Cayo Campos-Cayo Rosario

Cayo Campos-Cayo Rosario Wildlife Refuge protects two small uninhabited cays located in the Golfo de Batabanó off the south coast of Isla de la Juventud, Cuba's second-largest island in the western Antilles. These low-lying coral and carbonate cays preserve near-pristine coastal ecosystems including mangrove forests, coral reefs, seagrass beds, and seabird nesting colonies that have been largely spared from direct human development. The refuge sits within the extensive cay archipelago of the Golfo de Batabanó, a shallow marine platform extending south of Cuba. Cuba's Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (SNAP) administers the refuge, which forms part of a coastal and marine protected area complex around Isla de la Juventud that includes the internationally recognized Punta Francés National Marine Park.