This peaceful garden is a lush haven of 350 types of ferns and 90 types of orchids. It's the erstwhile private collection of ²õ²¹²Ô³Ù¾±²¹²µÃ¼±ð°ù´Ç Manuel Caluff, donated in 1984 to the Academia de Ciencias de Cuba (Cuban Academy of Science), which continues to keep the 3000-sq-meter garden in psychedelic bloom. The center of the garden has an inviting dense copse-cum-sanctuary dotted with benches.
For the orchids, the best time is November to January. Bus 5 (20 centavos) from Plaza de Marte in central Santiago passes this way, or you can hire a taxi. It's 2km from downtown Santiago de Cuba on the road to El Caney.