Overview & Highlights
This comprehensive Cuba holiday reveals the heart and culture of this unique and fascinating Caribbean country.
- Half day guided walking tour of Old Havana
- Half day guided tour of Viñales and Pinar del Rio
- Half day guided walking tour of Cienfuegos
- Full day excursion, exploring Trinidad and visiting the Sugar Mill Valley
- Half day city tour of Camaguey
- Half day city tour of Santiago
This holiday puts together the top sights of Cuba, creating a narrative of the country’s history while you enjoy incursions into glorious countryside and less developed stretches of the rugged coastline. Explore the principal cities with insightful guided walking tours, and stretch your legs further with hikes to a couple of the country’s bucolic locations. It’s not a beach holiday but you could extend your trip to soak up the rays at one of the delightful eastern coves if you wish. Cuba’s vibrancy and friendly people will make a lasting impression.
The trip begins in Havana, Cuba's inimitable capital, with its faded grandeur – gradually being restored - and pulsating rhythms. Visit forested Las Terrazas, an eco-experiment which works, from where you head west to stroll around Viñales, a fertile valley with a fairy-tale limestone landscape composing the tobacco-growing region. You’ll step into four of the country’s principal cities, Cienfuegos, colonial Trinidad, Camaguey and Santiago, each with a story to tell. Visit the thickly wooded Sierra Maestra, Fidel Castro’s revolutionary hideout. Lingering in the less visited east of the country, you call in at Baracoa, and Gibara, a pretty port on the craggy northeast coast.
Outline itinerary
Day 1
Transfer to your accommodation in the centre of Havana.
Day 2
Guided walking tour of Old Havana.
Day 3
Transfer to Las Terrazas.
Day 4
Excursion to Viñales and Pinar del Rio.
Day 5
Morning at leisure at las Terrazas; continue to Cienfuegos.
Day 6
Guided tour of Cienfuegos.
Day 7
Guided tour of Trinidad and the Sugar Mill Valley.
Day 8
By road to Camagüey via Sancti Spiritus.
Day 9
Guided walking tour of Camagüey.
Day 10
Hike to Fidel’s hideout (optional).
Day 11
By road to Santiago de Cuba.
Day 12
Guided tour of Santiago.
Day 13
Transfer from Santiago to Baracoa.
Day 14
Optional hike up El Yunque mountain.
Day 15
By road to Holguin
Day 16
Transfer to Gibara on the north-east coast.
Day 17
At leisure in Gibara.
Day 18
Transfer to Holguin airport for your departure flight.
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Accommodation
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Cuba / Sierra Maestra and the southeast
Hotel Caballeriza
Cuba / Cienfuegos, Santa Clara and Bay of Pigs
Hotel Melia San Carlos
Cuba / Las Terrazas
Hotel Moka Las Terrazas
Cuba / Sierra Maestra and the southeast
Hotel Ordono
Cuba / Baracoa
Hotel Rio Miel
Cuba / Sierra Maestra and the southeast
Hotel Royalton
Cuba / Trinidad and the Escambray Mountains
Iberostar Grand Hotel
Cuba / Havana
Madero Bed and Breakfast
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Our specialists have been expertly crafting award-winning tailor-made holidays to Latin America for 40 years. We would be delighted to create a truly personalised trip which perfectly matches your wishes and requirements.
Ben Line - Travel Expert
Ben fell in love with Latin America on a six month backpacking trip from Colombia to Mexico in 1995. Since then he has explored most of South America, including living in Peru for a year. He is now Head of Sales.
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Chris Rendell-Dunn - Travel Expert
Anglo-Peruvian Chris grew up in Lima and spent much of his adult life in between London and Cusco as a tour leader, before settling permanently in our London-based Tailor-made and Group Tours sales team.
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Ben Line - Travel Expert
Ben fell in love with Latin America on a six month backpacking trip from Colombia to Mexico in 1995. Since then he has explored most of South America, including living in Peru for a year. He is now Head of Sales.
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Sophie Barber - Travel Expert
Sophie lived in Chile before joining us and has travelled extensively across Latin America, from Mexico to the furthest tip of Patagonia and beyond to Antarctica.
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Lina Fuller - Travel Expert
Lina's passion for the continent where she was born really took off when she moved to Córdoba (Argentina) to study, spending the holidays travelling between Argentina and her native Colombia.
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Hannah Waterhouse - Travel Expert
Hannah had an early introduction to Latin America when her family moved to Ecuador and she returned to study in Buenos Aires for a year before backpacking across the continent.
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Carrie Gallagher - Travel Expert
A former JLA tour leader, Carrie brings a wealth of on-the-ground experience to our London-based Tailor-made and Group Tours department.
