Overview & Highlights
Travel around Cuba by self-drive hire car. Your accommodation is pre-booked. From Havana, drive through limestone landscapes in the Viñales valley and forested Las Terrazas. Move on to historic Cienfuegos and colonial Trinidad.
- Half day guided walking tour of Old Havana
- Activities during your stay at La Moka
- 10 days of self-drive around Western Cuba
- Explore Viñales, Cienfuegos and Trinidad
If you are adventurous in spirit, the most rewarding way to travel around Cuba is to drive your own hire-car. This two-week tour of Cuba’s highlights is an explorer’s delight.Take your family - children, parents or other relatives - and you will relish the flexibility and the ability to choose how fast and how far you travel before stopping to enjoy a sight or chat to the locals.
Your hotels are all pre-booked for you. Walk round Havana’s historic centre; drive through limestone landscapes in the Viñales valley and forests around Las Terrazas. Move on to Cuba’s historic cities, Cienfuegos and colonial gem Trinidad.
Outline itinerary
Day 1
Arrive in Havana. Transfer to hotel on the waterfront close to the historic centre.
Day 2
Guided walking tour of Old Havana.
Day 3
Collect hire car.
Day 4
Drive to Viñales, western Cuba. 2 nights.
Day 5
At leisure to explore the Viñales Valley.
Day 6
Drive to rural Las Terrazas. 2 nights.
Day 7
At leisure in forested countryside.
Day 8
Drive to Cienfuegos port, Pearl of the South. Overnight.
Day 9
Drive to Trinidad. 3 nights
Day 10-11
Explore the area by road and/or on foot.
Day 12
Drive back to Havana; drop off car. Overnight
Day 13
Transfer to airport for international flight home.
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I can't think of anything to improve on the itinerary. As I had an extra five nights at the beginning and three nights at the end, I was able to do many extra things and visit many extra places, which I'm really glad I did.
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