Seven kilometers past the Siboney turn-off along the coastal road (Caretería de Baconao) you will arrive in Valle de la Prehistoria.

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Seven kilometers past the Siboney turn-off along the coastal road, you will come across one of the area’s most interesting places, the Valle de la Prehistoria (Valley of Prehistory), populated by more than 200 of life-sized stone models of dinosaurs, mammoths and other species that had lived on the earth millions of years ago. The 12 meters high sculpture of the Cro-Magnon (a common name that has been used to describe the oldest known modern human, early Homo sapiens, that lived in Europe 43.000 to 45.000 years ago) is the highest sculpture in the valley. There are even scenes showing the humans hunting the animals. All the sculptures were built following the ferrocement technique and separated by their geological epochs.

It was inaugurated in 1980s. The Juragua-Damajayabo valley was chosen the site for constructing such a project due to its natural beauty. It has a pleasant natural environment, surrounded by exuberant vegetation that gives the visitor the sensation of calm, freshness, and tranquility, allowing him to maintain a direct link with the nature.

It is considered unique and possibly the largest construction of its kind. It’s worth a look particularly for those with kids. When you go straight in the direction of Santiago, you unknowingly enter Valle de la Prehistoria, and this can be a matter of discussion with the officer here. For this reason, it is recommended that you do not miss the road (Caretería de Baconao) that bends to the left while passing through here on your way back to Santiago.

Museo de Historia Natural Dr. Jorge Ramón Cuevas

Natural History Museum Dr. Jorge Ramón Cuevas is in the Valle de la Prehistoria.

Endemic species in danger of extinction, from Cuba and other countries, are exhibited in the museum. The extensive collection that was hoarded up, consist of a total of 21,424 pieces that are still in perfect condition. In 8 exhibition rooms about 1,400 pieces are exhibited permanently in a didactic museography technique with the evolutionary sequence of the species. The whole collection covers the representative species of different disciplines of the natural sciences, such as malacology (mollusks), entomology (insects), ornithology (birds), mammals, aquatic species, both freshwater and sea, botany, and mineralogy.

It was inaugurated under the name of the Cuban naturalist, eminent scientist Dr. Jorge Ramón Cuevas, that dedicate his work to research, care and preservation of the species and the flora of the national and the international wildlife in 1983.