Italian team carrying out the successful operation in Jardines de la Reina, is now starting a new project in Cayo Largo. Although this small island was already known as a diving destination, its value has never been recognized.
Foto Pepe Cañibano
Foto Pepe Cañibano
Foto Pepe Cañibano
Foto Pepe Cañibano
Calamar
Cayo Largo is in the South Central region of the Cuban Archipelago, one of the last virgin spots left on the planet. Here, nature was prodigal in its gifts: beaches and more beaches in its 17 miles (27 Km) of length. But as if surrounding it with fine white sands was not enough. Cayo Largo was given the gift of being eternally caressed by clear and gentle water of incredible hues of blue. When you finally arrive in Cayo Largo you will be surprised to find a natural environment that practically has not changed at all since the world began. The bottom scenery is incredible around the coral reef that links the chain of islets around Cayo Largo, like an underwater bridge. You will find all your favorite water sports on this island. Scuba diving lovers will be amazed by the explosion of color in this underwater world. Cayo Largo owes its name to its elongated shape. Around 1494 admiral Christopher Columbus touched upon it during his second voyage to Cuba. It is also linked to the large groups of pirates that used to roam the Caribbean Sea. In this islet, nature shares a well-kept secret. It has coral reefs and is complemented by neighboring keys inhabited by numerous species of flora and fauna, among them iguanas, pelicans and turtles.
Cayo Largo is a paradisiacal island, not yet reached by mass tourism. As from your arrival in the small international airport, you are immediately captured by this timeless heaven. Here you forget your watch; the day is just spent between unforgettable immersions, relaxing siestas on striking white beaches and evening aperitifs at the Marina bar.
The Diving Center is located at the center of the Marina. The boats that will take the divers to the dive sites are just a few meters away.
What is really new is the choice of the dive sites! Avalon diving center, with his 15 years experience at the Jardines de la Reina, has selected the most spectacular spots, which can only be reached after a one/two hours boat ride : Cayo Blanco, Cayo Sigua, Cayo Rosario are a real paradise for divers.
Cayo Blanco appears from a distance as a white sanded isle lost in the sea. It’s just a short line of sand that falls into the blue. Underwater there’s a new world: cliff encrusted with sponges and corals, tunnels and canyons that open in the blue. And on the top of the reef, just in few meters depth, divers remain enchanted at the sight of all kinds of coral that host schools of fish. Thousands of fish of different species moving all together, escape from a predator. There is an unthinkable quantity of fish, but here you are 25 km away from the coast. The ¨sky rampage¨ is literally a white sand cliff where corals grow like bushes - a landscape you just read about in fairytales. Underwater, a few meters away from the barrier, there’s a passage in the reef that descends into the deep blue called the BLUE HOLE. The water is so clear that it’s hard to tell if you are actually going down! Immersions in Cayo Rosario are also fantastic. Dark rocks and tunnels. At their entrance, clouds of glass fish. Around them, the whitest sand you have ever seen. Here is possible to do one of our best immersions: divers get surrounded by nearly 15 dolphins that seem to play with their bubbles. Sometimes these swim around the divers, they nearly touch them, and a wave of emotions capture everyone. Then they go up, they breathe and back down, all over again…
This is an unusual Cayo Largo, unfamiliar to most divers; you’ll be seeing places far from the Marina, reachable only with full day trips.
