A boutique luxury excursion in Cuba. 3 days in Havana, Viñales, Cienfuegos, Guama and 7 nights in Trinidad.1-13 and 13-26 every month from October 2024- to May 2025
Simply the best of Cuba. Organic food only. Colonial luxury guest houses. A boutique excursion for not more than 10 people. Breakfast and dinner included in Trinidad with personal chef.
Definitely the best program which includes cuban folklore, nature, waterfalls and beaches. Get an authentic experience in Trinidad for 7 days with tasty breakfast and dinner. Accommodation is in real museums-galleries with luxury and cleanliness and colonial authenticity.
We are going to see 4 cities that have nothing in common but are also similar. Havana, Vinales, Cienfuegos and of course Trinidad.
Organic eco food in the guest houses. Selected restaurants. We have experiences of that. For us, the gastronomic adventure is more than important. In your house in Trinidad, you will have a private chef at your disposal, satisfying your maximum taste requirements.
Trekking through the tropical mountains, riding horses, discovering wonderful pools and waterfalls will be part of your adventure in this excursion.
If you want salsa lessons, you are welcome. Our guides can dance salsa as well.
CUBA.BGSPACE is the most preferred partner of many agencies. We live here and we will meet you at the airport in Havana. We have 10 years of experience from 2013 until now.
We also offer as well an individual excursions.
The program day by day
Wise men used to say that you can tell about a people from its markets, therefore first thing we will visit the local market for vegetables and fruit. They will adore us with their specific aroma and natural atmosphere of Cuban everyday life. Around 10:30 we will head for the prominent Hotel Nacional . There you will be introduced to the history of Cuba along the centuries and also will have a cocktail in the yard of the hotel with a wonderful view of the sea. At 11:30 we will start our panoramic trip along the interesting spots in Havana in old roofless limousine. We will feel how the time has stopped during the trip around Malekon – the emblem of Havana and the longest bench in the world as the locals call it. We will also reach Captilio – an exact duplicate of the Washington Capitol.
We will take some time to take photographs at the biggest square in South America – the Square of Revolution, which is usually crowded with more than 1 000 000 people during the May manifestations under the approving gazes of the party leaders. We will then go past the historic Catholic cemetary “Christopher Columbus” – an architecture monument and the second biggest and most significant cemetery in the world.
We will continue to the magnificent park of Almendares, where we will take pleasure in the lush tropical vegetation, which is also a hiding place for Havana inhabitants during the summer heat waves. Next will be the new neighborhood of Miramar with its luxurious haciendas along 5th Avenue and different embassies, including the Bulgarian one. The trip in the colorful roofless limousines will end in Old Havana, where we start our walking tour.
At 13:30 we star our walking tour at the Old Havana Neighbourhood, during which we will see the squares of ¨Plaza de Armas¨, Plaza de la Catedral¨, ¨Plaza San Francisco de Asis¨ and Plaza Vieja. Next we will take a walk along the famous merchant street Obispo and visit the Florida bar at the edn of the street, as well as the hotel Ambos Mundos, visited by Hemingway in his time.
Then there will be an optional lunch in one of the Cuban restaurants with the most delicious food, where you will savour local specialties, such as: Malanga with honey, sweet cooked bananas, fresh fish, shrimps, lobster or grilled octopus. There you will also be invited to taste mohito frape – on of the specialties, which is additionally paid for. We will arrive back at the guest houses around 18:00.
Havana-Vinales-Havana 07:30-18:30. The magic of Vinales. The west part of Vinales, Pinar del Rio is the biggest and most peculiar natural geographic district in the country.
Vinales is a wonderful village in west Cuba near Pinar del Rio. The village cuddles between unordinary rocks and hills as if they were haystacks. This is the region, where they make the most high-quality cigars. The road to the village curves between plantations of tobacco, thatched houses and high rocks. The view is breathtaking. We will take a boat trip through an underground cave, we will take a look around the big fossil rock of the cave, which is decorated with pictures of dinosaurs that track the evolution. We will take photos of Indians and their camp in front of the cave and we will get to know their culture. /Real Indians are now extinct, since they were massacred by the Spanish settlers. We will witness a reenactment of the historical events of the time/.Our next stop will be the Wall of Prehistory – a huge rock where fossils were found and therefore it is decorated with dinosaur pictures that track the evolution of our planet. This was one of the favorite places of El Comandante Fidel Castro Ruz.
The ranch of the typical Cuban guajiro /farmer in Spanish/. The tour continues the ranch of Benites, where we will witness how cigars are made. Benito is a typical Cuban guajiro /farmer/. We are going to visit him and you will have the unique opportunity to try his homemade aguaradiente and strong fragrant Cuban coffee. Read more.
Additionally. At the end of the trip we will visit a panoramic restaurant and we could have a lunch while the setting sun casts red and pink colours at the magnificent valley. We can smoke local cigars that except for Tabaco have honey and rum in them.
Transfer Vinales– Havana. In the evening we have the option to visit the world famous Tropicana show and dance salsa with the best dancers in the world.
09:12:00
Half day tour of Havana.
- Visit of the street of Afro rumba culture – Callejon de Hammel.
- Visit the Castillo De Los Tres Reyes Del Morro – the fortress, that protected Havana throughout the Colonial period.
