The Desembarco del Granma National Park is located in the westernmost part of the Sierra Maestra Mountains, it covers an area of around 25,000 hectares, with beautiful cliffs and tall vertical escarpments that are very well preserved. Its geographical features make it one of the most notable places in the Cuban archipelago and one of world importance. The caves contain abundant evidence that Indians used to live in this area. It contains the second largest and best preserved system of marine terraces in the world. This park became the first place in Cuba that UNESCO declared to be a part of world natural heritage.