History & Nature of Cuba
11 Days / 10 Nights
Private Tour
Havana, Soroa & Las Terrazas,
Vinales, Cayo Jutias, Bay of Pigs, Cienfuegos
Trinidad & Santa Clara
On this tour, you will visit
the most beautiful locations of Cuba focusing principally onits amazing Nature and History.
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You can start the Tour any day of the year!
available in Cuba.
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Premium Rooms in Top Boutique Hotels
& Deluxe Colonial Houses.
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Private English speaking guide during the whole tour.
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Ofac compliant for US citizens.
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Fully customizable.
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Tour Highlights
Included & Optional
sites and activities
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Havana
Private Old Havana Walking Tour Private City Tour in a Classic Car Cañonazo Ceremony Fusterlandia Artistic Neighborhood Callejon de Hamel Havana Club Rum Museum Cigar Factory Tour Revolution Museum & Art Galleries Cojimar Fishermen Village & Finca Vigia (Hemingways famous sites) Playas del Este Beaches ******* Optional Sites & Activities: Jewish Heritage Sites (Free) Professional Photo & Video Shoot Rum & Cigars Tasting Private Salsa Dance Class Private Cuban Cooking |
Soroa & Vinales
Soroa Park & Orchid’s garden Las Terrazas Los Jazmines Hotel Viewpoint Indio Cave & Palenque Cave Prehistoric Wall Tobacco Farm & Plantations Cayo Jutias ******* Optional Activities: San Thomas Caves Horse Riding in the valley Trinidad & Santa Clara
Private city tour Manaca Iznaga & Ingenios Valley (Sugar mills Valley) Playa Ancon Beach Canchanchara Bar Che Guevara Mausoleum Derailed Train |
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Cienfuegos
Private City Tour Tomas Terry Theatre Palacio del Valle Benny More’ Monument Punta Gorda Colonial Mansions ******* Optional Activities: El Nicho Natural Park & Waterfall. |
Bay of Pigs
Guama’Fish Cave Crocodile Sanctuary Relax, Swimming & Snorkeling at Pink Flamingos & Bird Watching at the Cienaga de Zapata National Park El Cubano Natural Park & Waterfall ******* Deep Sea Fising Scuba diving at the Fish Cave or Punta Perdiz Playa Giron Museum (Free) |
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Tour Package Price
in Deluxe Colonial Houses or Top rated Boutique Hotels
Room with a/c and private bathroom in Havana.
(Suites, King, Double & Twin Rooms available)
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6 nights in a
Double / Twin Room
with a/c and private bathroom in Vinales (2 nights), Playa Larga (1 night), Trinidad (2 nights) & Cienfuegos (1 night).
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“Free Wi-Fi & Breakfast included”
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Starting at:
$3400 – Solo traveller
$2200 x person (2 people)
$1900 x person (3 people)
$1500 x person (4+people)
Double room/Single occupancy
+ $ 400
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50% off for children between 10 and 14 years sharing the room with 2 adults.
Free for kids under 10 ***
Special Rates for
Large groups & Travel agencies
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If you prefer to book
your own rooms
$2700 – Solo traveller
$1800 x person (2 people)
$1600 x person (3 people)
$1100 x person (4+ people)
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50% off for children between 10 and 14 years sharing the room with 2 adults.
Free for kids under 10 ***
*** For more than 1 child under 10 years…there will be an extra charge as a bigger vehicle and an extra room will be required!
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For bookings or enquiries… Click Here!
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Detailed Program
Private transfer to your accommodation from Havana airport or Varadero.
Freshen up and get comfortable.
Meet your local guide who will assist you for the duration of the tour.
Depending on your arrival time, the guide will take you on a walk in the area around your accommodation, showing you some points of interest, and suggesting some great bars, cafes with live music and paladares.
These privately run restaurants are the best places to experience true local food, drinks and great hospitality.
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This is one of the most beautiful ecosystems in Cuba.
Here you can visit the old coffee plantations, take a bath in the San Juan River, enjoy some hiking, visit the museum of Polo Montanez (a local famous musician), rent a row boat or have the breathtaking zipline experience.
First you can visit the Orchid nursery botanical garden with more than 25 000 orchid species from different parts of the world, including around 100 Cuban species.
Then you will have a nice walking to the viewpoint from where you can enjoy a lovely view over the Sierra del Rosario.
