Viñales Valley
Wide valley of red soil and tobacco fields, dotted with steep, round-topped limestone hills called mogotes. It is Cuba's best-known landscape for walking, horse riding and seeing traditional farming.
Viñales
Hiking, horse riding and visits to cigar farms suit this green valley, where tobacco farms and limestone hills stand.
Attractive locations
Cueva del Indio
Cave near Viñales where visitors walk a short passage and then ride a small boat along an underground river. Guides point out rock shapes lit along the way.
Mogote Dos Hermanas
Limestone hill in the valley, whose rock face carries a huge painted mural about the history of life on Earth, made in the 1960s. A viewpoint and small restaurant sit nearby.
Cayo Levisa
Small island off the north coast, reached by boat from the mainland. It has white-sand beaches and clear water, and divers visit the coral reefs close to the shore.
Santo Tomás Cave
One of the larger cave systems in Cuba, with many levels of tunnels beneath the forest. Guided visits are best suited to those who are comfortable with a rough walk underground.
Cayo Jutías
Low island off the north coast joined to the mainland by a causeway, with a long white beach and shallow, clear water. It is a popular beach day trip from the Viñales valley.
Airports
José Martí International Airport HAV
It is about 140 km in a straight line from Viñales.
Rafael Cabrera Airport GER
It is about 129 km in a straight line from Viñales.
Scams and safe taxis
Weather by month
Each month shows its average temperature in °C and its mm of rain per month.
- Jan22.3 °C35 mm
- Feb23.4 °C28 mm
- Mar24.4 °C25 mm
- Apr26.3 °C35 mm
- May27.7 °C76 mm
- Jun28.2 °C124 mm
- Jul28.7 °C95 mm
- Aug28.8 °C120 mm
- Sep28.0 °C119 mm
- Oct26.8 °C93 mm
- Nov24.5 °C38 mm
- Dec23.4 °C24 mm
Driest months: Feb, Mar, Dec. Wettest months: Jun, Aug, Sep.
Who can help
Emergency
Reported numbers: police 106, ambulance 104, fire 105 - confirm with your hotel or casa host.
un agency
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Cuba
Helps with: The UN migration agency in Cuba. Its work covers migration data, border management support, emergency response after disasters, and help for vulnerable migrants such as assisted voluntary return and family reunification.
Who qualifies: Vulnerable migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Cuba, and national authorities. It is not a help service for ordinary tourists.
Phone: +53 7 204 1512
Email: [email protected]
Address: Calle 18 entre 1ra y 3ra, Playa, La Habana, Cuba
local government
Police emergency number 106
Helps with: Reaches the police in Cuba. The number comes from UK government travel advice.
Who qualifies: Anyone in the country, including visitors, can call this number.
Phone: 106
local government
Ambulance emergency number 104
Helps with: Reaches the ambulance service in Cuba. The number comes from UK government travel advice.
Who qualifies: Anyone in the country, including visitors, can call this number.
Phone: 104
local government
Fire emergency number 105
Helps with: Reaches the fire service in Cuba. The number comes from UK government travel advice.
Who qualifies: Anyone in the country, including visitors, can call this number.
Phone: 105