This 10 days trekking tour is for holidaymakers who would like to enjoy expore the west and centre of Cuba Step by Step.
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Nights
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Price
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Single Supp.
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19/05/2013
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21/05/2013
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9
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£ 749
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79
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09/06/2013
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11/06/2013
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9
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£ 749
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79
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23/06/2013
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25/06/2013
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9
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£ 749
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79
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08/09/2013
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10/09/2013
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9
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£ 749
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79
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27/10/2013
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30/10/2013
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9
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£ 749
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79
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Price Includes
- Qualified multilingual tour guide
- Havana: Plaza hotel: 2 nights FB
- Santa Clara - Hanabanilla: Hotel Hanabanilla: 1 night FB
- Hanabanilla: Hacienda la Gallega: 1 night FB
- Topes de Collante: Finca Codina: 1 night FB
- Topes de Collante: Hotel Los Helechos: 1 night FB
- Topes de Collante: Hancienda El Cubanao: 1 night FB
- Playa Ancon: Hotel Costa Sur: 1 night FB
- Trinidad: Finca María Dolores: 1 night FB
- All described transfers in air-conditioned mini-vans
- Entrance fees
- Luggage transfers
Price Excludes
- Transfer In/Out
- Return International Flight (London - Havana - London)
- Visa or tourist card
- Extra meals
- Tips
- Anything not explicitly mentioned above is not included in the price.
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Day-by-Day Program:
Day 1: Arrival in Havana
Arrival in Havana and transfer (optional) to Hotel Plaza in "Habana Vieja". Accommodation and dinner at the Hotel Plaza.
Day 2: Sierra del Escambray
After breakfast served in the hotel, we leave for Sierra del Escambray. On the way there, you will stop at Santa Clara and pay a visit to the Mausoleum of Che Guevara and the "Tren Blindado". Later on you will stop for a lunch‐break, and afterwards you will be reaching your hotel, Hotel Hanabanilla. After dinner at the hotel, we suggest you to take a relaxing walk along the lake Lago Hanabanilla.
Day 3: Santa Clara – Parque Guanayara
After breakfast at the hotel, we go for a boat‐ride on the lake Hanabanilla all the way to the Sierra de
Jibacoa. From here, you will start your first hiking tour including a picnic break near the "Salto de Rocio"
waterfalls. In the afternoon, you are supposed to arrive at Hacienda la Gallega where you can set up a camp and enjoy our dinner around the camp fire. You will spend the night in tents.
Day 4: Parque Codina
After breakfast, we start again for our next tour to the Finca Codina – a former coffee plantation. On the way there, you will stop for a picnic lunch‐break. You will have dinner and you will spend the night in tents at the Finca Codina.
Day 5: Topes de Collantes
Today's tour will take us through the southern part of the Sierra del Escambray all the way to Topes de
Collantes. En route you will stop for lunch at Salto de Caburni. After lunch you continue the tour on the
"Vegas Grande" pathway. You will have dinner and you will be accommodated at the Hotel Los Helechos.
Day 6: Topes de Collantes – Parque Cubano
After breakfast, we'll board an old Russian lorry and travel towards the landscapes of La Cuerva de Juana. From here, you will continue to El Parque Cubano, where you will stop for lunch. In this area, you will have enough time to explore little pathways, and dip into the natural basins that are common for this kind of habitat. In the evening you will set up a camp on time for dinner, and spend the overnight in tents at "La Hacienda El Cubanao".
Day 7: Playa Ancón
In the morning, after breakfast, our bus transport will take you to the pier of Playa Ancon located near Trinidad. There, you board the boat to Cayo Iguana and Cayo Macho Afuera. Picnic lunch will be served on the boat. Once we arrive to our destination, we will have enough time for snorkeling and bathing, or just relaxing on the beach. Accommodation at Hotel Costa Sur.
Day 8: Trinidad
In the morning, we head back to Playa Ancon and go on a city tour through Trinidad. You will stop for lunch in Trinidad, and in the afternoon you have some free time to plan the rest of the sightseeing tour at your own disposal, exploring this charming little town. In the evening, a transfer will take you to our Finca Maria Dolores, where you will have dinner and stay for a night.
Day 9: Valle de los Ingenios - Havana
After breakfast at the hotel, we leave for an excursion to the Valle de los Ingenios. There you are going to visit the Manaca Iznaga ruin which used to be an old slaves' tower, and learn a bit more about the history of this region. Then, you'll walk across the sugar cane fields to a restaurant where - depending on the season - you might be able to taste local "jugo de canas" (sugar cane juice). The bus will pick you up and take you to Sancti Spiritus for lunch and a short city tour. In the late afternoon, you will return punctually to Havana for dinner and your overnight accommodation in Hotel Plaza.
Day 10: Departure
Today is the last day, and you can enjoy it before the transfer to Havana airport on time for your flight back home or to your next hotel (please call your own taxi, not included), depending on your holiday arrangements.
Note:
-The facilities at the campings, fincas or forester camps are very basic. There is not warm water available at all times.Please bring your own sleeping bag.
- All hotels are sold ON REQUEST which means that once you pay to us, we will request its confirmation. We are constantly revising the availability of Cuba hotels by loading stop sales reports whenever we receive them from hotels in Cuba but unfortunately this information is not 100% accurate. If the hotel(s) requested are fully booked, we will do our upmost best to find suitable alternative accommodation of equivalent standard and/or location. As per Booking Conditions, if we cannot provide the initially agreed accommodation, on top of offering you alternative accommodation, we will offer 100% your money back unless agreed otherwise in writing.