- Climbing the statue of Jesus Christ, where we will see a wonderful view of Havana bay. Here you can try one of the best Mohito cocktails in Havana.
- A visit of the wonderful residence of the prominent bohemian and author of “The Old man and the Sea”, located around 20 km from Havana. More info about this place here.
Additional option. 20:00-23:15 Later in the evening, we could organize a concert of the world-famous generation Buena Vista Social Club and dance with the singers. More about Buena Vista Social Club here.
Last night in Havana.
Excursion Havana– Guama – Cienfuegos.–Trinidad 08:00-20:00
Guama is located in the heart of the National park of Montemar, as well as La Boca. We will take photos of the crocodiles in the farm and then continue on a boat through the Lagune of treasures. On the opposite shore there is an authentic village that has preserved the atmosphere from the Columbus times. There are no Indians living there anymore, the sculptures recreate their daily life and culture. We will find out who is the Tabacco God. They can also feed the crocodiles while we are watching. Furthermore, we can try crocodile meat and also take photos of the birds’ and fish’s natural inhabitant.
After we have seen Guama we will head along a beautiful panoramic way along the Carribean sea and we will reach “The pigs’ bay” laso known as the Hiron beacj, where in 1961 there took place an unsuccessful attempt for open aggression against a group of Cuban emigrants, who went ashore on the bay with the assistance of the USA navy. We will take a look of the Military Museum and continue to the beautiful Cienfuegos. We will see the town, planned and built by French settlers. We will take a quick round along the central square Hose Marti and then take a ride to the beautiful Malekon and reach the wonderful palace of Palacio de Valle.
Аfter the city tour we continue to Trinidad.
Overnight in Trinidad.
Breakfast.
Right from your luxury colonial guest house, which houses as well a gallery, you will get an idea of the rich bygone sugar days. Trinidad was founded in 1514 by Diego Velazquez. During the first centuries it developed slowly and at the end of the 18th century it had 1,200 inhabitants. It was a difficult period – sometimes it was destroyed by frequent fires, sometimes it was attacked by English, French or Dutch pirates. Trinidad has preserved features of the colonial appearance of the era to this day.
A walk trought Trinidad. We will pay a visit of the historical museum, the abandoned cathedral and a panoramic walking tour along the old part of the town. Our next stop will be the temple of Yemaya – a deity of the local religion Santeria. You will have the chance for the local priest Babalaoto tell you who is your patron. Read more about the religions in Cuba here.
A tasty dinner in your guest house.
Later, if you want to dance we will take you in “Casa la Musica” where every one dance salsa and rumba.
Breakfast.7:30-8:30
Departure at 8.30 am.
We will take a 3.6 km tour in which we will cross a river and have the opportunity to take a dive in a lake with stalactites. The park is unbelievable. You will also have the unique opportunity to witness a colony of wild wasps /it is safe/, as well as to see wild birds, such as El Tokororo – the bird, chosen to be the symbol of Cuba because of its red, blue and white feather markings that represent Cuba’s national flag.
When we came back will will go on the beach. Time for relaxing and snorkeling in the coral reefs.
Return at 17:00 from the beach to the house and we will have dinner in the house. Tonight we have arranged a night of music while you enjoy the organic produce served to you for dinner.
Breakfast.
Departure 8:30.
The El Nicho waterfalls offer the vividness of water cascades and clear lakes. They are located between Cienguegos и Trinidad in the second-highest mountain in Cuba Escambray in the Topes de Collantes National Park.
El Nicho is the perfect spot for swimming in clear tranquil waters. The National Park workers have built little bridges and a wonderful path around the waterfalls. What is more, the El Mammey river is always there to guarantee you some freshness even on the hottest days.
After that we could have lunch /additional cost/ and then we go back to Trinidad.
Rich dinner in the house.
Breakfast.
A transfer to the beach. If you want, we could organize a trip with a boat to a remote island.
Transfer to Trinidad. Dinner in the house.
Breakfast 08:00-09:00
After the breakfast we are going to
After the rich breakfast in the guest house will go. We walk to the starting point of our next authentic excursion today. In the morning we get on horses and go to a local farm. On the way, we will enjoy waterfalls, rivers, and when we reach the farm, a chevreme with piglet or fresh fish /on prior request/ will be wait for us. If there are vegans, we can also prepare a barbecue with roasted vegetables and rice. After that we will return on the horses in Trinidad. Dinner in the house.
Breakfast.
Today we will visit Valley of Sugar Mills also known as Valle de los Ingenios. Since 18-19 century Cuba has been the biggest producer of sugar in the world and there are more than 56 sugar plantations located in the valley, where more than 110 000 slaves worked in inhumane conditions.
Towards the end of the 1880s a railway system has already been built there that connected the valley with the Kasilda port, so as to facilitate sugar transportation. A bit later during the war for Cuba Independence the bigger part of the plantations were destroyed and sugar industry moved to the west of Cuba. In 1988 UNESCO includes Valle de los Ingenios and Trinidad in the list of the World Heritage. After that we are going on the beach and we will relax our last day in Trinidad.
Dinner in the house.
When we return in Trinidad we will organize a transfer to the beach. Additionally we can organize an excursion with a catamaran to a remote island
At 17:30 return to the house. Dinner.
After breakfast a transfer to Havana and flight to your destination.
