Bay of Pigs

There are several dozens of flooded caves between Playa Larga and Playa Girón; their discovery, exploration and mapping were hugely participated by three great expeditions of speleologists from Olomouc in the 1990s. They spent more than 800 hours below the water surface.

Their activities resulted in kilometres and kilometres of mapped underground spaces - and also still existing respect and appreciation from the Cuban side. It is not surprising that the caves are up to now called Casimba Cuba-Checoslovaquia, Casimba Dagmar (after Mirek Lukáš’s wife), Casimba Ilona (after Petr Pazsek’s wife)...

You continue descending; the water is again a few degrees warmer, the descent is getting slower like in a lift stopping on the chosen floor, and your feeling is as if the water has disappeared, and you are floating in special and very delightful space. Undoubtedly, you are in sea water which is, compared with the upper fresh water, distinctively warmer, cleaner and thicker.

Diving in the sea is very simple there - nearly all localities are situated less than 100m away from the shore, there are no strong streams there and the visibility is excellent all year long. The dissected terrain - walls with tunnels, canals, terraces and caves - contains colonies of stony coral, brain coral, gorgonian and large sea sponge, and numerous schools of coral fish running around between them.

ISLA de los PIRATAS

The biggest diving treasures are situated close to the south-western promontory of the isle - in the Punta Francés Reserve. Other interesting diving areas show cemeteries of Caribbean ships - treacherous shallows of Los Barcos Hundidos and somewhat more distant area of Los Indios - with fascinating walls and coral formations.

ISLA de la JUVENTUD

As the only base for dives served, for many decades, the legendary Hotel Colony (nowadays slightly rusty), and the local diving area as a whole is sometimes called El Colony

ISLA del TESORO

Along the south-western coast of the isle (between Punta Francés and Punta Pedernales), there are more than fifty diving localities: shallow reefs, deep walls, caves and wrecks.

You can often see there large grouper, barracuda, ray, tortoise, and, with a bit of luck, we can see there also shark.

The treasure must be there somewhere!

MY AVALON I

It is a luxury yacht 33m long with two engines DETROIT MOTORS 550 HP and eight luxury two/three-bed cabins. The guests may use a saloon, bar, dining hall and PC workplace - everything with a very luxury design and covered with oak wood. You can’t find a more comfortable ship in Cuba. More photos...

MY AVALON II

It is the latest acquisition of the Avalon fleet, a luxury yacht with ten spacious luxury two-bed cabins - each cabin has a sanitary facility, air-conditioning and 110/220V sockets. The guests may use a saloon, dining hall, whirlpool and bar - everything with a decent luxury design. Without doubt, it is another of the most luxury yachts in Cuba. More photos...

MY AVALON III

The grandest and most spectacular crusing yacht providing the highest level of comfort and luxury. The 160 foot Jardines Avalon III is a luxury motor yacht with 15 staterooms, including 4 suites with balcony. All cabins have private bathrooms and 2 beds (double or twin), air-conditioned with individual thermostats. Jardines Avalon III has an overall capacity of 30 passengers and 12 crew members. Divers will dive using 3 shadowed 33 foot diving skiffs and have access to two Nitrox and two air compressors covering all of your diving needs. More photos...

Floating hotel TORTUGA

It is located in the centre of the archipelago in a protected bay, and it is anchored so well that it doesn’t move by a millimetre even during a strong storm. It has seven cabins, very luxury from the local point of view, out of which some are two-bedded, three cabins are three-bedded, and two cabins can be used as four-bedded. Each of them is air-conditioned with its own WC and bathroom. On the ground floor there is an air-conditioned dining hall and a very nice outdoor bar, and there are deck chairs for sunbathing on the roof. In addition, the guests may also use publicly available Wi-Fi (probably the only case in Cuba...) with satellite access. It serves most often for fishermen’s accommodation.More photos...