Finally you’ll get to the waterfall where,eventually, you can have a refreshing bath in the natural pond.
Around 4.30 / 5.00 pm you will leave Soroa to reach Vinales where you will be dropped off at your accommodation.
Free Evening.
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Day 3 – Cayo Jutias / San Thomas Caves
After an early breakfast, you will be picked up by your guide to reach Cayo Jutias, a haven of peace and tranquility and one of the most beautiful beach in Cuba with its white sand and turquoise water.
On your way to Cayo Jutias it is possible to have an optional stop at the San Thomas Caves, which is considered the largest Cave System in Cuba and the second largest in America!
It is also home to a cool “starfish beach,” populated with hundreds of bright red starfish.
Despite its small size, Cayo Jutias has a small amount of infrastructure that makes a visit more comfortable than pure adventure.
At the end of the day you will dropped off at your accommodation in Vinales.
Free evening.
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After your breakfast, you will be picked up by the driver and your guide to explore Vinales and its wonderful Valley!
Our standard itinerary includes:
Los Jazmines Hotel and its “viewpoint” (from where it is possible to admire the wonderful Mogotes and the whole valley).
Then a visit to the Indio Cave and the Palenque Cave.
After that…you can have an optional farm to table organic lunch at one of the best paladares in the area or proceed directly to the Prehistoric Wall.
Finally you will end the tour at a Tobacco Farm & Planation where you can enjoy a hiking or an optional horseback ride through the valley or and assist the processing of tobacco leaves from sowing to the production of fine cigars.
You will be also offered a free handmade cigar.
However, since this is a completely private tour, if you don’t want to follow the classic itinerary, you will be totally free to decide where to go and what to do.
Free Evening.
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After your breakfast, you will be picked up by your guide to start your private Old Havana walking tour.
Remodeling is occurring slowly, so while some buildings are excellently restored to their original glory, others have taken on their own look by being left to age naturally, virtually neglected since the Revolution triumphed more than 50 years ago.
The Capitol & The Parque Central.
The Bacardi Building & the Great Havana Theatre.
Obispo Street and El Floridita Bar.
The Ambus Mundos Hotel.
The Plaza de Armas & The Plaza de la Catedral.
La Bodeguita del Medio.
The Plaza San Francisco de Asis & The Plaza Vieja.
Then you will be picked up again by your guide for the 3 hours modern Havana private tour in a classic car. You can choose between a classic convertible (open roof) or a classic sedan if you prefer it to be air conditioned.
While enjoying the ride in the vintage car, you will visit all the most important touristic spots of the Capital such as:
Miramar & Revolution Square (Stop).
The 5th Avenue and its colonial mansions.
Havana Forest (Stop).
Colon Cemetery & University of Havana.
Hotel Nacional (Stop).
China Town, Central Park & Paseo del Prado.
Malecon & Havana Bay.
El Morro Fortress & Havana Christ (Stop).
At the end of the car tour you will be dropped off at your accommodation.
Free Evening.
This could be the ideal evening to attend a show.
If you would like to attend a show like the Buenavista Social Club, Tropicana or to the Cabaret Parisienne, you should ask us to reserve your tickets ahead of time.
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After your breakfast, if you would like to have the Cigar Factory Tour, your guide will take you to one of the cigar factories open to the public on that particular day.
You’ll have an interesting tour inside the factory where you will be explained the whole process involved in the production of a cigar.
Otherwise you will go directly to visit Fusterlandia, a small community on the west side of Havana, though the neighborhood’s actual name is Jaimanitas. The entire district is decorated with murals, ceramic mosaics, and colorful quirky sculptures.
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This is also a very good place to have some fresh coconut water and a great seafood lunch which can be served directly under your umbrella.
First of all you will visit Cojimar fishermen village, which inspired Hemingway‘s best seller ” The old man and the sea “, where you can see the memorial built in his honor and, if you want, you can have a lunch at “La Terraza restaurant“, Hemingway’s favorite place for lobsters.
You’ll see his eclectic personal objects, thousands of books, manuscripts, and photographs, as well as some animal trophies, bagged on his frequent safaris.
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takes place each night at the Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, an 18th-century fortress on Havana’s harbor.
The cañonazo itself is the firing of a cannon over the bay at 9.00 pm sharp , but leading up to it is a really interesting ceremony featuring actors dressed in 18th century military garb.
Free night.
