"El Brujito" Trail

• Duration: 5 hrs
• Departure time: OnRequest
• Tour guide: Yes
• Children are allowed: Yes
• Languages spoken: Spanish and English

"El Brujito" Trail

Description

Soroa, is located in the Sierra del Rosario in Artemisa. It is a privileged place because of the great variety and characteristics of its flora and fauna. In this place is the largest orchid garden in the country, with more than 750 different varieties of orchids. It has a spectacular waterfall of 22 meters high that invites you to take a refreshing bath at any time of year. Soroa is known as the Rainbow of Cuba.

Soroa has other attractions that are of interest to the visitor, that is why to know this place, we have designed a series of tours through several trails located in which the visitor will be able to know other attractions and go into this fascinating natural environment.

"El Brujito" Trail, in this tour the visitor will be able to interact with nature, interpret its values and biodiversity in the area, will visit a Batey with a population integrated to a cooperative, where the way of life is typically rural, mountainous area, with an economy based on the cultivation of coffee and other agricultural activities of consumption.

Itinerary

• Welcome cocktail reception at the Pool Bar of the Hotel Horizontes Soroa.
• Finca "La Pluma". Explanation of the history of the 19th century coffee plantation in the area. As well as the close relationship between the Institute of Reforestation and the current inhabitants of the old coffee plantation, dedicated to organic agricultural production.
• La Rosita" Farm. In this house, which still preserves the typology and materials from when it was built in the 19th century (galvanized iron roof, jocuma beams and cedar boards). The current residents are the family of the descendants of the slaves baptized by the former Basque owners of the land of Hacienda San José de Manantiales; and currently they are dedicated to the cultivation of coffee, attending to nurseries and nearby plantations. You will be able to interact with the family of the house by listening to the anecdotes about the war of independence and the slaves' way of life while tasting a tasty criollo coffee.
• El Brujito" Community. This community is made up of a group of peasant homes dedicated to coffee cultivation, raising livestock and forestry. In the site you can hear anecdotes about the war of independence that took place in 1895, mainly about the Battle of Soroa and about the figure of the Lieutenant General Antonio Maceo.
• Return to the hotel.

Details of the Excursion

• Distance to be covered: 17 km approximately
• Difficulty Level: Moderate
• Duration: 5 hrs
• Activity: Hiking
• Specialized guide service

Variants

You will be able to select the different variants:

• Collective Tour with or without Picnic: PICNIC: ham and cheese sandwich, plus a juice or soft drink and a water.

TIPS: - Recommend: Light clothing, sunglasses, hats or caps, tennis, sandals or comfortable shoes, water bottle, sunscreen, insect repellent and camera.