Cuba West (Sample program only). 5 Days/4 Nights
Please note that Cuba Select Travel arranges all tours on an exclusive individual basis as well as for private groups
An exclusive tour by car with a driver-guide visiting Havana, Vinales, Pinar del Rio & Las Terrazas seeing some of the most beautiful places in Cuba with special visits to a tobacco plantation, cigar factory, rum factory, two days in a mountain eco resort, a tour of Havana and a night out at the famous Tropicana cabaret.
Viñales Valley - Cuban Cigars - Las Terrazas - Classic American Car - Cuban Rum
Day 1
Met and assisted by your personal driver/guide upon arrival at Havana International Airport. Special VIP service fast tracking you through immigrations and Customs and then enjoy a cocktail in the VIP lounge while your luggage is brought to you by a valet. Transfer to a colonial style hotel in Old Havana.
Day 2
After breakfast drive through the beautiful Vinales Valley to enjoy the mogotes, unique only to Cuba and China. Onto Pinar del Rio to experience why and how Cuban cigars are the best in the world. On the way we will stop at the km 120 or Las Barrigonas for a visit to Alejandro Robaina's house and tobacco plantation and taste some of his excellent cigars with a talk about the growing and curing processes of tobacco. Continue to Pinar del Rio for a visit to Francisco Donatien cigar factory to see how cigars are made. Then we go to the “Guayabita del Pinar" rum factory, the exclusivity of the place is given due to the fact it is the only region where the small fruit grows. Here you will be able to taste the Cuban rum and liqueurs. Lunch at Viñales at Mural de la Prehistoria or Indian Cave restaurants. Our journey today ends with an overnight stay at La Moka Hotel in the beautiful ecological tourist complex Las Terrazas.
La Moka - Hotel Tocororo - Tobacco leafs - San Juan River
Day 3
Following breakfast we spend the day in Las Terrazas to enjoy its flora and fauna. The area is one of the best places in Cuba for bird watching and is the habitat of the national bird, the Tocororo. We visit the Las Terrazas Village Community and enjoy the magnificent Cuban coffee at Maria's house, especially good as she roasts the coffee beans on charcoal which gives it its unique flavour. We go to Cafetal Buenavista, which preserves the ruins of an 18th Century French Coffee Plantation. On a good day you can see the Gulf of Mexico to the north and the Caribbean Sea to the south. We have lunch at El Cafetal Restaurant, located in the original house of the French plantation owners. This afternoon relax and enjoy the sulfuric mountain spring waters of the San Juan River, it is said that the waters will make you younger. We return to Havana for overnight at an Old Havana hotel.
Havana & Tropicana cabaret
Day 4
This morning experience the old and historical sites of Old Havana on a walking with your personal guide. Some of the highlights will be the second oldest fortress in America, Cathedral Square and the Revolutionary Museum. We follow the Hemingway Trail and see the room at the Ambos Mundos Hotel where he wrote the book 'For Whom the Bells Toll’, and then onto the La Bodeguita Bar where he used to frequent for his Mojito cocktails Lunch at El Patio Restaurant. Later we take a nostalgic trip in a classical American car visiting the Revolutionary Square, the Colon cemetery and ending with a Daiquiri cocktail at the Floridita Bar. Return to the Seville Hotel to prepare for your evening buffet meal before going to the world famous Tropicana Cabaret.
Day 5
You can extend your stay in Cuba (by pre-arrangement) by taking one of our other tours to different places in the island such as Cayo Largo or Varadero. Or transfer to the airport for your outbound flight.
These tours are designed to accommodate two persons in a private car with a personal driver/guide all-inclusive of airport VIP service, transfers, car costs, hotel accommodation, meals, excursions and entrance fees. Prices are subject to time of travel and are available on request.
Please note that Cuba Select Travel arranges all tours on an exclusive individual basis as well as for private groups
Please contact us with your brief and include proposed dates, number of persons and a short profile of type of group so we can send you a proposal.