Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Cayo Largo Scuba Diving


Cayo Largo Cuban Diving Center Management introduces itself  to you after your arrival in the luxury hotel, mostly with the travel welcome and they will explain all about the flight and taxi transfers to the resort and also the entire Scuba Diving Center Information Course that explains all the scuba diving secrets of Cayo Largo, Cayo Coco and Santa Lucia which has one of the best diving ship wrecks in all the Caribbean scuba diving resorts.
The Cayo Largo Diving Center is organized accordingly International standard and is decreed with over 40 complete equipments and 220 12-Liter-Alu - and steel tanks with DIN/INT connection.

Altogether, four boats are for 12 and 18 divers by disposal. Professional Dive Instructors with personal guides will accompany you during the diving . In the Diving Center is  220 V voltages, here you can load your electronics, in the hotel only 125 V.
Cayo Largo Diving Center
Cayo Largo Diving Center offers one to two times in the week against an extra charge diving exits to the more distant islands at, like for example Cayo Rosario, Cayo Blanco or Cayo Sigua, with incomparable coral reefs, rare fishing and even a "blue hole", on board is offered a meal.

The daily diving sites are determined according to weather situation or the program of the Cayo Largo Diving Center. It becomes asked you in order to guarantee the smooth course of the basis as diving guests to pause the on the spot agreed departure times strictly.

Technical Specifications
 •Operator: Marina Cayo Largo del Sur
 •Dive Sites: 32
 •Daily Capacity: 60 pax
 •Daily Departures: 3
 •Type of Seabed: Coral reefs, walls, sunken ships, abundant species (barracudas, whale shark in winter) and caves.
 •Course Certification School: SSI
 •Boats: Two 41-foot boats
 •Nearest hyperbolic chamber: In Havana or Miami, by helicopter transfer
 •Facilities: Equipment rental available
 •Quantity of Dive Instructors: 6


Cayo Largo Diving Resorts
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In Cayo Largo del Sur, diving zone is divided in three areas:

The first one is in the nearby of the Cayo, with typical coral seabed, reefs and channels that starting at 18 meters (859 feet) forms a curious sandy hollow that descends to 33 meters (108 feet) and later ascends to form large coral mountains. Brain coral, columns, sheets, stars, sea fans, and many other species abound. Fish are represented by numerous coral species. In some seasons it's frequent to see turtles, shads, bishops and skates. In the rocky hollows, there are lobster, crab, and morays.

The second, close to Cayo Rosario, 29 Km. (18 miles) to the west, with a very peculiar seabed, with an average depth of 18 meters (59 feet) where coral hillocks form a real labyrinth within which swim large schools of fish.

The third is 48 Km (30 miles) to the northeast, near the head of Cayo Sigua and Cayo Blanco situated in the western border of the Gulf of Cazones. There are spectacular wall dive sites, which fall vertically starting at 15 meters (49 feet) to more than 200 meters (656 feet) deep. On them you'll observe large tubular sponges in the shape of baskets and branches, spectacular sea fans, and black coral colonies. Many coral fish hunt all over the wall.
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CUBA DIRECT LINE HOLIDAYS


Iguana on Cayo Largo Beach in Cuba
 Cuba Cayo Largo Direct-line Holidays
Holiday vacations to Cuba are easy and affordable with cheap hotel packages from British Online tour operator Direct-line Holidays of U.K. Direct Line Holidays has been sending tourist to the best beaches in Cuba for over 10 years.

First of all we have Cayo Largo del Sur, one of the most natural Eco beaches and conservation areas in the entire Caribbean, where numerous species of unique flora and fauna are developed, among those that are the iguanas. Cayo Iguana, place that deserves its name for the great quantity existent of this mentioned reptile, is one of the territories preferred by the iguanas to live.

The iguanas are known by his impressive exhibitions and retinue rituals and defense, in those that makes movements lifting the body and shaking the head from top to bottom with vigor.

Cayo Largo Iguana can reach around 1,85 meters in length. The iguana body is flat, with an array of thorns in the dorsal part, from the head until the long and muscular tail, lightly stunned. They have lids and external big auditory eardrums, as well as a bag or hanging jowl in the throat, much more developed in the males. They possess five fingers in each paw - very short - that finish in sharp claws. Their teeth are with solidity joined to the interior border of the jaw and not in the external margin of the maxillary.
Cayo Largo, Cuba
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Different that most of other lizards the iguanas are vegetarian. They feed of flowers, fruits, leaves, mollusks, algae and insects found on Cayo Largo beaches. His habitat varies; some are aquatic and other terrestrial. They are in sandy costs with prevalence of reefs, where hollows exist; also in forests of mangroves and muddy areas.