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After your breakfast, you will be picked up by your guide to reach the Bay of Pigs.
Here you have the opportunity to visit one of the most important ecosystems in the Caribbean known as the Cienaga de Zapata Peninsula.
After you will stop at the Cueva de los Peces (Fish Cave), a 70 mt deep sinkhole filled with multicolored fish that come in through a subterranean passage, where you can swim and do some snorkeling.
Then you can choose to have an optional lunch at one of the local paladares which offer superb traditional food (the area is very famous for crab meat and lobsters) at a very reasonable price or to continue your tour by visiting the museum of “Bay of Pigs victory“ first (if you are interested in that) or going directly to Playa Larga Beach where you can relax and swim in the amazing turquoise water.
If you add the optional scuba diving, you will be having it either at the Fish Cave or Punta Perdiz.
Otherwise, you are free to ask your guide to take you anywhere else in the area.
Free Evening.
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A professional park guide will come with you to provide you with lots of interesting information and help you distinguish the various bird species.
The Park has an extension of 2 kilometers long, and has many attractive sites such as the Guaurabo river, the Cimarrones de Javira trail, El Ranchon Los Almendros, and the Javira waterfall.
Finally, we”ll reach Trinidad where you will be dropped off at your accommodation to freshen up and get ready for the evening.
Free Evening.
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After your breakfast, you will be picked up by your guide and you will have a private walking tour through the historic center of Trinidad.
You will visit the Plaza Mayor, the stairs next to the Casa de la Musica, the Palacio Brunet, the famous church called “Iglesia de la Santisima Trinidad“, and a tower with an amazing view over Trinidad.
Sugar Mills Valley
This valley offers one of the most beautiful natural settings in Cuba.
Stop at Manaca – Iznaga’s plantation and climb the imposing tower that used to serve as a place the overlook the slaves and prevent them from running away.
Afternoon at Playa Ancon beach
This beach is also famous for its amazing sunsets.
Free Evening.
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Day 10 – Santa Clara / Cienfuegos
After an early breakfast, you will be picked up by your guide to reach Santa Clara.
Once in Santa Clara you will visit the Mausoleum where the remains of Che Guevara and 29 other guerrillas who lost their lives with him in Bolivia are buried.
Then you will be taken to the “derailed train“, an open sculpture park, where you can see an obelisk dedicated to Che Guevara, and a monument to the bulldozer used by Guevara and his soldiers to derail the train.
Cienfuegos is known as the Pearl of Cuba and you will have a complete sightseeing of the City.
Then you will visit the Tomas Terry Theatre, one of Cuba’s oldest and best preserved, a beautiful church called “Catedral de la Puricima Concepción“, the monument of Benny Moré and the amazing ” Palacio del Valle.
Finally, before heading to Trinidad, we’ll have a quick drive through the upper-class neighborhood of Punta Gorda, where you can admire its beautiful colonial mansions.
Free Evening.
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After your breakfast, we will leave Cienfuegos to take you to Havana Airport.
Important – If you have a morning or an early afternoon flight we’ll modify the itinerary in order for you to be back to Havana the night before!
If you are not leaving Cuba yet, we will drop you off, wherever you prefer, in Havana or Varadero.
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Included in the price
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Ten nights in a Deluxe
or Upgraded Room with a/c,
private bathroom, free Wi-Fi and breakfast.
(Unless you choose the option without the accommodation)
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Private Transportation for
9 Full Days in a Air
Conditioned Classic or Modern
Hardtop Car, Wagon or Van.
(Depending on the size of your family / group)
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Private English, Spanish,
French, German, Italian or
Russian speaking guide.
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All the Private Tours & Entrance fees for the sites and the attractions described in the program not marked as “optional “.
Lunches & Dinners
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Tickets for the Tropicana, Cabaret Parisienne or Buena Vista Social Club show.
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All the ” optional “ services and activities.
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For booking requests or enquiries
Click Here
or
+1 (941) 932-8369
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Due to weather, public events, and any other circumstances, some sites on the itinerary could be closed unexpectedly.
Should anything be closed, we will be sure to fill the time with another equally awesome experience.
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Free Cancellation Policy
Please ask for detailed
Terms & Conditions
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Hurricane Free Guarantee
Book a tour in advance worry free. If a hurricane hits on the day of your scheduled tour we will reschedule to another period or refund your deposit!
Customer satisfaction is our top priority!