Eco-tourism is one of the choices that has now experimented an increasing in Cuba, because of the visitors' demands.

The wide range of ecosystems and landscapes makes the Cuban archipelago split into over 60 regions and subregions, out of eight continue experimenting a high level of wilderness. Thinking of eco-tourism lovers, travel agencies have included in their choices excursion to places of exceptional beauty, excelling among others, those organized by Cubatur and Rumbos towards the keys found along the northern coast, the Gran Piedra, Gran Parque Natural Montemar (Zapata Peninsula), Sierra del Rosario, Viñales and Topes de Collantes, or those of Gaviota agency as Parque Marino and Cayo Piedras del Norte. Among the most important facilities are Las Terrazas complex, located in the outskirts of the Sierra del Rosario, in the western part of the country and Topes de Collantes Spa, at Escambray mountains in the center of the island. Las Terrazas, the heart of the Sierra del Rosario Biosphere Reserve, is a rural community of unequal beauty which is also part of a socio-economic project which includes the reforestation of some 5,000 hectares of woods.

Tourists can enjoy both nature and the ruins of old French coffee plantations that provided the region with a certain economic boom in the 19th century. Other interesting walking trails are the Camino de la Cañada del Infierno which go across ruins of coffee plantations near Bayate River and its natural pools and Union Garden where visitors have the chance to know the life of a peasant family. Likewise Topes de Collantes Spa, just some kilometers away from the legendary city of Trinidad, offers an excellent health service. The spa is equipped with a therapeutical thermic pools as well as gyms, massages, spa therapy, mechanic therapy, physical exercises, ozone treatments and traditional natural medicine. Also the center offers excursions along the Natural Park surrounding the facility: hiking to Caburni Falls, a 62-meter waterfall surrounded by small pools whose clean waters are a unique enjoyment and to Batata, a site of abundant endemic trees and medicinal plants. Another choice in eco-tourism being developed is that of nature's paths, in addition to those mentioned above. Fifteen hiking tours have already been organized in Cuba through the forest. The most recent inaugurated hiking tour was that of Cuevas de Caguanes, along the northern keys. It is an interpretative speleoarcheological tour which includes visits to three caves: Humboldt, being used for the abundance of bat´s manure contained in the interior. This cave has galleries in good state with secondary formations of great beauty; Los Chivos, an old cave where the light enters forming different contrasts interesting for human sight and Tamos where most pictographs made by Cuban Amerindians are found. Another hiking tour is that of the National Park of Guanahacabibes, that is made up by two natural reserves: Veral and Cabo Corrientes. Ecotur provides visitors interested in these subjects over a hundred of experts who guide them searching for the fascinating world of nature in over 30 specialized centers distributed all over Cuba where emphasis is laid in the conservation of species.