The iguana's of Cayo Largo are plentiful in Cuba and the rest of the Caribbean mentioned and in Antilles.  As much the iguana meat and eggs of this species of greenish coloration and traverse dark bands in the tail, they are very appreciated by their nutritional value and they constituted one of the basic foods in the Cuban daily diet of the aboriginal ones.

Next time you plan your Cuba Vacation let Direct Line Holidays book you a cheap travel all inclusive hotel deal to Cayo Largo.
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BEST BEACHES CAYO LARGO

Snow white sand is what makes Cayo Largo one of the top beach in the World. Playa Sirena and Playa Paradise are two spots that you must see if you get chance to visit this great place.Cayo Largo beach will stay in your mind forever and you will be back again for sure. So take your passport and come down to Caribbean where warmth of Cuba and Cayo Largo beach is waiting for you.
Playa Sirena - Mermaid Beach

Playa Sirena Mermaid Beach in Cayo Largo Cuba

Playa Sirena (Mermaid Beach): The western most one. Is a spectacular swimming beach. Its white sugar sand never gets uncomfortably hot even in the midday sun.


Playa Paraiso - Paradise Beach
Playa Paraiso -Paradise Beach in Cayo Largo Cuba

Playa Paraiso (Paradise Beach): Is so secluded and romantically intimate that it has become the best Cuban beach for nude sun bathing, Nudist and sexy women come from all over the world to frolic on this private Cuban nude beach.


Playa Tortuga -Turtle Beach
Playa Tortuga - Turtle Beach in Cayo Largo Cuba

Playa Tortuga (Turtle Beach): At the eastern end of the island, is home to a seasonal colony of sea turtles.


La Marina Beach Resort
La Marina Beach Resort in Cayo Largo Cuba

La Marina Beach Resort: This small harbor organizes different kind of activities, among others you can select a good Cayo Largo Hotel, Cheap Hotel or All inclusive Cuba Vacation right on the beach.
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Cayo Largo del Sur

Beaches of Cayo Largo Cuba
Cayo Largo Cuba

Cayo Largo is the best jewel in the Los Canarreos Archipelago, off the southern coast of the Cuban mainland. The archipelago also includes 300 other cays (with a total of 38 miles, or 62 km, of virgin beaches) and the Isle of Youth (the second largest island in the Cuban archipelago). Cayo Largo has 15.5 miles (25 km) of breathtaking beautiful beaches with emerald green water. One of them is the stunning virgin Sirena Beach, has oolitic sand which always remains cool, no matter how strong the sun.is  Nearly, there are more than 200 sunken ships dating from between the 16th and the 18th centuries. According to the legend, some of Henry Morgan's treasure is still buried in the area.
Cayo Largo has a land area of only 15 square miles (40 square km), first class hotels and services, and virgin nature with abundant species of flora and fauna. The seabed in the area has 32 scuba-diving sites fascinating coral formations, tunnels, steep walls covered with Gorgonian Coral reefs and a wealth of multicolored marine life.

Cayo Largo del Sur stretches along 27 km of virgin beaches with warm and crystal-clear waters. The sand is very fine, white and permanently fresh, characteristics which are unlikely to be found in another site in Cuba and rarely in the world. The always-turquoise sky contrasts magnificently with the white coral sand. The moderate tropical weather boasts an average temperature of 27c and has few rainfalls.

 Tainos Indians lived here 800 years ago. This place is a natural kingdom of ecological beauty in perfect balance that is home to 350 iguanas, chelonian, pelicans, parrots, and herons. The sea contains colorful and varied fauna, as well as a 19 nautical mile coral reef where different kinds of black coral can be admired in less than 35 m of water. A diversified flora characterized by coastal vegetation and four species of mangroves decorate the old dunes and beaches.

Cayo Largo Diving Centers
The Beach
The Beach (Photo credit: seriald)
Cayo Largo del Sur has more than thirty diving sites and one International Diving Center. There is also International Marina, with state of the art equipment and services available. Interesting excursions, tours and all sorts of water recreation events are organized.
The beautiful landscapes found on the keys and their special features make Cayo Largo del Sur one of the most attractive destinations in Cuba and world.

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