Cayo Guillermo is a tropical island located in the King’s Gardens, it is known for its clear and shallow waters, its beautiful beaches and high sand dunes including Playa del Medio, El Paso and Playa Pilar, It has an extensive strip of coral reefs for recreational diving. It is located within the Buena Vista protected area and the “Los Caimanes” National Park

The 28 dive sites are characterized by having important natural values. It has the most important commercial fish spawning site in Cuba, it is known as where the fish are born, especially Lutjanus analis Pargo criollo, Lutjanus cyanopterus Cubera, Lutjanus griseus Caballerote, Lutjanus synagris Biajaiba, Lutjanus jocu Jocú, Epinephelus striatus Cherna criolla, Mycteroperca venenosa Arigua, Mycteroperca tigris Aguají, y Epinephelus guttatus Cabrilla.

It has large populations of cobo, Strombus gigas.

It has beaches where sea turtles spawn (Caretta caretta, Chelonia mydas y Eretmochelys imbricata)

According to the studies by sightings of the National Aquarium, It is the region in Cuba with the greatest abundance of the bottlenose dolphin (Turciups truncatus).

It is in the area of coral reefs with the best health indices of the Sabana-Camagüey archipelago, according to studies by the GEF / UNDP Project.

It incorporates important migratory pelagic fish routes, such as several species of tuna, bonito, emperor, flying marlin, white marlin, blue and gold castero.

It has an endemic population of a carid shrimp in an anquihaline pool, all a rarity of biodiversity, yet to be described.

Diving with Caribbean reef sharks is enjoyed all year round (Carcharhinus Perezi)

A little further to the west is the only case of a “shark nap” in Cuba and one of the few reported in the world.