Cayo Coco Island is located in the province of Ciego de Ávila, 27 km north of Cuba, and is connected to it by a causeway. The development of this island began recently, but from the start the goal was set to make it the country’s main resort, so now luxurious hotels and restaurants are being built here. The island’s area is 370 sq. km.
The Cayo Coco resort zone stretches along the northern coast of the island for 22 km. The main beaches of the island are Prohibida, Las Conchas, and Larga. Not far from the shore of Cayo Coco lies a coral reef 400 km long. Marine inhabitants here include jacks, snappers, barracudas, and sharks. Diving depths in these places range from 5 to 40 m.
In the southern part of the island there are swampy areas inhabited by many birds, including cormorants, woodpeckers, pelicans, ducks, mockingbirds, grey herons, and one of the largest colonies of pink flamingos in the world, numbering about 30,000 individuals.