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Cayo Saetia:
Tripping Nature Fantastic
By: Dania Marrero | Photos: Juan Pablo
Saetia Key is a dream place, a world not even dreamed of to visit in Cuba, enfolding a fantastic terrain in only 42 square kilometres.
On safari in its abundant vegetation - over 65 percent is forest - is a feast for the senses, especially at dawn or dusk, when the semi-wild animals that live there begin or end their day.
An uninhabited island in Nipe Bay, off the northern coast of Cuba, Cayo Saetia belongs to Mayarí municipality in eastern Holguín Province; it is part of the Island’s protected national park system.
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Perhaps the most unusual sight there is the herds of exotic camels and zebras brought from Africa, which have now acclimated to the point where their young have scattered throughout their new habitat.
An encounter with the environment saetiano holds countless surprises, from appreciating authentic red and blue macaws in flight, and Cuba’s national bird, the tocororo, seen best at daybreak, to catching sight of the fleet antelope - especially the large Nilgay (blue bull antelope) or the swift blackbuck antelope with their long twisted horns.
You can also see various buffalo - water and mud - including the unique ancales, born in Saetía and the most