Cuba Libre Trifecta

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Famed for the saltwater fishing off its shores, Jardines del Ray is an archipelago extending out along the northern coast of Cuba. This necklace of islands and reefs provides fly fishermen with the opportunity to cast for bonefish on the flats, tarpon among the tangled roots of the flooded mangrove forests, and permit in the deeper waters. In the summer heat of June and July, large tarpon join the bonefish on the flats making for some exciting and unusual sight fishing.

An old sugarcane plantation provides accommodation in traditional rural Cuban style and is an ideal base to which to retreat after a day on the flats and the world’s second largest coral reef. The drive between the plantation and the marina gives you an opportunity to see a small slice of the region named the Garden of the Kings for its natural beauty and diversity of wildlife (it has the lowest population density in Cuba) including its famous roseate flamingoes.

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