Cuba Culture Tour
Cuba cultural tour with paradise island extension.
This Cuban tour is deal for visitors who want to see and experience the real Cuba (for UK passengers, this can be combined with the Virgin Atlantic flight direct to Havana).
12 days/ 11 nights.
1st day: Dinner (D)
Arrival at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana. Meet and greet and private transfer to the classic 1930s Grande Dame Hotel of Havana, the Hotel Nacional, 4-star. Rest of day free and dinner in the Cuban restaurant in the hotel grounds. We will advise on current cultural activities such as ballet, theatre, music.
2nd day: Breakfast (B) and Lunch (L)
After breakfast, we have a private guided tour of Old Havana to see the important sights.
Duration: approximately 4 hours.
Included:
- Pick up at The Hotel.
- Tour of a cigar factory to see all the processes of making cigars.
- Visit Colonial Havana which was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1982; walking tour of the historic centre including the main squares, fortresses and buildings built by the Spaniards during the XVI an XIX centuries with stop to buy Arts & Crafts.
- Visit the Rum museum, a fascinating tour in a colonial building.
- Farmer’s style lunch in the courtyard of La Mina restaurant.
- In the afternoon we return to the Hotel.
3rd day: B
Breakfast in the Hotel Nacional. Morning Salsa lesson in old Havana. Rest of day free. Evening visit to Cuban Jazz club.
4th day: BD
After breakfast we check out of Hotel. Private transfer to Hotel La Moka, Pinar del Rio state, an eco-lodge one hour west of Havana set in the Sierra Rosario hills designated as a Biosphere. This Eco style lodge is delightful, nestling in the forest. It has a swimming pool, tennis courts, mountain bikes to rent, nature trails. We visit the restored coffee plantation, stop for perhaps the best cup of coffee in Cuba at Maria’s Finca and then meet with some artists at the Las Terrazas community project that was set up in the 1980s by the Cuban government. Rest of day free. Dinner in the hotel.
5th day: BD
After breakfast in the hotel, we experience the Canopy Tour where you glide across the forest surface in a special harness. Mountain biking available.
6th day: BD
Breakfast Hotel La Moka followed by trekking across the hills with an experienced guide to see the wonderful nature, birds, flowers, orchids etc.
7th Day: BLD
Breakfast Hotel La Moka. transfer to Cayo Levisa island and spend three days of pure escapism in a rustic style hotel with individual chalets by the beach. Activities include diving, snorkelling
8th day: BLD
Breakfast Hotel Cayo Levisa. Enjoy the beach.
9th day: BLD
Breakfast Hotel Cayo Levisa. Enjoy the beach.
10th day: B
Breakfast Hotel Cayo Levisa. Check out of Hotel. Transfer to Havana to Hotel Nacional..
11th day
Breakfast Hotel Nacional. Salsa lesson in old Havana. Rest of day free. For the evening, the following options are available:
Option 1, Tropicana Cabaret or Option 2, Parisien Cabaret.
12th day:
Breakfast Hotel National.
Meet in Hotel for departure to Jose Marti International Airport in Havana. Check in at airport. Depart Havana.
Included in price:
- All accommodation B&B
- Meals mentioned in the itinerary with 1 drink per meal
- All private transfers
- Old Havana city tour including lunch and entrance charges to Rum museum and cigar factory
- Coffee plantation tour, canopy tour, trekking tour, coffee tasting, artists visit at Las Terrazas, Pinar del Rio
- Two Salsa lessons
Not included in price:
- Options in evenings for cabarets and jazz club
- All meals and drinks except breakfast in the hotels
- Diving or snorkeling activities in Cayo Levisa
- Insurance (medical insurance now obligatory for Cuba)
- Departure tax of 25 CUCs
- Tips