Cataloged as a National Monument since 1989, the Botanical Garden of Cienfuegos, the oldest in Cuba, invariably catches with its beautiful rarities and amazes those who choose it as a tourist destination. As a result, it annually receives more than 55,000 foreign visitors and is the preferred among the botanical gardens of Cuba.

Among its peculiarities can be seen:

• the largest bamboo collection in Cuba, and perhaps in Latin America (it includes the 28 most economically important species in the tropical belt)
• the last moments of existence of the Bambusa Polymorpha (original of Burma) that flourishes only once in his life, at 105 years, and then dies.
• the national palm of Sri Lanka, called Talipot or Corifa (Corypha umbraculifera), owner of the largest leaf in the universe (up to 7 m), flowers at 50 years of age and is the plant that gives more seeds in only parturition: two million and then he dies.

It has 686 species of timber plants, 227 fruit trees, 489 medicinal plants and more than 300 ornamental plants. Those who have visited confirm that it is an unforgettable experience