Overview & Highlights
This group holiday uses private transport and good quality hotels as well as homestays. Experience the Cuban revolution, the arts scene and restored colonial architecture.
- Havana: guided tour of Old Havana
- Havana: drive in a vintage car
- Santa Clara: Che Guevara's mausoleum
- Trinidad: visit to Valle de los Ingenios
- Trinidad: walking tour
- Cienfuegos: Jardín Botánico
- Cienfuegos: walking tour
- Playa Girón: Zapata Peninsula tour and Giron Museum
- Viñales: guided walk in the valley
This group tour trip begins in Havana, Cuba's inimitable capital, with its faded grandeur enlivened by the sound of salsa and rumba. From here travel on to Santa Clara, home to Che Guevara's mausoleum, and on to the cobbled streets of colonial Trinidad. You then head west to Viñales, a fertile valley punctuated with lumpy limestone mountains in the island's tobacco-growing region.
Few would deny that Cuba is a unique holiday destination in a Caribbean Sea rich with gorgeous tropical islands. The turmoil and upheavals of its political and social history are overwhelmed by the sunny friendliness of the people and their love of music and dance. Go now, before the inevitable change happens, and witness the mixed results of a very Latin socialist experiment.
The nature of the infrastructure means there may be last minute changes of plan. A flexible attitude is essential if you want to make the most of this holiday.
Outline itinerary
UK clients depart on a direct flight arriving Havana, Cuba, the same day.
Day 1
Overnight in the capital.
Day 2
Guided tour of historic Havana and trip in a 1950s vintage car.
Day 3
By road to Trinidad, via Santa Clara: visit Che Guevara’s mausoleum and the Valley of the Sugar Mills.
Days 4-5
Explore Trinidad and the surrounding area.
Day 6
By road to Cienfuegos. Walking tour of the city.
Day 7
Trip to Girón Museum on the Bay of Pigs. Drive to Las Terrazas.
Day 8
Optional hikes; continue by road to Viñales.
Days 9-10
Walks in the Viñales region.
Day 11
Return to Havana; at leisure
Day 12
Depart on international flight or extension.
UK clients arrive home the following day.
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Holiday Extensions
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What our clients say
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"This was a very important holiday for us and we were a little apprehensive but it was a wonderful experience."
HB, Perth
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After graduating in Computer Science, Paul spent seven months travelling from Colombia to Argentina and came home hooked on Latin America.
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Hannah Donaldson - Travel Consultant
Having spent part of her childhood in Colombia and worked in Brazil and Costa Rica, Hannah's ties to Latin America run deep. Hannah is an invaluable part of our Group Tours team.
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Chris Rendell-Dunn - Travel Consultant
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 Sales team.
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Sophie Barber - Travel Consultant
Sophie lived in Chile before joining us and has travelled extensively across Latin America, from Mexico to the furthest tip of Patagonia.
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Ben Line - Travel Consultant
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 Manager of the Tailor-made Department.
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Lina Fuller - Travel Consultant
Lina's passion for the continent where she was born really took off when she moved to Córdoba to study, spending the holidays travelling between Argentina and her native Colombia.
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Paul Winrow-Giffin - Travel Consultant
After graduating in Computer Science, Paul spent seven months travelling from Colombia to Argentina and came home hooked on Latin America.
