Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 787-479-7479;
www.ranchobuenavistapr.com
)
Boards about 70 horses, including
hunters and jumpers. One-hour trail rides cost about $45 (eight years and older), and it's
$20 for kids' pony rides.
CAYO SANTIAGO
In 1938 a team of scientists from the University of Puerto Rico and Columbia
University in New York decided to turn Cayo Santiago into a research area. Five
hundred rhesus monkeys were let loose on the peaked, hazy island just offshore from
Punta Santiago, and today 900 descendants of these primates run rampant on the 39
tropical acres.
Only researchers and scientific personnel from the Caribbean Primate Research
Center (
http://cprc.rcm.upr.edu
)
are permitted on the island, but visitors can eyeball
monkeys from their boat (don't forget that monkeys can swim). There's fabulous
snorkeling around a sunken ship not far from the shore.
Sleeping
There are several pretty guesthouses tucked into the south side of El Yunque that can be
reached from Naguabo (
Click here
), and some excellent accommodations along the coast.
Casa Libre Puerto Rico
GUESTHOUSE $$
( 787-874-6414;
www.casalibrepr.com
;
188Calle8,PlayaHúcares;rinclbreakfast
$110; )
All three of the rooms at this new guesthouse have attractive furnishings
and comfortable beds. The friendly Puerto Rican and Californian hosts make a dynamite
full breakfast, and will lend movies from their huge DVD library. Reserve the purple room
upstairs for breathtaking El Yunque and water views.
Barefoot Travelers Rooms
GUESTHOUSE $
( 787-850-0508;
www.barefoottravelersrooms.com
; Punta Santiago; r $73-83;
)
At this homey three-room guesthouse located in a gated community a block from
the beach, your detail-oriented hosts really do walk around shoeless - when they're not
giving hang gliding instruction. Amenities include a gorgeous guest kitchen, a book library,
