Description
Cuba Explorer
Western Cuba Tour for Two with Airfare
Established in 1997, Cuba Explorer makes Cuba travel easy and islanders treat you as an honored guest.
The Western Cuba Culture Tour is an eight-day, seven-night tour including Havana, Cienfuegos, Trinidad de Cuba, and cities in-between. It is a legal Cuba tour for Americans. The tour includes round-trip airfare to and from Havana from anywhere in the continental United States. It includes all breakfasts and lunches, six dinners, as well as more than a dozen very special cultural activities while on the island. The tour departs weekly and the high bidder can choose their dates of travel until November 30, 2018. The cost of the Cuban visitor visa is also included.
This island expedition focuses on people-to-people encounters, nature and cultural exchanges. The program is geared to nature lovers and people addicted to the arts, history and architecture. The tour has a very diverse itinerary featuring comfortable accommodations and tasty Cuban cuisine.
You?ll stay in four-star hotels in Havana, and while in Trinidad, at an all-inclusive beach resort. The historic cities of Trinidad and Cienfuegos are the island?s top destinations after Havana. The excursion to the top of the Escambray mountain range in Soviet Army trucks is but one of many highlights of this trip.
The program includes visits to several UNESCO world heritage sites, tobacco farms, museums, and Ernest Hemingway?s home. You?re surrounded by music and art, and have ample occasions to engage in the realities of island life with everyday Cubans.
Arriving at Havana?s José Martí International airport on a Saturday, you?ll meet your tour leader, guide and bus driver before being transferred to your hotel in Havana. After check-in, there will be a private welcome cocktail party followed by an arrival dinner at the hotel.
On Sunday, you?ll get to know Havana and its people:
Walking tour of Old Havana
Tour of the Museum of Modern Art
Lunch at the private restaurant Mojito Mojito
Open discussion on "Cuban Society Today" led by a longtime member of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba
Return to hotel to freshen up
Welcome dinner at paladar Cuba 54 (included)
ESPECIAL: Attend El Cañonazo, the 9 PM Cannon Firing Ceremony (included)
Monday brings the natural splendor of rural Cuba:
Morning departure to Las Terrazas eco-community
Visit ancient coffee plantation
Lunch at Casa del Campesino on the banks of the Río San Juan
Return to Havana hotel to freshen up
Dinner at paladar Café Laurent followed by a dance show at Buena Vista Social Club performance
Tuesday is urban architecture and the Hemingway House:
Visit Vivero Organopónico Alamar, an urban collective farm
Lunch at Ajiaco paladar [restaurant] serving farm-fresh organic meals
Visit Hemingway?s Finca Vigía museum and glimpse his life in Havana
Return to your hotel and freshen up
Dinner (not included), an opportunity to explore Havana?s private restaurants
Wednesday is historic Cienfuegos and Trinidad de Cuba:
Early departure to Cienfuegos and Trinidad
Lunch at restaurant Villa Lagarto (included)
Tour the beautiful historic city of Cienfuegos
Onwards to Trinidad
Check-in to your all-inclusive resort hotel
Trinidad group welcome dinner
On Thursday, you?ll have a mountaintop excursion in Soviet army trucks.
Climb to the top of Topes de Collantes in the Escambray Mountains in Soviet Army trucks
Visit Hacienda Codina, the ruins of a Spanish coffee plantation
Lunch at Hacienda Codina to taste Cuban country cooking
Bus tour of the breathtaking Valle de los Ingenios [Sugar Mill Valley]
Return to hotel to freshen up and relax
Dinner at hotel
Friday is UNESCO World Heritage Sites:
Check-out of hotel
Walking tour of Trinidad?s historic central plaza and its surrounding buildings
Visit a centuries-old family run pottery studio where we'll get to know its artisans
Lunch at private restaurant Vista Gourmet (included)
Return to Havana
Check-in to hotel and freshen up
Farewell dinner in Old Havana at Café del Oriente
After breakfast on Saturday, you?ll transfer to the airport for your trip back to the States.
Things happen: Cuba travel is a challenge. Cuba Explorers? staff and Cuban partners work super hard to make your tour unfold seamlessly despite Third World conditions on the island. Sometimes things don?t go as planned. Flexible travelers understand this is part of their Cuban adventure.