Panoramic view of the Vinales Valley showing limestone hills known as Mogotes, Vinales, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

A pod of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), underwater at El Mogote, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

View of Vinales Valley at dawn from grounds of Hotel Los Jasmines showing limestone hills known as Mogotes characteristic of the region, near Vinales, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

View of Vinales Valley at dawn from grounds of Hotel Los Jasmines showing limestone hills known as Mogotes characteristic of the region, near Vinales, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), filter feeding underwater off El Mogote, near La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

View over Vinales valley towards tobacco plantations and Mogotes, from Hotel Los Jasmines, Vinales, Pinar Del Rio province, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus,) filter feeding underwater off El Mogote, near La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Mogotes in the Vinales Valley, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Young whale shark (Rhincodon typus), filter feeding near snorkeler at El Mogote, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Mogotes in the Vinales Valley, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) underwater with snorkelers off El Mogote, near La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Young whale shark (Rhincodon typus), filter feeding near the surface at El Mogote, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), underwater with snorkelers off El Mogote, near La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), filter feeding underwater off El Mogote, near La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Young whale shark (Rhincodon typus), filter feeding near the surface at El Mogote, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Young whale shark (Rhincodon typus), filter feeding near snorkeler at El Mogote, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) underwater with snorkelers off El Mogote, near La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), underwater with snorkelers off El Mogote, near La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Young whale shark (Rhincodon typus), being biopsied by researcher at El Mogote, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), underwater with snorkelers off El Mogote, near La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Dusk view across Vinales Valley showing limestone hills known as Mogotes, Vinales, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Limestone Mogotes, Vinales Valley, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Young Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with boat and watchers at El Mogote, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Young Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with boats and watchers at El Mogote, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Mogotes, Parque National Vinales, Vinales, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, West Indies

The Vinales Valley with its rocky hills, the unique Mogoths and scattered Royal palms (Roystonea regia), Vinales, Cuba, Central America

Tobacco fields near Vinale in Pinar del Rio in the heart of Cuba's tobacco growing area with limestone mountains called mogotes, Cuba