Dive Cuba’s under-water treasure
The first thing divers notice in the Gardens of the Queen, an archipelago of coral and mangrove islands off the coast of Cuba, are the big fish—Caribbean reef sharks and 200-pound grouper—that thrive at this comparably pristine reef established by Fidel Castro (himself a diver) as the Caribbean’s largest marine-protected area and a no-take fishing zone.
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Just 1,000 divers are allowed to visit each year; you can be one of them on an officially sanctioned Ocean Doctor 11-day dive trip that’s led by marine biologist David Guggenheim and includes a chartered flight from Miami and five days of touring in Cuba.
Year-round; 11 days, from $7,510; oceandoctor.org
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