Welcome to our meeting place and photo gallery for all friends of Club Amigo, Guardalavaca, Cuba. This site is for everyone, whether you are a regular visitor to Club Amigo, or are making travel plans and would just like some information. And if you don't go to Club Amigo, you are just as welcome. The information should be helpful to anyone visiting the Guardalavaca area.

If you have any questions, start with our FAQ page. We have a message board with lots of information. A good section on the board is "Meeting Place" where you can post your photo and date of vacation and arrange to meet new friends. There are hundreds of photos submitted by our "Club Amigo Friends" as well as quite a few videos.

Cuba lives at a different pace from the modern world, it is not perfect and there are some things that certainly need to improve. In the meantime, why not join us and step back in time in a place that a Cuban friend told me is "Chicken Soup for the Heart."

Club Amigo is located in the beautiful Guardalavaca countryside. The history of the region dates back to the day when Admiral Christopher Columbus first saw the Cuban land and said in a very poetic way: "this is the most beautiful land that human eyes have ever seen". He pronounced those words when he disembarked on the Holguin coast in 1492. The name of Guardalavaca comes from two different sources; one from the pirate activities in the region; supposedly they kept their hauls on the beach (also named "vacas").

The other version, of more credibility, attributed the name to the voice that gave the natives warning when the marine thieves were getting closer as they were yelling "Guarda la vaca" (guard the cow; meaning hide the hauls).