Declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999, the Viñales Valley is distinguished by a fertile soil, ideal for tobacco growth, karstic outcrops covered with vegetation, and a bucolic atmosphere. All this is sheltered by the quinta of the Sierra de los Organos, part of the Cordillera de Guaniguanico, that appears discretely in the background.

A colonial house, mogotes and the Sierra de los Organos in the background. Nikon D810, 85 mm (85.0 ƒ/1.4) 1/5″ ƒ/8 ISO 64

Mogote. Nikon D810, 32 mm (24-120.0 ƒ/4) 1/160″ ƒ/11.0 ISO 400

Secador de tabaco with ox. Nikon D750, 200 mm (80-400.0 ƒ/4.5-5.6) 1/400″ ƒ/13 ISO 1000

An ox with his “compañero”, the Little egret (Egretta garzetta). Nikon D750, 400 mm (80-400.0 ƒ/4.5-5.6) 1/250″ ƒ/8 ISO 400

Mural de la prehistoria. Nikon D750, 80 mm (80-400.0 ƒ/4.5-5.6) 1/200″ ƒ/6.3 ISO 400

My favorite pin-up. Nikon D810, 32 mm (24-120.0 ƒ/4) 1/160″ ƒ/11.0 ISO 400

Secador de tabaco. Nikon D810, 31 mm (24-120.0 ƒ/4) 1/160″ ƒ/8.0 ISO 800

Fulgenzio in front of a tobacco field. Nikon D810, 120 mm (24-120.0 ƒ/4) 1/1000″ ƒ/4.0 ISO 400

Secador de tabaco. Nikon D810, 65 mm (24-120.0 ƒ/4) 1/1000″ ƒ/8.0 ISO 400

American kestrel (Falco sparverius). Nikon D750, 400 mm (80-400.0 ƒ/4.5-5.6) 1/500″ ƒ/11 ISO 400

Sugarcane juice, Ron and pineapple just out of the fruit. Nikon D810, 24 mm (24-120.0 ƒ/4) 1/100″ ƒ/5.0 ISO 400

Best traction in the region. Nikon D810, 32 mm (24-120.0 ƒ/4) 1/500″ ƒ/8.0 ISO 400

Secador de tabaco with a barrel of concrete. Nikon D810, 32 mm (24-120.0 ƒ/4) 1/50″ ƒ/8.0 ISO 200

Dichiarata nel 1999 dall’UNESCO Patrimonio Mondiale dell’Umanità, la Valle di Viñales si caratterizza per il suolo fertile, ideale per la coltivazione del tabacco; per alcune escrescenze rocciose di natura carsica, chiamate “mogote”, ricoperte di vegetazione, e per l’atmosfera bucolica. Questo paesaggio è protetto dalla Sierra de los Organos, parte della Cordillera de Guaniguanico, che compare discretamente in prospettiva.