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Complete list of 44 national parks in Cuba

Alejandro de Humboldt National Park

Baconao Biosphere Reserve

Buenavista Biosphere Reserve

Buenavista Ramsar Site

Caguanes National Park

Cayos de San Felipe National Park

Ciénaga de Lanier y Sur de la Isla de la Juventud

Ciénaga de Zapata Biosphere Reserve

Ciénaga de Zapata National Park

Ciénaga de Zapata Ramsar Site

Cuchillas del Toa Biosphere Reserve

Desembarco del Granma National Park

Gran Humedal del Norte de Ciego de Ávila

Gran Piedra Protected Area

Guanahacabibes Biosphere Reserve

Guanahacabibes National Park

Humedal Delta del Cauto

Humedal Río Máximo-Cagüey

Jardines de la Reina National Park

La Mensura-Pilotos National Park

Los Caimanes National Park

Pico Bayamesa National Park

Punta Francés National Park

Refugio de Fauna Bahía de Malagueta

Refugio de Fauna Bahía de Tánamo y Cayos

Refugio de Fauna Balsas de Gibara

Refugio de Fauna Boca de Cananova

Refugio de Fauna Cayo Las Loras

Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María

Refugio de Fauna Jardines de la Reina

Refugio de Fauna Las Salinas

Refugio de Fauna Macurije-Santa María

Refugio de Fauna Ojo de Agua

Refugio de Fauna Río Máximo

Reserva Ecológica Hatibonico

Reserva Ecológica La Coca

Reserva Ecológica Limones-Tuabaquey

Reserva Ecológica Los Indios

Reserva Ecológica Siboney-Juticí

Sierra Cristal National Park

Sierra del Rosario Biosphere Reserve

Topes de Collantes Natural Park

Turquino National Park

Viñales National Park

Cuba National Parks

UNESCO World Heritage Site. Total area includes 685.72 km² land and 22.63 km² marine.

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (1987). 84,000 hectares. Includes three biogeographic zones: Meseta de Santiago, Sierra de la Gran Piedra, Meseta Santa Maria de Loreto.

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (2000). Ramsar site. 313,500 hectares. Includes Caguanes NP and Cayo Santa Maria. Coastal and continental wetlands.

Ramsar site designated 18/11/2002. 313,500 hectares. Coastal wetlands with beaches, dunes, lagoons, mangroves.

Core area of Buenavista Biosphere Reserve. Includes 10 cays (Cayos de Piedra) and 79 caves. Located in Yaguajay municipality.

Total area 26,250 ha: 24,209 ha marine and 2,041 ha terrestrial. Archipelago in southern Pinar del Río.

Ramsar site designated 18/11/2002. 126,200 hectares. Southern wetlands of Isla de la Juventud.

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (2000). Ramsar site. Largest wetland in Caribbean. Over 6,000 km² total area.

Cuba's largest national park. UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and Ramsar site. Area varies by source (4,500-6,000 km² for full biosphere reserve).

Ramsar site designated 12/04/2001. 452,000 hectares. Largest wetland in Caribbean.

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (1987). 208,305 hectares (202,292 ha terrestrial, 6,013 ha marine). Includes Alejandro de Humboldt NP. Center of biodiversity and endemism.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (1999). Total area: 261.8 km² terrestrial, 63.96 km² marine.

Ramsar site designated 18/11/2002. 226,875 hectares. Northern coastal wetlands.

Part of Baconao Biosphere Reserve. Gran Piedra boulder at 1,225m elevation. Sierra Maestra Mountains. Area estimate.

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (1987). Includes Guanahacabibes National Park. Over 700 plant species, 172 bird species.

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (1987), National Park (2005). At westernmost tip of Cuba.

Ramsar site designated 18/11/2002. 47,836 hectares. Cauto River delta wetlands.

Ramsar site designated 18/11/2002. 22,000 hectares. Río Máximo coastal wetlands.

Archipelago of 600+ islands. Protected reserve since 1996, National Park since 2010. Blue Park Award winner.

Covers southern and western flanks of Sierra de Nipe. Loma La Mensura (995m) is highest point in Sierra de Nipe. Part of Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa massif.

Designated 2002, legally approved 2008. 99% underwater (28,717 ha marine, 114 ha terrestrial). Chain of cays on northern coast.

Located in Sierra Maestra. Pico Bayamesa reaches 1,730m elevation.

Cuba's only Marine National Park. Located at southwestern tip of Isla de la Juventud. Area: 17,924 hectares.

Coastal bay wildlife refuge. Area estimate.

Tánamo Bay and surrounding cays. Area estimate.

Coastal wetlands near Gibara. Area estimate.

Small cay with fauna reserve. Area estimate.

Part of Buenavista Biosphere Reserve. Cayo Santa María island. Area estimate.

Same area as Jardines de la Reina National Park. Wildlife refuge designation predates national park designation.

Bird watching site where two continental corridors of migratory birds coincide. Area estimate.

Western Cuba coastal refuge. Area estimate.

Ramsar site. Largest nesting site for Pink Flamingo in Antilles and Caribbean. Coastal-marine ecosystem.

Located west of Guantánamo province. Area estimate.

National significance. Located in La Habana del Este. Area estimate.

Located in central-eastern region of Sierra de Cubitas in Camagüey province. Area estimate.

Located in northwest zone of Isla de la Juventud. Area estimate.

Part of Baconao Biosphere Reserve. 2,075 hectares (1,434 ha terrestrial, 641 ha marine). Karst limestone formations with 8 levels of marine terraces.

Cuba's oldest national park (1930). Pine forests with Pinus cubensis. Home to El Salto del Guayabo waterfall (120m, Cuba's tallest).

Cuba's first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (1985). 26,686 hectares. Tropical forests with peaks up to 600m.

Nature reserve park in Escambray Mountains. 29,425 hectares. At 800m elevation. Includes Potrerillo peak (931m) and San Juan peak (1,140m).

Home to Cuba's highest peak, Pico Turquino (1,974m). Located in Sierra Maestra.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (1999). Famous for mogotes (limestone hills) and tobacco plantations.