Landscape
The national park consists of 54,000 acres of mountain wilderness, in the Sierra de los Ãrganos mountains.
History
The national park had been the estate of a wealthy landowner and politician, José Manuel Cortina, who traded precious woods and was forced into exile in 1959 and his properties confiscated. His mansion and formal gardens are now in ruins.
More recently, the Cuevas de los Portales was the home of Che Guevara during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.